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Within NEPC’s 2014 Asset Allocation Letter, the author, NEPC’s Asset Allocation Committee, reminds us that investors often feel the emotional cost of diversification in the form of “missing out” on return when equity markets rally. The recent robust performance may tempt some investors to chase results. They remind us that investors, instead, must consider moving in a different direction.

In the first quarter 2014 issue of Global Foresight, Rockefeller & Co. provides comprehensive analysis and valuable insight for what investors can expect this year. This publication contains the following articles:

With so many conflicting data points and opinions in the market:How should investors view the outlook for stocks?What practical steps should investors take amid fierce debates about market valuation?

Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management expects the investment landscape to be quite different in the year ahead as the bull market matures, the Fed shifts strategy and the global economy moves further away from the crisis-ridden environment that has prevailed since 2007. Some other insights:

Looking ahead to 2014, SEI Investments Company expects:Global economic growth will accelerate, led by the U.S. with important assists from other developed countries.China also should maintain a vigorous growth rate, helping to sustain global trade.U.S. Federal Reserve to continue to slowly ease stimulus efforts, while the eurozone is likely to remain troubled.

The third quarter was marked by a number of consequential events, not the least of which was the continuation of the substantial and now maturing bull market. The author has seen global growth improve and global economies begin to resynchronize.

This paper offers a look at the monumental changes occurring in energy, both domestically and worldwide, and the exploitation of new energy sources and their impact on the environment.

A frank discussion of a variety of outcomes and their potential investment and economic implications that can help identify areas of opportunity and greatest risk.

Emerging economies have recently experienced decelerating growth, leading some to question if structural conditions have changed for the worse. Growth deceleration partially reflects the natural transition from an export-driven economy to a higher-quality consumer-driven growth model. Concerns about emerging market equities have led to discounted valuations, providing an opportunity f

In the early 1940s, war-driven deficit spending and loose monetary policy lifted the economy out of the Depression. One of the most interesting economic aspects of this period was that growth continued despite a massive withdrawal of fiscal stimulus in 1945 and 1946. Using today’s terminology, the sizeable reduction in government spending could be described as “the mother