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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 9 Most Disliked U.S. Companies: 2012

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  February 21, 2012

  AdvisorOne focuses on the bottom nine in a Harris poll ranking consumers’ opinion of the reputation of America’s 60 most visible companies.

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  The Custody Rule and its Ramifications

  By Les Abromovitz  |  January 1, 2012

  When an RIA takes custody of a client’s funds or securities, risk to that individual increases dramatically. Rule 206(4)-2 under the Investment Advisers Act (better known as the Custody Rule), was passed to protect clients from unscrupulous investors.

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  Are Target Date Funds the ‘Single Product Solution’?

  By J. Gibson Watson III, CIMA, Envestnet  |  December 6, 2011

  Yes, they remain popular, despite 2008, but they are not the income-producing Holy Grail of DC plans.

• Dennis Kozlowski: CEO Bonuses for TARP Recipients ‘Indefensible’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 21, 2011

  As news of the conviction and sentencing of hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam settles down, it’s a good time to take a look back at the last “Bond Villain” to make the financial perp walk—former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski.

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  How a Freethinking Economist Saved Your Retirement Portfolio

  By Gerald Burstyn  |  September 29, 2011

  Research by economist Richard Thaler, a professor at the University of Chicago, has “nudged” vast numbers of Americans to a higher savings rate.

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  Top 10 Best & Worst Sports Business Deals

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  August 24, 2011

  AdvisorOne looks at how the business of sports has gobbled up the landscape from Citi Field to Lambeau Field and Tiger Woods to Li Na.

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  PR Primer

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  August 24, 2011

  I don’t belong to AARP, although I more than qualify and they’ve been sending me membership forms for years.

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  Sheila Bair: Unexpected Bank Watchdog—Top Women Extended Profile

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 5, 2011

  While departing in July, Bair's five years of FDIC chairmanship have seen some of the best and worst of times.

• Caveat Emptor for 401(k) Plan Sponsors

  By Mark D. Mensack AIFA  |  May 18, 2011

  Most plan sponsors are unaware of their fiduciary duty and can be liable for fines and penalties as the DOL steps up enforcement.