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Financial Planning November 1, 2005 Randy Lert	Stick to Your Guns! Investment managers have stayed bullish on investment underdogs despite a market that has been going the other way. Their favorite category by far is large-cap growth stocks, yet according to several surveys, those stocks only rose 1.7%.
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Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Craig L. Israelsen	Upper-Left Quadrant Prudent investing requires the construction of multi-asset portfolios.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2010 John Rosevear	Scary Stocks Worth Buying Anyway Sometimes, your lowest-risk move is a risky investment. If you take a portfolio that's weighted heavily toward large-cap stocks and add some small caps -- you don't need a lot -- your returns should, on average, go up.
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Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2004 Christopher M. Wright	Q&A with Roger Gibson Roger Gibson is a nationally recognized expert in asset allocation and portfolio design. In a recent interview he discusses among other things, diversification and where REITs fit into his clients' portfolios.
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