Article: Big-name investors lose luster with some advisers; Performance by Buffett, Miller and Gross raises doubts.

Byline: David Hoffman

Believing that the financial oracles may have lost their gifts, many advisers appear unwilling to tie their fortunes to the investment acumen of such big-name investors as Warren E. Buffett and Bill Miller.

"I appreciate an articulate spokesman as much as the next guy,'' said J. Michael Martin, president of Financial Advantage Inc., a Columbia, Md.-based firm with $260 million in assets. But just because someone has carved out a niche for themselves as a leading light doesn't mean that what they have to say is correct especially these days, he said.

"They all have different philosophies and strategies,'' said Nicholas ...

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