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  Honoring Advisors Who Serve(d): July 4, 2012, Slideshow

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne, Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  July 4, 2012

  In our latest slideshow honoring advisors and their partners who served in the armed forces, we present 18 men and women deserving of praise.

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  SEC’s Schapiro: Money-Market Funds’ Stable NAV Is a ‘Fiction’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 21, 2012

  SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro reiterated to senators Thursday that further reforms to money-market funds are necessary, saying the funds still “pose a significant risk” to the nation’s economy.

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  5 High-Profile Muni Bond Busts

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2012

  Whitney was wrong, but high-profile defaults did occur, spooking markets and piquing analysts.

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  Top 9 Metro Areas With Highest Pay for Advisors

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  May 15, 2012

  In many areas high pay comes along with higher costs of living, but that's not the case for a metro area in Arkansas that's surprisingly on our list.

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  Why Entrepreneurs Love Dallas and Hate L.A.

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 8, 2012

  A survey conducted by Thumbtack, a website that helps consumers get bids from local handymen, yoga instructors and even financial advisors, provides data from local entrepreneurs themselves.

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  10 Worst Tax States for Small Business

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2012

  “All taxes matter, whether imposed at the federal, state or local level of government,” says SBE Chief Economist Raymond Keating in his introduction to the 2012 small business tax report.

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  Top 10 Most Expensive States for Long-Term Care Costs: 2012

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

  Those anticipating a need for LTC might want to steer clear of these states if they want to keep costs down.

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  Forget Meredith Whitney, as Muni Lawyer Predicts New Bankruptcy Wave

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 3, 2012

  Meredith Whitney was taken to task last year after predicting ‘significant’ muni defaults, but public finance lawyer Dubrow says he can see a wave of Chapter 9 bankruptcies coming.

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  Top 10 Biggest College Savings Plans

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2012

  Total 529 savings plan assets topped $144 billion at the end of 2011, a 7.3% increase from the third quarter, according to Financial Research Corp.

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  Top 7 TV Advertising Slogans by Financial Firms

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  February 22, 2012

  As John Houseman intoned in the iconic TV commercials, Smith Barney earns its money, albeit now as a Morgan Stanley underling. No one can really listen when E.F. Hutton speaks any longer, since they've been subsumed. AdvisorOne rounds up a collection of its favorite ads.