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CFO February 1, 2012 Kate O'Sullivan	Proceeding with Caution While the global outlook is mixed, U.S. CFOs are somewhat more optimistic.
Financial Planning February 1, 2012	Demystifying Volatility Investors shell-shocked by a recent period of extreme volatility may focus on avoiding exposure to volatility at all costs. However, those using the rear-view mirror to reduce volatility may risk long-term underperformance.
HBS Working Knowledge February 1, 2012 James Heskett	Is Support for Small Business Misplaced? Is it time to recognize the advantages of bigness when it comes to employment and economic development? If so, what does this mean for government policy? Are tax policies and other support for small businesses misguided?
On Wall Street February 1, 2012 Dave Lindorff	Finding the Safe Bet in China "Things are amazing in China," exclaims an enthusiastic Sean Lynch, global investment strategist for Wells Fargo Private Bank.
On Wall Street February 1, 2012 Milton Ezrati	A Very Brief Tour Of Global Investment Prospects This year, like last, presents investors with an array of risks. Europe seemingly creates new financial and economic concerns daily, while, in the United States, fiscal questions and election uncertainties trouble the outlook.
On Wall Street February 1, 2012	Five Questions With Hans Olsen As the Republicans move closer to choosing a candidate to run against President Barack Obama, Hans Olsen talks about his firm's research into the psyche of the American consumer and how investors should look at this year's presidential election.
Registered Rep. January 31, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Is the Sun Finally Rising Over Emerging Markets? Some countries are more promising investments than others. One good gauge to look at is which way the winds of economic freedom are blowing in a particular country.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Morgan Housel	3 Huge Recent Economic Developments You May Have Missed The world is crazier than you might think. It's counterintuitive, but cutting the IRS' funding can be one of the fastest ways to increase the budget deficit.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 John Maxfield	Why the Euro Will Survive and Thrive Don't believe everything you hear about Europe.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Why the Dow's Finishing Strong Today A brief look at the market's moves so far on Friday.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Alexander Crawford	Stock Market Outlook: Is All the Good News Cooked In? The U.S. is seeing a "BBQ recovery" that is slowly but surely cooking along -- the only problem is the market already reflects this and may soon be ripe for a pullback.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Anand Chokkavelu	Roundtable: 1 Bold Prediction for 2012 Here we go with predictions about bank stocks and the market in general.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Sean Williams	I Call Shenanigans on This Economic Indicator Don't believe everything an indicator tells you! Although we have the highest level of optimism among homebuilders since June 2007, I'm still going to call shenanigans on this indicator.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Why the Nasdaq's Falling Behind Today A brief look at the tech index's moves so far on Friday.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Dan Dzombak	Why the Dow Is Rallying This Morning Friday is treating the Dow well.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Eric Bleeker	Why Tech Stocks Should Drive the Dow Higher Today A series of tech earnings could put the Dow in positive territory.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 David Williamson	Can the Dow Keep It Going? Will the markets be able to close the week strong?
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Morgan Housel	Wall Street: Fooled By Randomness "If you're so rich, why aren't you so smart?"
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Anand Chokkavelu	Bank of America Rules the Day, Google Down Big at Night Breaking down the market.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 David Williamson	The Dow's Hot Streak Can't Be Stopped Macro events and earnings combine can't faze the markets
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Dari FitzGerald	Unemployment Claims at New Low Falling claims spark another market climb.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Why the Nasdaq's Strong Today Strong earnings news and favorable economic reports both in the U.S. and in Europe paved the way for stock market gains on Thursday.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Why Falling Home Ownership Is a Good Thing Don't assume that all the news on housing is bad.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Why the Dow's Inching Up This Morning A brief look at the market's moves so far on Thursday.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Brian Stoffel	Here's Why American Manufacturing Will Make a Comeback The rising Chinese middle class, along with rising fuel costs, creates a perfect storm.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 David Williamson	Can the Dow Keep Winning? Economic indicators and banking earnings combine for a volatile day.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Dan Dzombak	A Big Day for the Dow The biggest high since last July.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Why the Dow's Staying Strong This Afternoon A brief look at the market's moves so far today.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Why the Nasdaq's Soaring This Morning A brief look at the tech index's moves so far on Wednesday.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Brian Stoffel	Win in 2012 With the Dow's Underdogs? Take a closer look at one man's strategy to beating the Dow.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Austin Smith	Why the Dow Is Moving Right Now A look at today's split opening.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Why Now's the Time to Fear the Next Crash Short interest is near a three-year low.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Morgan Housel	Jeremy Siegel on How to Fix Europe and Send Stocks Soaring If you exclude the financial stress in Europe, a lot of good things are happening in today's economy.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 David Williamson	2 Events About to Rock the Dow The Producer Price Index combined with banking earnings could combine for a volatile day.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Eric Bleeker	1 Threat That Could Derail the Dow's Rally China's growth is fueling the Dow ... for now.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Dari FitzGerald	Today's Dow -- Good for What Ails Ya Merck's prescription for a bull market.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Anand Chokkavelu	Why the Dow Jumped Out of the Gate Today Breaking down the market.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Eben Esterhuizen	Europe Downgrade: Here Are 10 Stocks Showing Resilience to Europe's Meltdown Looking for stocks that might be immune to the unfolding crisis in Europe?
