5 Smart Insights For Financial Advisors

5 Smart Insights For Financial Advisors What Falling Gold Prices Tell Us About The Stock Market (Advisor Perspectives) "At a most rudimentary level, equities are residual claims in the capital structure. Gold, on the other hand, expresses confidence in the financial system," writes Mark Ungewitter of Charter Trust Company in Advisor Perspectives. "Confidence in banks, currencies, governments and Wall Street seems...

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US Futures Have Rallied And Turned Positive

US Futures Have Rallied And Turned Positive After the stock markets closed at 4:00 PM ET today, U.S. futures traded lower. However, they made a comeback, and now they're positive. ...

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If You're Shopping For Gold Jewelry, Don't Expect Cheaper Prices Anytime Soon

If You're Shopping For Gold Jewelry, Don't Expect Cheaper Prices Anytime Soon Gold has hit new lows. But for Joe Consumer, it'll be mostly shrugs. We spoke with several jewelers to talk about what impact — if any — plummeting prices would have for their wares, and their subsequent attractiveness for consumers. They told us few people will notice any difference at jewelry stores for...

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The Yen Is Sliding

The Yen Is Sliding With just an hour to go before Asia opens for Tuesday trading, the yen is sliding. Here's an Intraday look at the yen against the dollar via Bloomberg. Bloomberg Here's a longer term look for reference: ...

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Markets Are In The Red In Asia, Japan Down 1.6%

Markets Are In The Red In Asia, Japan Down 1.6% Markets have just opened in Asia, and they are trading lower. Japan's Nikkei is down 1.6%. Korea's Kospi is down 1.0%. Australia's S&P/ASX is down 0.4%. The sell-off comes in the wake of disappointing U.S. economic reports and a sharp Monday stock market plunge. Gold tumbled by as much as 10% today. Just before 3:00 PM ET, there were at least two explosions...

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Pope stands firm on reforming "radical feminist" U.S. nuns

Pope stands firm on reforming "radical feminist" U.S. nuns Pope Francis has reaffirmed the Vatican's criticism of a body that represents U.S. nuns which the Church said was tainted by "radical" feminism, dashing hopes he might take a softer stand with the sisters. Francis's predecessor, Benedict, decreed that the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), a group that represents more...

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Afghan electric company struggles to make powerful customers pay

Afghan electric company struggles to make powerful customers pay How do you collect a $200,000 electricity bill from an Afghan warlord? Try cutting him off from the grid. Then turn off your cell phone so he can't yell at you. General Rashid Dostum - one of Afghanistan's most powerful militia leaders - found someone else to reconnect him within hours, said Mirwais Alami,...

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Tweeting Turkish pianist given suspended sentence for blasphemy

Tweeting Turkish pianist given suspended sentence for blasphemy A world-renowned concert pianist was given a suspended jail sentence in Turkey on Monday for insulting religious values on Twitter, a case which has become a cause celebre for Turks alarmed about creeping Islamic conservatism. Fazil Say, also a leading composer, went on trial in October for blasphemy - a crime that can carry an...

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EU says member states failing to crack down on human trafficking

EU says member states failing to crack down on human trafficking BRUSSELS | Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:40pm EDT (Reuters) - Thousands of people are falling victim to human traffickers every year in the European Union but most member states have failed to implement tougher new laws agreed by the bloc to address the problem, the European Commission said on Monday. The new...

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New app finds upcoming yoga classes wherever you are

New app finds upcoming yoga classes wherever you are By Natasha Baker TORONTO | Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:14pm EDT (Reuters) - From hatha to vinyasa and everything in between, a new app helps yoga lovers find upcoming classes nearby. Om finders, an iPhone app, detects a user's location and shows yoga classes happening at studios around them, including time and directions. "The ...

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Rihanna Cancels Houston Show Due to Illness

Rihanna Cancels Houston Show Due to Illness Get well soon, Rihanna! The 25-year-old singer has had to cancel her Diamonds World Tour show in Houston, Texas on Monday, April 15 due to illness. PHOTOS: Rihanna through the years Live Nation released a statement on Monday (via The Associated Press) saying Rihanna is unable to perform "as a result of illness." Fans have been told to hang onto their tickets to use at a rescheduled show. PHOTOS: Rihanna...

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Rihanna Cancels Houston Show Due to Illness

Rihanna Cancels Houston Show Due to Illness Get well soon, Rihanna! The 25-year-old singer has had to cancel her Diamonds World Tour show in Houston, Texas on Monday, April 15 due to illness. PHOTOS: Rihanna through the years Live Nation released a statement on Monday (via The Associated Press) saying Rihanna is unable to perform "as a result of illness." Fans have been told to hang onto their tickets to use at a rescheduled show. PHOTOS: Rihanna...

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Lourdes Leon Steps Out With Her ‘Homeland’ Beau Timotheé Chalamet

Lourdes Leon Steps Out With Her ‘Homeland’ Beau Timotheé Chalamet Lourdes Leon and Timothee Chalamet. (Elder Ordonez/INFDaily.com)Lourdes Leon is not Madonna's little girl anymore. The 16-year-old was photographed with her 17-year-old boyfriend, Timotheé Chalamet, on Sunday in NYC. Chalamet, who "Homeland" fans will recognize as the actor who plays the vice president's son, Finn, joined Lourdes, her father Carlos Leon, and Leon's fiancé...

