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Registered Rep. May 10, 2012 Jennifer Duell Popovec	Emerging Real Estate in Emerging Markets While most investors lack a deep understanding of emerging markets overall, most of them know enough to be excited about these countries and the investment opportunities they offer.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Less turmoil, Please Investors have had their fill of volatility and are communicating their displeasure to their FAs, an annual advisor sentiment survey sponsored by Curian Capital shows.
Registered Rep. May 2, 2012 Juliette Fairley	Treasury Considers Floaters Amid Heavy Skepticism Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Mary Miller said in her quarterly refunding statement today that she believes there are benefits to issuing floating rate notes and is studying the "optimal terms."
Financial Advisor May 2012 Tom Lydon	The Re-Emerging Markets Investors wanting to take part in the growth story of developing countries may want to consider some of the BRIC ETFs.
Financial Advisor May 2012	Advisors, Clients See Portfolios Differently Advisors say their clients are fixated more on shorter-term concerns such as one-year returns (54%), their portfolio's absolute returns (49%) and portfolio volatility (41%).
Financial Advisor May 2012 Evan Simonoff	Four Percent Of What? Inflation can be just as devastating to a retiree as lousy portfolio returns.
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 Ilana Polyak	Property Power Over the last three years ending April 5, Neuberger Berman Real Estate returned an average 36.6% a year annualized, placing it in the top 21% of funds in the real estate category.
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 Craig L. Israelsen	Emerging Stars Compared with U.S. stock funds and broad international stock funds, funds that specialize in emerging foreign markets are a bit like Usain Bolt sprinting against mere mortals. They leave the competition far behind. But this class of investment also carries a lot of volatility.
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 Donna Mitchell	On a Positive Note Mutual fund investors expressed broad confidence in the first quarter, but were most bullish about the tech and financial sectors.
On Wall Street May 1, 2012 Dave Lindorff	REITs: Looking Sweet on the Balance Sheet Amid the economic wreckage, many Real Estate Investment Trusts have managed to perform quite well, and in some cases have turned in stellar performances, particularly in the last two years.
On Wall Street May 1, 2012 Tom Roseen	The Emerging Markets Push So with the risk aversion over the last few years, why do we continue to see investors allocating large amounts of cash to emerging market stock portfolios?
On Wall Street May 1, 2012 Tommy Fernandez	Muni Bonds Thrive Nervous money, spooked off last year by banking analyst Meredith Whitney's prediction on the "60 Minutes" TV show of widespread defaults, is now flocking back to the tax-free debt of cities, states and other public entities such as colleges and toll bridges.
Chemistry World April 26, 2012 Patrick Walter	Science's role in a sustainable economy Efforts to move the world to a sustainable global economy will need to look beyond purely technological fixes to put social and economic solutions center stage.
Registered Rep. April 23, 2012 David Armstrong	IMCA 2012 BLOG: The low down Burton Malkiel, economics professor at Princeton gave the opening presentation at the Investment Management Consultants Association annual conference with a simple message: You probably don't have nearly enough exposure to Chinese stocks in your portfolio.
Registered Rep. April 18, 2012 Jonathan Moreland	Insider Insights: No Obvious Panic From Insiders When we review the risks and rewards of various fixed income and equity markets, U.S. equities still appear a better bet than most -- both from a valuation and safety point of view.
CFO April 15, 2012 Vincent Ryan	PE Managers Predict Two Years of Healthy Returns Industrial, health-care, and financial-services sectors are expected to provide the most value to private-equity funds.
CFO April 15, 2012	The Beauty of Invisibility The authors of a new book on global capitalism, Standing on the Sun: How the Explosion of Capitalism Abroad Will Change Business Everywhere, praise the "invisible handshake."
CFO April 15, 2012 Vincent Ryan	Dividends Rising Their coffers bulging with cash, companies are increasing the once-out-of-favor common dividend.
CFO April 15, 2012 Kate O'Sullivan	Have We Reached the End of the Tunnel? CFO optimism matches pre-recession levels, and hiring plans gain steam.
Chemistry World April 5, 2012 Eugene Gerden	Ukrainian scientists battle chronic underfunding In recent years, due to the rising cost of Russian gas, the Ukrainian government has been forced to make drastic cuts to its federal spending, including science, which has sparked fierce criticism from the academic community.
Financial Planning April 1, 2012 David E. Adler	Catch A Falling Dollar How should planners play this dollar uncertainty to ensure the best outcome for clients?
Financial Planning April 1, 2012 Craig L. Israelsen	Beyond Borders The benefits of investing in international stock are clear.
Financial Planning April 1, 2012 Donna Mitchell	Up and Away Right from get-go in 2012, investors were shaking off a long spell of market anxiety, becoming more willing to venture into equities and add more risk to their portfolios, according to Scott Burns, director of ETF research at Morningstar.
Financial Planning April 1, 2012 Adrian Day	Gold Stocks vs. Gold Gold stocks are now trading close to 20-year valuation lows, relative to the bullion. They could play catch-up. If gold moves up as the broad stock market continues to rally, gold stocks will likely be among the top-performing sectors this year.
On Wall Street April 1, 2012 Milton Ezrati	Europe Needs to Focus on Growth The threat of contagion in Europe has subsided. More important in securing this relief than the recent Greek rescue deal is the change in European Central Bank policy.
Financial Advisor March 2012 Sherri Scordo	Searching For A Real Estate Floor The second annual Innovative Real Estate Strategies conference in Orlando on March 4-5 produced a widespread consensus that many sectors of the U.S. real estate market were at or near the bottom in terms of price levels.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2012	Capital Markets 2012 Many economic issues converged late last year to slow commercial real estate's recovery.
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