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The Top 100

By SUZANNE MCGEE

Barron's ranks America's leading financial advisors. What they're recommending.

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Up and Down Wall Street

A Golden Opportunity

By ALAN ABELSON

Some savvy investment pros are bullish on gold, and even more so on gold-mining stocks.

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Plucking Kohl's From the Bargain Bin

By CHRISTOPHER C. WILLIAMS

Shares of the off-price department-store chain have fallen out of favor with investors. But there is much to like about this aggressive merchandiser, including its shareholder-friendly ways.

Current Yield

Bonds Gain From Stocks' Pain

By RANDALL W. FORSYTH

Treasuries rally, pushing the yield on the 10-year benchmark back below the 2% mark.

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One of the Best Tech Plays Outside Apple

By ANDREW BARY

Seagate Technology has a rock-bottom valuation and bright prospects. Here's how the world's largest disk-drive maker may offer investors a byte of the action.

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The Great Bond Conundrum

By STEVE GARMHAUSEN

Investors looking for yield face slim pickings these days—and serious risks. Some top advisors offer recommendations on how to get decent income.

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Time to Start Trading

By MICHAEL A. SISK

As global markets gyrate, a growing number of advisors are telling investors to set aside as much as 25% of their portfolio for shorter-term bets. Sizing up the risks and returns.

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The Gift of Giving

By STEVE GARMHAUSEN

Now is the time for making big gifts to your kids and grandchildren. Some good advice on how to make your moves before favorable tax exemptions expire.

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Clever Is as Clever Does

By BILL ALPERT

For-profit colleges are contributing mightily to the country's $1 trillion in student-loan debt. When it comes to defaults, ITT Educational Services is doing much more than its share.

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A No-Confidence Vote for France

By JONATHAN BUCK

Socialist leader Francois Hollande is likely to be the next president of France, beating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. That's bad for business, and worse for the French economy.

Interview

The Big Flaws in Dodd-Frank

By GENE EPSTEIN

A financial historian warns that it's done nothing to prevent the government subsidy of mortgage risk that fueled the financial crisis.

Profile

A Fund Duo That Teams Up to Outperform

By SARAH MAX

The Janus Triton fund's dual managers, Chad Meade and Brian Schaub, complement each other perfectly, although they came to Janus Capital via very different routes. Noted here are: the Janus Venture fund, TransDigm, with Boeing, European Aeronautic Defence & Space, and Polaris Industries.

ETF Focus

Bullish on Junk, Mid-Caps

By BRENDAN CONWAY

Junk bonds still look attractive, even if some investors are fleeing the high-yield ETFs. Also, mid-cap stocks have more room to run.

Technology Trader

What Becomes of a Beleaguered Legend?

By TIERNAN RAY

Sony is facing revenue erosion on all its product fronts, and tough times in the stock market, with its shares down 42% in the last 12 months. It may have permanently lost its long-ago consumer electronics magic. Also in tech: an odd new class of shares at Google.