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  Investors Lack Basic Financial Literacy Skills: SEC Study

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 30, 2012

  Retail investors—particularly minorities and the elderly—fail to understand concepts such as compound interest, inflation or the differences between stocks and bonds, according to a just-released study by the SEC and the Library of Congress.

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  Top Portfolio Products: Vanguard Files to Offer Short-Term TIPS Fund

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 27, 2012

  New products introduced over the last week include a short-term TIPS fund from Vanguard and a managed futures fund from Longboard.

• Portfolio Fix: MLPs and Positive Returns

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  June 27, 2012

  Savvy financial advisors know that these days of high market volatility and low interest rates demand strategic thinking to help clients reap fruitful investment returns.

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  Smith-Goldman: A Poignant Case Study on the Fiduciary Debate

  By Philip Chao, CFP, AIFA  |  April 12, 2012

  The duality of our regulations significantly contributes to a dangerous, often confusing state of affairs. Unless we restore trust, the system will rely on more regulations as a substitute.

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  Social Media: What Is It Good For?

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  February 28, 2012

  Ignore the hype, suggests veteran advisor Jim Pierson, and focus on where social media fits into your overall strategic marketing plan. Better set up policies and procedures as well.

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  New Hire Roundup: Oliner, Kleinke Join AEI; Bozek Advances at Prudential

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 2, 2012

  This week in new hires, Stephen Oliner and JD Kleinke went to AEI; Joan Bozek was promoted at Prudential Retirement; Steven McKay and Joseph Kaplan went to Putnam Investments.

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  Anti-Fraud Provisions of the Investment Advisers Act

  By Les Abromovitz  |  January 1, 2012

  RIAs and IARs should view themselves as fiduciaries at all times, whether they meet the legal definition or not.  Deviating from the fiduciary standard of full disclosure while courting clients may cause the advisor significant problems.

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  Dychtwald and Retirement Reset; Gold’s New Environment: December Investment Advisor—Slideshow

  By Editorial Staff  |  November 28, 2011

  How is the "new retirement paradigm" holding up in the new normal?

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  The Long and Short of Long-Short Funds

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 28, 2011

  At the Morningstar Investor Conference in 2006, one breakout session panelist noted the 40 long-short funds in existence, predicting the number would increase tenfold in the next two years.

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  When Do IRAs and Annuities Mix?

  By William H. Byrnes, Esq., Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M.  |  November 13, 2011

  Annuities can be purchased inside an IRA, but is an IRA the right home for an annuity?