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Why the Dow's Giving Back Some Gains This Afternoon A brief look at the market's moves so far on Tuesday.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Eric Bleeker	Why China's Driving the Dow's Gains Today The global power that's shaping your investing.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Dan Dzombak	Why the Dow Is Rallying Today Why The Dow is Gaining Today
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Morgan Housel	Robert Shiller on Why So Many Experts Missed the Crash Despite the incredible leverage built up in financial institutions and blatant overbuilding in the housing market, the bubble and crash of 2008 surprised the majority of expert forecasters.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Eben Esterhuizen	Dividend Champions: Will 2012 Be Another Blockbuster Year for Dividends? Do you agree with this bullish sentiment?
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Why the Dow's Flying High This Morning A brief look at the market's moves so far on Tuesday.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Andrew Tonner	What to Watch for on the Dow Today Smart investors need to keep up to date in today's turbulent market.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2012 Kenneth P. Riggs	2012 Expectations and Realities Although 2012 is expected to remain lean, the commercial real estate investment market has a strong foundation to remain a leading and well-respected investment alternative for the next 10 years.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2012	Market Trends Weary of fighting for office trophies, institutional investors are looking more closely at plain-Jane warehouses, according to CoStar, which has tracked an uptick of 3Q11 big-box warehouse sales in major distribution hubs.
IndustryWeek January 11, 2012	Different Paths Forecast for Defense Spending, Commercial Aircraft Don't expect a growing U.S. economy to bolster spending on defense, but commercial-aircraft companies face friendly skies.
Financial Advisor January 2012 Eric Uhlfelder	Occupy Scandinavia While Scandinavia is feeling the effect of global volatility, few developed markets offer the region's superior micro and macro benefits, which have driven its long-term equity outperformance.
Financial Advisor January 2012 Brad Zigler	The Future of Refiners Foretold Refining has been a particularly volatile business since the 2008 economic nosedive.
Financial Planning January 1, 2012 Suzanne McGee	Going for Growth Growth stock investing these days is a far more perilous pastime than it used to be.
On Wall Street January 1, 2012 Rob Stein	Here Comes The Contraction -- And It Could Be Good For Us Rather than believe the sky is falling again, this time there is cause for optimism.
On Wall Street January 1, 2012 Elizabeth Wine	A Fresh Look at Risk Amidst the worried debate over whether the United States will tumble into recession this year, market watchers agree on one thing: volatility is here to stay.
IEEE Spectrum January 2012 Philip E. Ross	Don't Let Innovation Languish The world's economy depends on innovation rates that are faster than they were for most of human history -- and faster than they are today.
Finance & Development December 2011 Calestous Juma	Africa's New Engine As Africa's middle class grows, policymakers should place a premium on regional economic integration and the associated investment in infrastructure, technical training, and support of entrepreneurs.
Finance & Development December 2011 Paul Collier	Building an African Infrastructure Key political decisions are needed to build critical rail networks for a continent well suited to them
Finance & Development December 2011 Eswar S. Prasad	Role Reversal Emerging economies are less dependent on debt, less vulnerable to volatile investment sentiment, and are rethinking the role of capital flows
Finance & Development December 2011 Rajan & Ramcharan	Land for Sale Clues to whether easy credit causes booms and busts in asset prices can be found in U.S. farmland prices a century ago
Finance & Development December 2011	Second Time Around Jeremy Clift profiles Nigeria's economic czar Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Finance & Development December 2011	To Sell or Not Although the push for privatization took different forms in different parts of the world, it was part of a broader movement aimed at reducing the role of government in the economy and at increasing reliance on markets and prices.
Finance & Development December 2011 Arezki et al.	Less Volatile than Meets the Eye Contrary to popular wisdom, commodity prices can be more stable than those of manufactured products
Finance & Development December 2011 Nozaki et al.	Are the Critics Right? A new study finds that public education and health spending get a boost when low-income countries receive IMF financial support
Finance & Development December 2011 Abebe Aemro Selassie	A Cushion for the Poor Plagued by high unemployment and closely tied to Europe, South Africa is struggling.
Finance & Development December 2011 Antoinette Sayeh	The Quality of Growth The questions that continually nag at me concern the quality of this growth in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, is it inclusive -- are the poor and the young benefiting -- and is it sustainable?
Finance & Development December 2011 Natalie Ramirez-Djumena	Africa: A Look into the Future OVER the past decade, Africa has been growing at an unprecedented rate, despite the successive global food and financial crises.
Finance & Development December 2011 Winston & Castellanos	Trade in East Africa Increased intraregional trade and lower tariffs are paving the way for faster growth
Finance & Development December 2011 Florence Jaumotte	Fixing the Flaws in EMU The euro area's long-term survival requires a fundamental transformation of policymaking
Finance & Development December 2011 Tanner & Restrepo	A Cushion for the Poor Commodity-exporting governments can reduce debt and still protect their least well off citizens
Finance & Development December 2011	Africa: Changing the Narrative Enduring poverty and conflict are so stark in Africa that it is sometimes difficult to see what else is happening ion the economy.
Finance & Development December 2011 Sam Ouliaris	What Is Econometrics? Econometrics uses economic theory, mathematics, and statistical inference to quantify economic phenomena. In other words, it turns theoretical economic models into useful tools for economic policymaking.
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