Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne

About the Author

Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne

Ron is senior editor of AdvisorOne. Previously, he was an editor at The New York Times News Service for 18 years, editing TimesDigest, a daily digest of the paper distributed worldwide, and International Weeklies, a distilled broadsheet version of The Times included in foreign- and English-language papers across the globe.

Prior to working at The Times, he owned and operated Multi Vision Productions, a video production company in Washington, D.C., where he directed and edited a cable TV news magazine show called "Focal Point." Ron received a Bachelor's degree in Communications from University of Texas at Austin. He also attended University of London, studying Art, Architecture and Theater. Ron can be reached at rpech@sbmedia.com.

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  Top 25 Fastest Growing Fund Managers

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  January 18, 2012

  Quite a few of the top 25 fastest growing fund managers for last year came from boutique firms, according to Strategic Insight’s Simfund database.

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  Top 10 Biggest Tax Breaks: What to Cut to Trim Deficit?

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  July 28, 2011

  We need to slash the deficit, right? So which of these 10 treasured, and costly, tax deductions would you cut to save the country from fiscal ruin?

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  Dodd-Frank Anniversary: Big Reform Followed by Mixed Progress—Slideshow

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  July 20, 2011

  Like many well-meaning legislative efforts, the law has become clouded by political mud fights and has ballooned in size and scope.

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  Economic Forecasters, the Bulls: Fisher, Altfest, Mobius & More—a Slide Show

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  March 10, 2011

  It's the Bears vs. the Bulls, but this playing field is economic prognostication. AdvisorOne presents a slide show of some of the noted economic optimists and pessimists. Last week we let the Bears run wild, this week the Bulls get their turn.

• Economic Forecasters, the Bulls: Fisher XXXXXX & More—a Slide Show

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  March 10, 2011

  It's the Bears vs. the Bulls, but this playing field is economic prognostication. AdvisorOne presents a slide show of some of the noted economic pessimists and optimists. Last time we let the Bears run wild, this week the Bulls get their turn.

• Economic Forecasters, the Bears: Gross, Roubini, Rodriguez & More—a Slide Show

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  March 3, 2011

  It's the Bears vs. the Bulls, but this playing field is economic prognostication. AdvisorOne presents a slide show of some of the noted pessimists and optimists. First up, da Bears.

• House Republican Leader Boehner Would Vote for Obama's Tax Cut

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  September 12, 2010

  House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said on Sunday, September 12, that he was open to voting for President Barack Obama's plan to maintain the lower tax rates for couples earning less than $250,000, but letting them expire for those earning more.

• GDP Revised Sharply Downward in Q2; Consumer Sentiment a Bit Higher

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  August 27, 2010

  A revised estimate of second-quarter GDP on Friday, August 27, showed that the economy grew at 1.6% annual pace, down sharply from the government's first estimate of 2.4%.

• Fed Official Says 'Too Big to Fail' Threatens Community Banks

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  August 23, 2010

  Thomas Hoenig, president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, that the long-term health of community banks is being strangled by the market's, and the government's, policy of "too big to fail" toward big banks.

• Stocks, Munis Have Best 'Real' Returns Over Long-Term, Thornburg Study Finds

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  August 23, 2010

  Common stocks and municipal bonds have had the highest long-term "real" returns for taxable accounts over the last 30 years, according to an annual study by Thornburg Investment Management (Thornburg) released Monday, August 23.