Nebraska

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  Securities America Adds Group With 130 Reps, $1 Billion in Assets

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 11, 2012

  Investors Security of Suffolk, Va., joins the Nebraska-based firm, which added an Alabama team last month.

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  3 Problems With Buffett’s Higher-Tax Arguments

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  November 30, 2012

  Buffett is part of a misinformed constituency that believes high-income earners aren’t paying enough taxes.

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  Sentimental Fools: Pity the Poor Mutual Fund Investor

  By Michael Finke  |  November 21, 2012

  Mutual fund investors exhibit remarkable skill when selecting mutual funds--remarkably awful, that is. How an advisor can help underperforming fund investors avoid sentimental pitfalls.

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  Forget the Cliff, 3.8% Obamacare Tax Is Coming: What Advisors Are Telling Clients

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 20, 2012

  The 3.8% tax on investment income that kicks in Jan. 1 is being overlooked by some, but advisors are getting their clients ready now .

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  Recruiting Roundup: Wells Adds 31 FAs With $3.5 Billion

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  November 16, 2012

  LPL, Raymond James and Securities America also grab reps from rivals.

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  M&A Deals in Q3 Slowest for 2012: Pershing

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  November 12, 2012

  Mergers and acquisitions slowed down in the third quarter after increasing since the last quarter of 2011, Pershing Advisor Solutions announced Nov. 9.

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  TD Ameritrade Has 13% Drop in Quarterly Profits, But Boosts Net New Assets

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 30, 2012

  AMTD's profits for the full year fell 8%, totaling $586 million, or EPS of $1.06, versus $638 million a year ago, or EPS of $1.11.

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  President Romney’s Cabinet: Who Would He Choose?

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 25, 2012

  If Gov. Romney wins the election, his Cabinet will take a very different direction on economic policy than Obama’s. Here are some of the choices to head those key posts.

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  Best and Worst 529 College Plans for 2012: Morningstar

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 18, 2012

  What’s striking this year is the big pool of winners, a reflection of the improvement in the 529 industry since it hit bottom in 2008—and seven of the 27 medalists are advisor-sold.

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  Sen. Schumer: ‘Scrap’ Simpson-Bowles in Fiscal Cliff Talks, Raise Top Tax Rates

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 9, 2012

  Schumer says “old style” tax reform is now obsolete because there are two new conditions that exist today that didn’t exist when the Tax Reform Act of 1986 was passed: “a much larger, more dangerous deficit, and a dramatic increase in income inequality.”