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Registered Rep. November 4, 2010 Diana Britton	More Proof that Retail Investors Buy High and Sell Low Still reeling from the "lost decade," retail investors are sitting on the sidelines, keeping their investments in cash and bonds, according to a study by MFS Investment Management.
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Financial Advisor June 2007 Sydney LeBlanc	Are SMAs Appetizing For 401(k) plans? Essentially "do it yourself" plans, more 401(k) participants than ever before are asking for professional investment advice and a larger number of these individuals are educating themselves about their investment choices, including separately managed accounts.
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Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg	From Complexity to Simplicity And Back Using plain-vanilla mutual funds, retail advisors can build low-correlating portfolios, like absolute-return portfolios. In fact, the sophisticated financial advisor is performing like a mini-institutional consultant of yore.
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Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Christie Matheson	Words on the Street The investing public may know more than they did a decade or two ago, but that might mean they know just enough to be dangerous. They aren't clueless, but advisors shouldn't take their understanding for granted.
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