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  Top 5 Fund Providers Most Liked by Advisors

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 31, 2012

  A Cogent Research survey uncovered the five most liked service providers in each of three fund types: mutual funds, ETFs and variable annuities.

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  LPL Grabs $175M Team From SagePoint

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  October 24, 2012

  The 19-member group is based in Southern California and focuses on boomers, as well as members of Gen X and Y.

• The Hartford to Exit Retirement-Plans Biz

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 25, 2012

  The Hartford Financial Services Group agreed to sell its Retirement Plans business to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. for $400 million in early September.

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  7 Businesses Saved From the Brink of Bankruptcy

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  September 14, 2012

  Keeping a company on top for decades is tough; turning it around is even harder. And, are they good bets for your portfolio?

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  New Hire Roundup: TD Ameritrade Institutional Adds Dario

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 5, 2012

  Also this week in new hires, Joseph Nader joined Wescott Financial Advisory Group; Will Proctor went to a new spot at Neuberger Berman; and more.

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  ‘Antichrist’ at SEC, Dimon, Bush Among Villains of Financial Crisis: Tavakoli

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  August 29, 2012

  To Wall Street scourge Janet Tavakoli, the list of financial-crisis villains still evading responsibility is not short and includes, to name a few, Jamie Dimon, Jon Corzine, Tim Geithner, Mary Schapiro, George W. Bush, President Obama and the financial media.

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  Top 7 TV Advertising Slogans by Financial Firms

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  February 22, 2012

  As John Houseman intoned in the iconic TV commercials, Smith Barney earns its money, albeit now as a Morgan Stanley underling. No one can really listen when E.F. Hutton speaks any longer, since they've been subsumed. AdvisorOne rounds up a collection of its favorite ads.

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  Top 10 Terrible Predictions About Economy

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  November 11, 2011

  On 11/11/11, while the world still exists despite some predictions otherwise, a review by AdvisorOne of 10 terrible predictions about the markets and the economy.

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  Wall Street Potent Target in Presidential Campaign

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  October 6, 2011

  Americans, and now presidential candidates, are losing faith in Wall Street.

• Lifestyle and Growth

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  October 1, 2011

  When people I’ve just met learn what I do for a living, their first question inevitably is “Where should I invest?”