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  A Little Knowledge Can Be a Misleading Thing: Financial Literacy, the Sequel

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  January 4, 2012

  When it comes to financial literacy, a little knowledge (as Mortimer Adler wrote) doesn't yield true understanding or wisdom, or protection against financial services professionals.

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  Economic Think Tank Polls Experts on Key Policy Questions

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  November 21, 2011

  Thanks to a just launched website produced by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, you can follow your favorite economist, or get a sense of what the consensus of leading economists think about a variety of current public policy questions.

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  Best 7 Business-Advice Books for Entrepreneurs

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2011

  Business self-help books line the shelves of bookstores, but picking the right one can be tough. Here are the books that entrepreneurs and academics say are truly helpful.

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  How a Freethinking Economist Saved Your Retirement Portfolio

  By Gerald Burstyn  |  September 29, 2011

  Research by economist Richard Thaler, a professor at the University of Chicago, has “nudged” vast numbers of Americans to a higher savings rate.

• Obama Taps Economist Alan Krueger as Council Chairman

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 29, 2011

  President Barack Obama nominated Alan Krueger, who served as the U.S. Treasury’s chief economist from 2009 to 2010, to replace Austan Goolsbee as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.

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  HighTower Sees ‘Exceptional Addition’ to Firm as Margaret Towle Joins as Partner

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 18, 2011

  Margaret Towle, a Ph.D. with a $ billion clientele, is joining HighTower, the Chicago-based RIA firm led by Elliot Weissbluth, as a partner and managing director from Greycourt.

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  Decisions, Decisions: Too Much Choice Hard for Investors

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  August 2, 2011

  An academic study explores why too much choice is not good for retirement plan investors.

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  Esther Stearns: LPL’s ‘Out-of-the-Box’ Tech Guru—Top Women Extended Profile

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  July 11, 2011

  Schwab’s Dawn Lepore mentored Stearns, she tells AdvisorOne, helping to pave the way for her managerial success

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  David Lau on Ways to Enhance the Tax Efficient Frontier at NAPFA Session

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 19, 2011

  Jefferson National's COO presents a tax deferral twist on Markowitz's efficient frontier at NAPFA Salt Lake.

• Obama Appoints Goolsbee as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 10, 2010

  The White House announced Friday, September 10, that President Obama has appointed Austan Goolsbee to replace Christina Romer as the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).