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  Top 10 Technology Trends for Advisors and Their Partners: Pt. 11, Big Data

  By Spenser Segal, ActiFi  |  September 13, 2012

  To take advantage of Big Data, first know what you want to achieve, envision how your business would be different if you had the right information, and then decide on what data to track, how much of it to keep, and how it will be analyzed.

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  Top 25 ‘Heroic’ U.S. Companies That Invest in U.S.

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 13, 2012

  The Progressive Policy Institute released its list of companies that are “betting on America” by making significant domestic capital expenditures.

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  Tech vs. Utilities: What’s the Better Value?

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  June 29, 2012

  Historically, tech has traded at a premium relative to utilities.

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  Apple Announces Dividend, Share Buyback

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 19, 2012

  Apple Inc. announced its first dividend since 1995, a move long-awaited by individual investors and many mutual funds as the company neared a record $98 billion in cash.

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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

• A Warren Buffett ETF?

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  December 26, 2011

  We know that financial product developers have thought about introducing a “Warren Buffett ETF,” not because the investing public really needs it, but because there’s no shortage of dubious ideas. Interestingly, though, financial marketers might not have to invent a Buffett ETF because one already exists.

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  Angie Herbers’ 2012 New Year Resolutions: 4 Steps to Great Employees

  By Angie Herbers  |  December 21, 2011

  These steps will not only allow you to create great employees, you’ll wind up with a more successful firm in the process

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  New Hire Roundup: Horan Goes to Chilton, Pan Moves Up at SEC, CFP Board Gains Myers

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 8, 2011

  This week in new hires, Timothy Horan moved to Chilton Private Clients, with a team of four; Eric Pan joined the SEC; Roger C. Myers, Jr. was named CFO at the CFP Board; and Neuberger Berman added four new wholesalers.

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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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  Buffett Makes Rare Investment in Tech Sector With IBM

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

  Although he normally shuns tech stocks, Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway, veered from his usual policy and sank close to $11 billion into shares of IBM, picking up a stake of almost 5.5% that makes him potentially its biggest shareholder