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  Peter Elkind Discusses ‘Rise and Fall’ of Eliot Spitzer and Enron

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  May 12, 2011

  At the fi360 Conference, the best-selling author offers lessons on Eliot Spitzer’s shortcomings and the dangers of Enron’s Skilling and Lay's management styles.

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  Michael Oxley Describes New Role as FINRA Lobbyist: Exclusive Interview

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 20, 2011

  Michael Oxley should be on every advisor's radar, as the former Republican congressman is now lobbying to ensure FINRA becomes the SRO for advisors.

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  Investment Advisor's January 2011 Issue: Ben Warwick Won't Compromise on Getting Returns. Period

  By Ben Warwick, Quantitative Equity Strategies  |  January 1, 2011

  Ben Warwick explores the best places to allocate capital—and get clients to re-embrace investing—after the twin equity market debacles of the last decade.

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  Going Rogue: Where Six Famous Financial Crooks Are Now

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 4, 2010

  We take a look back at the rogues gallery of financial miscreants, including the king, Charles Ponzi, and ask, "Where are they now?"

• Going Rogue: Where Six Famous Financial Crooks are Now

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 4, 2010

  Can there be a funnier scene? The 2005 remake of the 1977 classic Fun with Dick and Jane finds Jim Carrey as the hapless spokesman...

• Senate Panel Eyes Combating Fraud After Enron’s Skilling Set Free

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 29, 2010

  The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Tuesday examining the U.S. Supreme Court decision that vacated the conviction of former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling.

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  Who Will Clean Up the Mess Created by Wall Street?

  By Mike Patton  |  April 19, 2010

  I was watching a CNBC special recently about the Enron scandal. During the program the announcer said that Merrill Lynch was complicit in helping Enron...

• Delivering Diversification

  By James Damschroder  |  January 1, 2010

  Despite the widespread acceptance of diversification as an investment benefit, the fact remains that there's never existed a genuine way to actually quantify either its...

• Demonizing the Financial Sector is Folly

  By Alexei Bayer  |  June 1, 2009

  The information technology revolution of the 1980s and 1990s is justly considered one of the highest American achievements in the 20th century. Its positive impacts...

• The Green Advisor: A Triad of Values

  By Robert F. Keane  |  May 1, 2009

  In this space last month we wrote that while green investing and socially responsible investing (SRI) have much in common, they are not always the...