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  New York Life Stresses Value of Auto-Enrollment

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 25, 2013

  A survey found that if workers were automatically enrolled in a retirement plan at a 3% rate, just 11% would opt out.

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  Overcoming Your Clients’ Emotional Volatility

  By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne  |  March 25, 2013

  Now more than ever, advisors need to have nerves of steel if they’re going to help investors stem overreactions to events like the recent news on Cyprus’ banks.

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  Top 25 401(k)s for NYC-Based Companies: Where Are the Big Banks?

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 22, 2013

  Say goodbye to BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and other finance giants—this year's list of the best plans is seriously competitive.

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  Equities Are Hot, but Affluent Investors Won’t Bite: Legg Mason

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 20, 2013

  It seems affluent investors once again like equities for income, but are holding fast to their fixed asset allocations.

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  Half of Workers Believe Comfortable Retirement Out of Reach

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 19, 2013

  A comfortable retirement is still something many Americans fear they’ll have to do without, according to EBRI’s 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey.

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  Retiree Entitlements ‘Undermine’ Everything Else: Robert Samuelson

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 19, 2013

  Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson took a scorched-earth approach on Monday to what he sees as out-of-control entitlement spending.

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  Taxes, Social Security Weigh on Boomers’ Retirement Planning

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 18, 2013

  More than half of middle-income boomers said they would save less for retirement if income taxes rose, according to the Insured Retirement Institute.

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  The Successful Retirement Plan Advisor, Pt. 5—Profile in Success—Voyage Financial Group

  By Liz Davidson, Financial Finesse  |  March 18, 2013

  Voyage Financial Partners has followed its unique business strategy with discipline and focus--working with middle-income workers at Fortune 1000 companies--and achieved significant success along the way, but not by accident.

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  5 Ways Retirees Can Cut Health Care Costs

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 15, 2013

  Advisors aren’t doing enough to reach out to their clients to help them choose the right health care plans for retirement, according to Allsup. Here are five ways to help.

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  IBM Draws Senate Heat for 401(k) Changes

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 15, 2013

  At issue is the business giant’s decision to match in a lump sum at the end of the year, rather than matching on a biweekly basis.