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Fellow Advisors, All Your Models Are ‘Garbage’: John Mauldin
By James J. GreenAfter the developed world, and eventually even the U.S., deleverages, asset allocation models can be brought back. Is France the next Greece, or is it Japan?
March 01, 2012
ECB’s Trillion-Euro Giveaway Offers Limited Time for Reform: News AnalysisThe ECBs liquidity lifeline to bankslike Americas QE policyoffers a chance to avoid a deeper economic depression, but only if that window of opportunity is used to make sustained structural reforms that policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic have so far avoided.
February 29, 2012
BlackRock Launches Education Initiative for Volatile MarketsBlackRock launched on Wednesday what it calls a multi-faceted global initiative, designed to help investors deal with low yields and volatile markets.
February 29, 2012
Merrill Edge Rolls Out Portfolio SeriesBofA's new mass-affluent products have a 1% yearly fee and a $20,000 minimum balance.
February 29, 2012
ECB Offers Cheap Loans AgainThe European Central Bank once again offered cheap three-year loans to banks in the euro region, which quickly soaked up 529.5 billion euros ($712.2 billion) in funding. Analysts had expected the amount to total 470 billion euros.
February 28, 2012
Deutsche Bank Survey Predicts Record Hedge Fund Assets in 2012Hedge fund assets will reach an all-time high this year, driven by increased institutional participation, according to Deutsche Banks 10th annual Alternative Investment Survey, released last week.
February 28, 2012
ECB Rejects Greek Debt as CollateralChristian Schulz, an economist at Berenberg Bank in London, was quoted saying, After the downgrade it was clear this was going to happen. The ECB isnt going to make an exception to its rule on not accepting defaulted collateral ...
February 27, 2012
Who’ll Win Election in 2012? Look to Stock MarketForget tracking polls, focus groups and kissing babies. The most accurate predictor of election year winners might be the stock market.