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"If we don't see better-than anticipated corporate earnings I think the rally will be short-lived," Laurence Fink said.

Planners ask whether events like Brexit have rewritten the rules on current portfolio allocations.

Stocks have erased the losses triggered by the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union, and a stronger-than-forecast payrolls report also helped allay investor concerns.

While the value of broad diversification becomes evident over 15 to 20 years, its virtues will often be noticeable even over shorter time frames.

Recent market volatility has pitted advisers against clients over whether events such as Brexit represent a buying opportunity.

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Inflation and unemployment haven't reached levels that would justify an increase in interest rates, even without risks from Britain's vote to leave the European Union, Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo said.

It's safety first for investors around the world as they assess the significance of Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

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The firm pulled in $148 billion in new client money during the first six months of 2016, surpassing its previous first-half record of $140 billion set last year, a spokesman said.

FIAs may generate upside with limited downside, a package that appeals to some advisers and clients — as long as some hurdles can be cleared.

"We always tell our client base that the potential opportunity is plentiful, but like every asset class, there is no guaranteed profit," says RBC adviser George Kursar.

Investors see a nearly 80% chance that rates will be unchanged at the next two meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee, according to prices of options on eurodollar futures contracts.

Brexit isn't seen having fallout as severe as the 2008 financial crisis, but you wouldn't know it from the rush to safety in the global market for sovereign debt.

There are risks of contagion to other countries, but "it will take a significant amount of time to see how all that unfolds," says Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan.

Fixed income has posted steady returns in these markets, while once high-flying equities have come crashing down.

The former Fed chairman also says that Scotland and Northern Ireland are likely to break away following Brexit, a "terrible mistake."

Strategists across Wall Street have been paring back 2016 calls on benchmark Treasury yields, as expectations for global economic growth decline and central banks in Europe and Asia introduce additional policy easing.