As tactical asset allocators, we continue to monitor and analyze interest rates, credit markets, the economy and other factors affecting various bond sectors.

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Pension consultants are increasingly recommending that their clients invest in funds of funds of funds whereby the consultant is paid an asset based fee to select and monitor the funds of funds that, in turn, select and monitor the actual managers.

FORBES: Pensions Perilously Binging Upon Hedge Funds, Funds of Funds and Funds of Funds of Funds (March 20, 2007)

To achieve price stability, it would require the Fed to monitor a full range of asset prices including not only goods and services, but also the price of gold and the foreign exchange value of the dollar.

FORBES: The Budget Stalemate Shows The Need For Monetary Reform

They include stronger sentences for terror-related offenses, new powers for police to monitor terrorists after they leave prison, asset freezing, and more sophisticated monitoring of suspects' financial transactions.

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This index is used to monitor times when the market seems stressed to see how linked asset classes are to each other.

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Holders of precious metals or other major tradable (fungible) assets worldwide need to monitor the foreign exchange rate of the currency in which their asset is held.

FORBES: Comex Gold Firmer on Follow-Through Strength from Friday's Strong Gains

Under the newly minted 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission is chartered to monitor non-agricultural commodities trading, to promote transparency and to prevent asset bubbles.

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