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Risk is back

Advisors now face the challenge of reassessing not only their clients’ risk tolerance levels, but also the nature of risk itself, thanks to the downgrade of U.S. debt to below AAA.

By Harper Fraze |September 1, 2011

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Dow Jones calls large-cap ‘dead cross’

Here's one for the technical analysis fans: U.S. large cap stocks are set to tank. That's according to Dow Jones Indexes, which found the market has hit a "dead cross" using a quantitative rules-based algorithm

By Staff |August 31, 2011

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Anti-corruption movement to boost India

As the Arab Spring rolled over into summer, many of your clients have following events in the Middle East and North Africa. Less attention has been paid to political churning in India this summer, but it could arguably have more of an impact on investors.

By Vikram Barhat |August 31, 2011

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Bernanke draws no aces

In card playing parlance, drawing an 'ace' is usually a favorable turn of events and many stock market investors were hoping Mr. Bernanke would play an ace or two to address the weakening economic environment and as a result, the poor stock market performance this month. Instead, Mr. Bernanke’s much anticipated Jackson Hole speech was devoid of anything new as he reiterated what the Fed had announced as part of the FOMC statement from August 9th.

By David Andrews |August 29, 2011

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