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Dallas Fed's Fisher Says No QE3 Needed
By John SullivanDallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said Thursday the U.S. economy is getting better and repeated his view that further quantitative easing, also known as QE3, was not needed from the central bank.
February 22, 2012
Muni Funds Record Fifth Straight Month of InflowsAs investors continue their desperate search for yield, municipal bond funds hit their fifth consecutive month of inflows, racking up more than $100 million in January, according to Boston-based Cerulli Associates.
February 21, 2012
FPA’s Bob Rodriguez: Window Narrowing to Avoid Fiscal DisasterThe famed money manager warned that next year would be the most crucial in the past 80 to right our fiscal path before budgetary financial pressures will explode."
February 21, 2012
Top 9 Most Disliked U.S. Companies: 2012AdvisorOne focuses on the bottom nine in a Harris poll ranking consumers opinion of the reputation of Americas 60 most visible companies.
February 21, 2012
Investors Ignore Record Small Cap RallyWhat if a major stock index jumped to an all-time high, but most investors didn't notice? An important question asked and answered by The Wall Street Journals Jonathan Cheng. Cheng notes small cap stocks, as measured by the Russell 2000 index, are experiencing just that.
February 20, 2012
Banks, Storage Companies Expand Gold VaultsDemand for gold has already resulted in the building of new vaults or expansion of old ones as investors in a flight to safety have accumulated stores of the precious metal.
February 16, 2012
Connors Group Launches Machine Advisor, a Web-Based Investment ToolAs uncertainty over buy-and-hold methods rises, the Connors Group's Machine Advisor is designed to allocate assets to uncorrelated, actively managed strategies, says CEO Jim Lonergan.
February 16, 2012
Top Portfolio Products: iShares Launches New ETFs; Market Vectors Introduces ETFIn addition, CLS Investments was named advisor to a fund from the AdvisorOne family of funds.