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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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  Rising Tech

  By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne  |  February 1, 2012

  Niche solutions, cloud computing and growth in Asia are expected to buoy the tech space in an overall risky economy

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  Hiding in Plain Sight

  By George Fraise, Robert Rohn, Gordon Marchand  |  November 28, 2011

  The past decade has not been kind to most equity investors and their advisors.

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  Get a Life

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  March 1, 2011

  “People today don’t want to be sold XYZ product. They want a customized, personalized financial plan for life,” says Mitch Anthony, founder of the Financial Life Planning Institute.

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  ETF Expert: Software ETFs Programmed for Industry’s Revival

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  October 1, 2010

  Average revenue growth in the software field was 15% last year, and most industry players expect even stronger growth this year. Here's a look at two exchange-traded funds and one exchange-traded trust that let investors target the U.S. software industry.

• Value of M&A's Edge Up, but Potential Deals Fight Constraints, Report Finds

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 5, 2010

  A report from the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP indicates that, while the M&A market is still weak, deals are rising slightly in dollars if not in volume.

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  What's Wrong with Today's Earnings Picture?

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com, Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  July 28, 2010

  A look at why bear markets are often the best auditors.

• Five Things Breakaway Brokers Need to Know

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  April 15, 2010

  There has been a sizeable uptick in brokers leaving the big broker/dealers (B/Ds) for the RIA world. And why not? RIAs' fiduciary model "resonates at the consumer level," as investors begin to understand the difference between RIAs and brokers.

• The Green Advisor: WalMart Shows the Way

  By Robert F. Keane  |  December 1, 2009

  I've been to a number of advisor industry conferences over the last five years--some put on by custodians or broker/dealers and others by professional associations....

• Fresh Perspective, New Opportunities: Practice Edge, March 2009

  By Maya Ivanova  |  March 11, 2009

  One of the defining characteristics of successful businesspeople is the habit of seeing challenges as opportunities.