Significantly, with the Fed expanding its balance sheet, to keep all of us feeling more comfortable, and theoretically investing and spending, too, it may limit some effectiveness of any fiscal cliff agreement.

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"Theoretically, one would think there's no age limit, " Kreiner said.

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