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U.S. stocks rose from a two-month low while Treasuries and gold fell as data showed rising consumer spending and corporate earnings beat estimates.

Puerto Rico debt is rallying the most in two years, even under the threat of a cut to junk, as the commonwealth prepares to sell bonds for the first time since August.

The contraction in the U.S. market for borrowing and lending securities amid rising interest rates and heightened global bank regulation will increase this year, according to Fitch Ratings.

Emerging-market stocks rose for the first time this year after the International Monetary Fund said it will raise its forecast for world growth.

China’s stocks rose, led by energy companies after Offshore Oil Engineering Co. reported a jump in profit. A gauge of small-company shares headed for a record.

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Rob Goldman founded Goldman Small Cap Research (GSCR)--not affiliated with Goldman Sachs--in 2009. He has over 20 years of investment and research experience as a senior research analyst and as a portfolio and mutual fund manager.

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Rob Goldman founded Goldman Small Cap Research (GSCR)-not affiliated with Goldman Sachs-in 2009. He has over 20 years of investment and research experience as a senior research analyst and as a portfolio and mutual fund manager.

Bloomberg -- Sovereign wealth funds, which control about $6 trillion of wealth globally, are boosting investments in alternative assets like real estate and private equity to boost returns, a survey by Invesco Ltd. found.

BNY Mellon has been named to one of the most highly regarded global sustainability indices, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).

Bloomberg -- Wealth among Asia-Pacific millionaires may top North America’s as soon as next year as Japanese economic growth boosts investor returns in the country, a report by Cap Gemini SA and Royal Bank of Canada showed.

For the last several years the investment management industry has seen a seismic shift towards outsourcing middle and back-office activities. This shift and the development of a successful outsourcing model has come with some degree of skepticism.

If forced to choose, most investors would seek to preserve capital rather than pursue higher returns, a survey by Natixis Global Asset Management has found.

S&P Capital IQ, a business line of McGraw Hill Financial, announced the opening of a new office in Mexico City from which it will both provide a variety of investment and credit in-depth information analysis tools and research for local financial professionals as well as increase data coverage of Mexican and Latin American securities,

Anti-money laundering policies were identified by both FINRA and the SEC as a top priority for examinations of broker-dealers in 2013. In its exam guidance, FINRA noted "an increase in foreign currency conversion transactions." It also stressed that there are no exemptions from the AML requirement for member firms, even if the company holds no customer funds.

(Bloomberg) – The largest developing nations for the first time have the worst market opportunities as optimism for stronger growth shifts to the U.S. and Europe, according to a Bloomberg Global Poll.

g) – Emerging markets offer good long- term buying opportunities as economies globally improve, Robert Kapito, co-founder and president of BlackRock Inc., said. There is too much short-term thinking in investing and foreign investors should be diversified in order to survive this period of market volatility, Kapito said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Susan Li.

While equity mutual fund investors headed for the doors in droves after getting pummeled during the Great Recession, many 401(k) participants and mutual fund investors have continued to add to their asset allocation funds, which include target-risk, target-date and other mixed-asset funds.