Adam Smith

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  Niall Ferguson: 4 Reasons America Is Falling Apart

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2013

  Niall Ferguson, a conservative Harvard professor equally at home in the sweep of civilization as the history of finance, explained to an audience of investment professionals how it is that much of the world is growing while the U.S. is slowing.

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  Are All Partners Equal?

  By Mark Tibergien  |  November 20, 2012

  You have heard the saying that the fastest way to ruin a friendship is to become partners. Unfortunately, many advisors in ensemble practices can relate to this adage.

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  What Is Money, and Why Is Europe So Messed Up?

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 7, 2012

  What is money? No, not the hopes, aspirations and goals we attribute to money. What is money itself, the physical property?

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  Milevsky: How Much in Risky Stocks vs. Safe Cash?

  By Moshe A. Milevsky  |  April 25, 2012

  From a purely mathematical point of view, the “stocks are safer over long periods of time” argument ­— before Paul Samuelson took an axe to it — went as follows.

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  Jim Rogers Picks Obama to Win Election but Prefers Ron Paul

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 24, 2012

  Leading presidential hopefuls Obama, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum 'don’t have a clue what’s going on,' Rogers believes.

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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.

• Danger & Opportunity: Can Life Planners Save The World?

  By George D. Kinder  |  September 1, 2009

  As I've pondered the state of the world and the many problems we face not just in the United States but across the globe, my...

• DIVINING INTENT

  By James Picerno  |  December 1, 2008

  Knowing your customers isn't critical for launching a business, but it comes in handy for staying solvent. But what about advising clients on philanthropy? How...

• Founding Father of Finance

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  January 1, 2008

  On the grounds of lower Manhattan's Trinity Church stands the gravestone of Alexander Hamilton, whose distinctions include being the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury....