Jane Wollman Rusoff

About the Author

Jane Wollman Rusoff

Jane Wollman Rusoff is a New York-based freelance writer and contributing editor of Research. She is the founder of Family Star Productions.

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  The Power of Words

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  December 26, 2011

  WRITER DOROTHY PARKER cracked that the two most beautiful words in the English language were “check enclosed.” The three most beautiful words for winning financial advisory clients are “I get it!”

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  Retirement Master

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  December 26, 2011

  At 31, Marcia Mantell was thrilled to step into retirement. Not her own — but the burgeoning financial services’ retirement industry. The year was 1992.

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  Research Roundtable: Gundlach, Rodriguez, Others

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  November 23, 2011

  Our expert panel — John Buckingham, Kenneth L. Fisher, Jeffrey Gundlach, Robert Rodriguez — sees turbulence and opportunity in the year ahead, as history makes clear that presidential election years are usually favorable for the securities markets.

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  Deficit Tax Proposals Would Radically Change 401(k)s: EBRI

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  November 11, 2011

  If enacted, two major tax-reform proposals aimed at shrinking the federal deficit would reduce 401(k) plan contributions and likely send retirement account balances tumbling, according to the nonpartisan EBRI.

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  Measured Pace

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  October 26, 2011

  Back in 1976, while other teenagers had started obsessing over the newest style of music, punk rock, 16-year-old Louis M. Ricciardi was grooming himself to be a financial advisor. Hipping classmates to the Rule of 72, he was touting the benefits of investing at a young age.

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  Making the Most of a Mentor

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  October 26, 2011

  Financial advisors-in-training must be ambitious, gutsy and thrive on hard work. That’s just for starters. And who is best qualified to guide these rookies on their challenging journey to profit and prosperity? Somebody who’s walked miles and miles in their shoes: in other words, a caring mentor.

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  FPA Capital’s Bob Rodriguez Forecasts Recession, Cautious on Markets: AdvisorOne Exclusive

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  October 20, 2011

  Legendary money manager Rodriguez says structural changes are key to our fiscal revival but doubts the country's political will to make them.

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  The New Wave of Active ETFs

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  September 29, 2011

  That new kid on the block with the monogram “ETF” isn’t just passing through town — the exchange-traded fund is here to stay. And what’s been hyped for three years as the next big thing in the hot ETF market, actively managed ETFs, may soon spark major change, when Pimco...

• Scramble for Assets

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  September 1, 2011

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  American Dream

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  September 1, 2011