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Beyoncé Strips Down for Bikini Photo Shoot

Beyoncé Strips Down for Bikini Photo Shoot Beyoncé is sexy and sizzling as the famous face of H&M's 2013 summer campaign! Known to lend her iconic image to more upscale and sophisticated labels like Tommy Hilfiger and Armani, Queen B seems to be going back in time, sporting teeny-weeny bikinis and modeling for the budget-friendly brand. Not only did the 31-year-old superstar lend her good looks to the label, but she also collaborated and helped design the pieces! She said in a press release, "I've always like H&M's focus...

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Khloe Kardashian Weighs In on Kim’s Pregnancy Weight

Khloe Kardashian Weighs In on Kim’s Pregnancy Weight "omg! Insider" correspondent Michael Yo sat down with Khloe Kardashian to dish on all those nasty Kardashian headlines. From the media's criticism of Kim's pregnancy pounds to rumors of a troubled romance for Kim and Kanye, Khloe weighed in on it all. “It's just, I think disgusting to talk about a pregnant person's weight,” she explained, adding, "I think it should be off limits." Kim’s younger sis even admitted that she's envious of her sister's fabulous figure saying, "I wish...

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Google rivals may be quizzed on antitrust offer this week

Google rivals may be quizzed on antitrust offer this week Reuters/Reuters - The Google signage is seen at the company's headquarters in New York January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google's rivals could get the chance to ramp up pressure for tougher concessions from the search giant when they are asked, possibly as early as this week, to study its proposals for ending an EU...

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MetroPCS urges shareholders to vote for amended T-Mobile deal

MetroPCS urges shareholders to vote for amended T-Mobile deal Reuters/Reuters - The logo of Deutsche Telekom AG is seen outside the company's headquarter in Bonn May 24, 2012. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (Reuters) - MetroPCS Communications amended the terms for its proposed merger with Deutsche Telekom unit T-Mobile USA, and asked shareholders to vote for the deal. The move follows Deutsche Telekom sweetening its offer last...

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Vodafone to cut 500 jobs in Germany

Vodafone to cut 500 jobs in Germany Reuters/Reuters - A customer walks past the Vodafone logo in a shopping mall in Prague February 7, 2012. British telecommunication firm Vodafone is expected to post fourth-quarter results on February 9. REUTERS/David …more  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Vodafone will cut 500 jobs in Germany, the company said on Monday, as the group adjusts to harsher competition and lower fees in...

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iPhone supplier Japan Display turns to smaller smartphone makers

iPhone supplier Japan Display turns to smaller smartphone makers By Reiji Murai and Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Display Inc, one of two Japanese producers of Apple Inc iPhone screens, wants to boost sales by up to 60 percent by winning more business from smaller makers of phones and tablets to offset lackluster orders from its bigger clients. Japan Display, the world's No.1 maker of small...

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U.S. agency denies data center to monitor citizens' emails

U.S. agency denies data center to monitor citizens' emails WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency on Monday denied that a $1.2 billion data center it is building in the Utah desert will be used to illegally eavesdrop on or monitor the emails of U.S. citizens. The secretive agency, which serves the U.S. military and intelligence communities, insisted the state-of-the-art facility's work would be used to support U.S. cybersecurity in accordance with U.S. laws that limit spying on U.S. citizens. ...

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he Secret Wars: The CIA’s covert mission to combat terrorism

he Secret Wars: The CIA’s covert mission to combat terrorism On the Radar It’s common knowledge that the United States embarked on two wars following September 11: Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, can you name a third? That’s the premise of Mark Mazzetti’s new book The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth. “There is war going on that really still is not acknowledged by the U.S., or the details certainly are not acknowledged by the US,” Mark Mazzetti tells on the Radar, referring to the...

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Republicans get into the permanent campaign business

Republicans get into the permanent campaign business Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus (Getty Images) LOS ANGELES—Since the early days of President Barack Obama's first term, Republicans have disparaged him for engaging in a "permanent campaign," saying he is placing his own personal interests ahead of the nation's. But after Obama won re-election with more than 300 electoral college votes, GOP leaders are starting...

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Obama phones Boston mayor, Mass. governor to offer aid after blasts

Obama phones Boston mayor, Mass. governor to offer aid after blasts President Barack Obama on the phone with FBI Director Robert Mueller to receive an update on the explosions that …President Barack Obama telephoned Boston Mayor Tom Menino and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to express concern for those wounded in a pair of explosions that ripped through the crowd near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday....

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Obama on Boston attacks: Those responsible will feel ‘weight of justice’

Obama on Boston attacks: Those responsible will feel ‘weight of justice’ President Barack Obama talks about the explosions at the Boston Marathon at the White House, April 15, 2013. (Larry …President Barack Obama vowed Monday to bring the "full weight of justice" down on those behind the apparent bombing attacks in Boston. Obama, speaking at the White House, stopped short of explicitly blaming terrorists for the dramatic...

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Senators unveil bipartisan immigration bill

Senators unveil bipartisan immigration bill Reuters/Reuters - The U.S. Capitol dome and U.S. Senate (R) in Washington, August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Richard Cowan and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation to remove the threat of deportation for millions of illegal immigrants and give them an opportunity to eventually become...

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Amanda Bynes Not Speaking to Parents, Claims to Have Friends

Amanda Bynes Not Speaking to Parents, Claims to Have Friends Amanda Bynes (Splash News)It's been a tough few months for Amanda Bynes, who (among other things) has made headlines for wandering dazed and confused around Times Square with a shirt over her head, piercing both her cheeks, and tweeting that she wanted Drake to "murder" her, ahem, lady parts. But things have seemingly gone from bad to worse in the ex-Nickelodeon star's life,...

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