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Financial Advisor February 2008 Bruce A. Weininger	Out Of The Style Box You have a much greater chance of improving performance by using a smaller number of managers who have shown an ability to outperform the market -- as long as you give them the freedom to invest in their best ideas, unconstrained by the style-box police.
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Investment Advisor March 2006 Kathleen M. McBride	Allocation Without Borders Vice chairman and CIO of Alliance Bernstein Investment Research & Management Ranji Nagaswami argues that being free to select equities worldwide yields better performance with lower risk.
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