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  New Frontier for the Yield-Hungry: Student Loans

  By John Sullivan  |  February 5, 2013

  Skyrocketing college tuition costs and nose-diving yields—combine the two and you may have something.

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  Peter Schiff Slams CBS Blogger Over Recent Gold Post

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 22, 2013

  Peter Schiff came out swinging in an escalating war of words with CBS MoneyWatch blogger Larry Swedroe about the role gold should play in an investment portfolio.

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  Fiscal Cliff Deal: ‘A Missed Opportunity’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 21, 2013

  While the fiscal cliff deal that was approved by the House and Senate on Jan. 1 was good news in that it sent the markets soaring and includes some changes that make financial planning easier, critics of the deal say that it fails to remedy the fiscal challenges that lie...

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  Demographic Nightmare: Boomer Retirement Disaster Looms

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 17, 2013

  "We’re living into our 80s, 90s and 100s," says Wilmington Trust's Kathryn Karlic. "We’ll have four generations around a single pocket of wealth, with 80-year-old women taking care of their 100-year-old parents."

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  Goldman, Morgan Stanley Settle Mortgage Complaints for $557 Million

  By MARCY GORDON, AP BUSINESS WRITER  |  January 16, 2013

  Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will pay a combined $557 million to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been allowed to stay in their homes.

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  Kitces on the Top 3 Topics for Advisors in 2013—Topic 3: Obamacare

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  January 10, 2013

  This year may mark the beginning of a permanent change in separating employment from health insurance. Why this development in health exchanges holds major implications for you and your clients.

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  CPAs Take Dim View of Nation’s Fiscal Health

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 9, 2013

  CPAs are normally a staid bunch, but members of the largest accounting group are over the edge about the nation’s fiscal cliff.

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  AIG Suit Debate Sparks Outrage

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 9, 2013

  The director of Consumer Federation of America calls Greenberg’s remaining suit “outrageous.”

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  AIG Weighs Joining Suit Against Government

  January 8, 2013

  The lawsuit, filed by former chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, argues that the government was unfair to its shareholders through the way it conducted its bailout of the insurer.

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  Kitces on Top 3 Topics for Advisors in 2013—Topic 1: Fiduciary and SRO

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  January 8, 2013

  First up in an intense year for advisor regulation: movement from the DOL on its fiduciary rule.