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		<title><![CDATA[How to Invest in the â€˜New Normalâ€™]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some advisers say you'll need to be more nimble with your investments; critics just call that market timing. Here's what we do know about the post-Lehman market.    	  To Bill Gross and Mohamed El-Erian, co-chief investment officer and CEO respectively of Pacific Investment Management Co., that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Worldâ€™s Best Investors: Three Ways to Avoid the Next Crisis]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gather the world's top money managers under one roof and what do you get? A pretty good idea of how to position your money for the next few years.                     ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Dish on Diversification]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, the strategy failed you in the crash, as virtually every asset class except Treasuries took a heart-stopping dive. But if you're  hoping to climb out of the hole, it's still your best alternative. Why now may be the time to begin buying stocks, REITs and commodities again... It's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Harry Markowitz: Getting Ready for Recovery]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry Markowitz, the father of modern portfolio theory, still thinks you can't time the market though he admits to trying a bit himself recently. His best advice: stay invested and diversified. "You have to be in the market and prepared when the recovery begins," he explains... That's  not surprising,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apollo Investment Corp. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Sanjay Sakhrani - KBW. Sanjay Sakhrani - KBW First question was on the dynamics of the leveraged loan market today. Obviously, technical pressures are pretty strong to the downside. I was wondering if you guys had any thoughts on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:32:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Q&A with Technology Crossover Ventures General Partner Woody Marshall]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When HomeAway announced that it had raised $250 million in private financing led by Technology Crossover Ventures, the eyebrows raised. First, the company has been around for about ten years and is already profitable. Second, many in the tech industry had been assuming that venture funding would be tight. Third...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:45:31 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Defining a Depression]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Merkel submits:  Before I try to explain what a Depression is, let me explain what a bubble is.  A bubble is a self-reinforcing boom in the price of an asset class, typically caused by cheap financing,  with the term of liabilities usually shorter than the lifespan of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:12:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CME Group Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-245166.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Analyst for Roger Freeman &#8211; Barclays. Analyst for Roger Freeman &#8211; Barclays The first question, I hate to harp on the volume issue, which obviously has been around for more than a year now, but you gave a lot...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:09:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sign of a Crisis Market: Asset Correlations Remain High]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brett Steenbarger submits:  Here we see the bottom patterns for oil (USO; top chart), euro futures middle chart, and S&P 500 futures bottom chart. These moved in unison to the downside, and now are pretty much lockstep to the upside. One characteristic of crisis markets is that correlations among...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:12:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teekay Corp. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session[Operator instruction]. The first question is going to be coming towards us from Doug Mavrinac of Jefferies. Please go ahead. Douglas Mavrinac - Jefferies & Co. Hi, thank you, good morning all. I just had a few questions. First regarding the ConocoPhillips transactions, was the charter back component...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:50:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[High Returns From Low Risk?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=923869]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most basic tenet in investing is that to get higher returns, you usually need to assume more risk. But is there a way to get higher returns and lower risk? The short answer is yes, though not the way you might think. Competitive markets usually prevent any high...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Invest Internationally?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=923949]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many investors think diversifying their equity portfolio means buying large- and small-cap stocks. If you fall into that camp, you might want to broaden your investing outlook, by looking over the horizon and investing internationally. Remember that markets, even those in the United States, are cyclical. Since timing those cycles...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BRIC offers solid emerging-markets play.(Investment Strategies)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4798/is_200605/ai_n17422530]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Alec Young       As the appeal of globalization - exploiting growth opportunities  and cost efficiencies - increases, Brazil, Russia, India and China,  which we like to refer to as BRIC, appear to be the most attractive  developing countries.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investors drive the Wal-Marting of Wall Street; Upheaval linked to asset managers' clout, pocketbooks.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4798/is_200509/ai_n17423483]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Gregory Crawford       NEW YORK - The NYSE is dead. Long live the NYSE.       The same can be said for The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., the American  Stock Exchange and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the derivatives ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investors drive Wal-Marting of Wall Street.(influence of financial managers)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200509/ai_n20432670]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Gregory Crawford    The NYSE is dead. Long live the NYSE.    The same can be said for the Nasdaq Stock Market, the American  Stock Exchange and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange; the derivatives  exchanges, such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange   Byline:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News: Aon: restrictions on investment options could cost UK funds millions.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[European legislation could cost UK pension funds millions of pounds  in lost investment opportunities, according to Aon Consulting.  [ ] Restrictions in the draft Occupational Pension Schemes  investment Regulations 2005 could stop pension funds inves  European legislation could cost UK pension funds millions of pounds ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CalPERS: `reality check'; Avoiding future bouts of irrational exuberance is main objective.(Special Report: Risk Management)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200507/ai_n20432601]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Joel Chernoff    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In the late 1990s, equities delivered  double-digit returns while stock market volatility declined. Fed this  data, the typical optimizer told pension executives to keep loading up  on stocks.    That answer  Byline: Joel Chernoff ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Inflated Fears']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156179]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[International small capitalization equity as an asset class has been receiving increasing attention from fund sponsors over the past several years. This article briefly examines some of the implementation issues facing a fund sponsor wishing to make an allocation to international small cap. It begins with a brief discussion of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Midas ups its holdings by alternative asset classes.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6595/is_200408/ai_n25986101]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ALTERNATIVE asset classes are being use to diversify the AGBP15m  Midas Balanced Income fund.    ALTERNATIVE asset classes are being use to diversify the AGBP15m  Midas Balanced Income fund.  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CDOs - Here to Stay]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156170]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Collateralized Debt Obligations CDOs are a relatively young asset class. The first CDOs appeared in the late 1980s as the securitization technology that was applied in the mortgage markets was applied to corporate debt. As CDO technology and information such as default and recovery statistics, credit rating migration studies, correlation...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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