Spear uses a "consensus" system that follows the portfolios of some of the top-performing letters including the Coolcat Explosive Small Cap Growth Stock Report, the Prudent Speculator and Louis Navellier 's MPT Review.

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Many investors believe that the actions of the Federal Reserve have introduced tremendous inflationary pressures into the system and have added gold to their portfolios in advance of the realization of those inflationary pressures.

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His four-year-old FolioFN in Vienna, Va. has a system for replacing the traditional fund with automated portfolios that the customers manage from their own computers.

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To safely operate in the mobile industry, a company needs to have substantial portfolios in the three main patent areas involved in the design of smartphones: operating system and software, hardware and wireless patents.

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In Memphis, the system is being refined, with music, drama and dance teachers creating their own "portfolios" to prove students have progressed under their tutelage.

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