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25 years later, echoes of Black Monday

A quarter century after the worst one-day stock crash in history, measures to prevent a repeat are failing…

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Investing according to GARP: Seeking companies creating dynamic change or disruption

In a slow-growth economy, investors should look at good companies with small share of large markets

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Is it a bond? No, an ETF

BlackRock Inc.’s exchange-traded-fund arm, iShares, plans to launch a series of corporate-bond ETFs that look and act like…

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Gross: As the cult of equity dies, the cult of inflation rises

The cult of equity is dying. Like a once bright green aspen turning to subtle shades of yellow…

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Investors seeking alts as stock/bond mix fails to excite

Natixis report says savvy advisers in catbird seat amid search for new approach to asset allocation

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Gamma ray: Retirement income security is not all about alpha

Investment performance isn’t everything when considering the amount of income retirees can count on. Rather, making better…

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Large caps headed for large fall, analysts warn

Say summer rally for S&P 500 about out of steam; headed for 1,100?

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Growth stocks a go, Calamos says

Allocating for growth stocks and keeping a close eye on bond durations are prime considerations for noted investor…

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Advisers stick to global-diversification guns despite turmoil

Advisers are still committed to global portfolio diversification — and have a wider variety of financial products from…

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Reports of the death of equities has been greatly exaggerated

The following is excerpted from a white paper by Ben Inker, head of GMO’s Asset Allocation group. To…

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Growth stocks will take off, Calamos says

Volatility creates opportunity, famed investor points out; will this message get through to investors?

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Genworth adds more investment options

Strategies from investment firms BlackRock Financial Management Inc., DoubleLine Capital LP, F-Squared Investments Inc., and Forward Management LLC were added to the mix, as well as four other strategies from firms already on the Genworth platform.

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Fiscal cliff notes: Investors blind to ‘negative surprise,’ says BlackRock

Stock prices do not reflect real possibility of automatic tax hikes, spending cuts

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Profits matter most for U.S. stocks as economy fixation dims

Profits (SPX) are moving U.S. equity prices more than any time since the bull market began 3 1/2 years ago, rewarding investors for picking stocks based on company data instead of following the herd rocked by Europe's debt crisis and the slowing U.S. economy.

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Chuck Royce: Five key questions for investors

Small-cap fund pioneer Chuck Royce answers five questions about the markets.

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<font color=red>Live from FPA</font>: U.S. economy still weighed down by debt: Pimco’s Kashkari

Progress has been made but more needs to be done, he tells FPA

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Fund seeks less volatility

State Street Global Advisors is preparing to launch a commodities-free managed-futures fund that will invest in equity, fixed-income…

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Extracting value is suddenly hard

Precious-metals-mining companies broke out of a yearlong stock slump last month, but questions persist about whether investors are…

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SSgA skips commodities in new managed-futures fund

Low-volatility offering to invest in equity, fixed-income and currency futures

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Why Bruce Berkowitz’s bullish stance on AIG is paying off

The following is excerpted from the July issue of “No-Load Fund Analyst” newsletter published by Litman Gregory.