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Weekly Roundup From The Financial Brain Trust David Skarica: Don’t Fear the Commodities Crash The commodities pullback shouldn’t be feared. It should be welcomed. I would think that the Commodity Channel Index (CCI), which peaked around 691, will pull back to the 550 area, at which time I would buy commodities strongly in anticipation of the big dollar crisis that should hit in 2013 . . . get the full story, click here. Andrew Packer: View From the SKEW: Rough Ride Ahead in Markets Five years ago, any money manager at a cocktail party commenting on the Volatility Index (the VIX) would get blank stares. It was too far off the radar for most investors. Flash forward five years and the VIX, also dubbed the Fear Index, is a permanent feature on CNBC . . . get the full story, click here. Special Offer: The Stock Tip I Gave My Father At 63, my father has been getting frustrated with the volatility of the stock market combined with the insulting returns from his fixed income investments. So I sent him this video I put together. He hasn’t stopped thanking me since. See It for Yourself, Click Here. Bob Wiedemer: Market to Stay Volatile as QE2 Nears End When the Fed ended its last money printing operation, QE1, on April 1 last year, the stock market began to stumble very quickly in May resulting in the May Flash Crash followed by a bad summer for stocks. Hence, a number of investors who have invested in stocks may begin to pull out ahead of the end of QE2 to avoid the downward turbulence that may follow CNBC . . . get the full story, click here. David Frazier: Now’s the Time to Establish a Watch List Most financial planners and mutual-fund portfolio managers advocate staying fully invested, at all times, in either stocks or a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, commodities, and real-estate investment trusts (REITS). I, on the other hand, have always considered such an approach to be foolish . . . get the full story, click here. Sean Hyman: Obama Tax Plan May Boost Oil, Canadian Dollar The junior congressman-turned-“too fast” president came up with his brilliant idea (again). What is President Barack Obama pushing? He reiterated his call to end the tax breaks for the oil and natural-gas companies. His plan initially sounds good . . . get the full story, click here. Ashish Advani: Dollar’s Weakness Sparks Unexpected Challenges The only way we can save the American dominance over the world is to discipline our spending habits. And the more time we make excuses and avoid making hard decisions, the longer we will take to recover, or maybe leave it too late to recover at all . . .get the full story, click here. Bill Spetrino: The Numbers Don’t Lie Most people don’t have a detailed retirement plan. What’s stopping them? Most say they don’t know how to pick someone they trust. That is valid . . . get the full story, click here. More Links: