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  ‘Too Big to Fail’ Banks Bigger Than Before Crisis

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 16, 2012

  The five largest domestic banks now hold $8.5 trillion of assets, or 56% of the nation’s GDP, and are bigger than before the financial crisis.

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  Dividend ‘Bubble,’ Dow Cloud Earnings Season Outlook

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 10, 2012

  Might we be in a dividend bubble? If the number of news accounts on the benefits of dividend-paying stocks, and the mountains of company cash, is any indication, one would most certainly say yes.

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  Succession Planning 201: How to Motivate a Newly Hired Advisor

  By Greg Friedman, MS, CFP  |  March 8, 2012

  Hiring a new advisor for your small(er) firm is one thing, keeping them motivated can be another. Here’s how to retain those new hires

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  PIMCO Quits SIFMA Splinter Group

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 22, 2012

  PIMCO is leaving the American Securitization Forum, an offshoot of SIFMA that represents underwriters and holders of securitized debt. The bond fund behemoth cited what it believed was a lack of advocacy on behalf of the organization’s money manager members as the reason.

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  Bank of America in $335 Million Settlement Over Countrywide Loans

  By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press  |  December 22, 2011

  The DOJ says it's the largest settlement in history over residential fair lending practices.

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  S&P, Fitch Cut Ratings of 17 Banks in U.S., Europe

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 16, 2011

  S&P clips 10 in Spain, Fitch hits BofA and Goldman.

• Fitch Downgrades 3 Big Banks, Threatens Over a Dozen More

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 14, 2011

  Fitch Ratings cut the long-term issuer default ratings of three major banks late Thursday, and warned that more than a dozen more may see their ratings cut as well as it put them on a negative watch.

• From Wall Street to Fleet Street: Protests Set for London

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 13, 2011

  The Occupy Wall Street movement, whose growing presence in Lower Manhattan has steadily attracted more notice, is spreading to Fleet Street, where protestors plan a Saturday march to the London Stock Exchange.

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  Q3 Earnings Kickoff: JPMorgan Profit Drops 4%

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 13, 2011

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Thursday kicked off the finance sector’s first major earnings release for the third-quarter with an anticipated drop in profit, down 4% to $4.26 billion from $4.42 billion a year ago.

• MetLife Fills Reverse Mortgage Void to Hedge Against Insurance Industry Contraction

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 22, 2011

  MetLife is taking full advantage of the recent decisions by Wells Fargo and Bank of America to leave the reverse mortgage market. But industry watchers are wondering why.