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  Prenups Mean Nothing When Long-Term Care Is Needed

  By Romeo Raabe, LUTC, LTCP  |  May 21, 2013

  If a client is considering a later-in-life marriage, understand that prenuptial agreements can’t ‘hide’ assets when it comes to a spouse’s need for LTC.

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  Half of Consumers Can Afford to Live to 75: Northwestern Mutual

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2013

  Findings released from Northwestern Mutual’s 2013 Planning and Progress study show 56% of respondents said they felt financially prepared to live to age 75.

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  Nationwide Releases Fee-Based Variable Annuity

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2013

  Nationwide is the latest company to join an industry push to convince advisors that their concerns with VAs have been addressed.

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  Financial Engines to Include IRAs on Income+ Offering

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  Financial Engines, which claims to be America's largest independent RIA, announced it is expanding its services to include IRAs.

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  Top 10 Most Expensive States for Long-Term Care: 2013

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  Will you or one of your clients be one of the 70% of people over 65 who will need long-term care? Genworth’s annual study on the cost of LTC indicates that if you are, you will be paying more for it this year.

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  More Clients Will Be Hit With Higher Medicare Costs Under Obamacare

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, JD, LL.M.  |  May 13, 2013

  Under Obamacare, income-based Medicare premiums for both HNW and lower-net-worth clients clients may sharply rise. Here are your options.

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  Health Crisis Would Shatter Finances of Most Middle-Income Americans

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 8, 2013

  About 90% of middle-income Americans don’t feel prepared to handle the financial cost of a critical illness diagnosis, according to a new survey.

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  Baby Boomers Best ‘in History’ at Retirement Saving: Michael Finke

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 7, 2013

  We’re in a retirement crisis, but it’s a “bit overblown.”

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  How to Protect Clients From Strippers and Cabana Boys

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 4, 2013

  Speaking at FPA Retreat 2013, attorneys Basel and Grace Jamra focuses on advisors' role in client pre-nups and post-nups in a divorce-happy age.

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  What Can Advisors Do in Defense of Freedom and Opposition to Terror?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2013

  AdvisorOne's Gil Weinreich speaks with freedom activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali about the fight for Western freedoms and how advisors can play a role, and the author adds his a post-script about his own brush with terror...