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  Investment Picks and Pans From 7 Portfolio Managers

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  December 13, 2011

  As the year comes to a close, portfolio managers are positioning assets with a forward look to 2012—and considering the state of the global economy, they’ve got an upward climb ahead.

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  How Could J.P. Morgan Deliver Stocks and Bonds Cheaper Than Today’s Industry?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 7, 2011

  While the Occupy Wall Street movement regards Wall Street greed as the reason for all the money sloshing around lower Manhattan, new academic research suggests that today’s huge appetite for trading may explain the financial industry’s large size.

• The Pursuit of Happiness

  By Olivia Mellan  |  November 28, 2011

  During nearly 40 years as a psychotherapist, I’ve tried to help people learn to love themselves and treat themselves well in the deepest sense.

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  Fortune 500 Companies Slow Down Social Media Adoption

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2011

  It may be hard to believe as more and more firms take up social media, but a report from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth found that adoption could be leveling off.

• Scrooges, Not Shoppers, This Christmas: Survey

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 12, 2011

  Americans are in a grim mood, and it's showing in their plans for holiday shopping, with 82% saying they will spend either the same as last year or less.

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  Britain’s Drop in Retail Sales Hits Pound

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 18, 2011

  Retail sales in the U.K. sounded one more note in the sad economic song of Europe on Thursday, as consumers tightened their belts against an inflation rate that was more than twice what the Bank of England had set as its target.

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  AARP: Value of Unpaid Caregivers Worth $450 Billion in 2009

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  July 22, 2011

  A report released Monday by AARP’s Public Policy Institute put the value of unpaid care for a friend or family member at $450 billion in 2009.

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  Debt Ceiling, Retail Sales and Housing : Advisor Briefing for the Week of May 16, 2011

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2011

  The likely market movers this week: debt ceiling is reached; big retailers quarterly resultss; housing and leading economic indicators.

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  Oil, Budgets, GDP: Advisor Briefing for the Week of Feb. 21, 2011

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 22, 2011

  U.S. markets are likely to be moved by the continuing unrest in Libya and the Persian Gulf and the continuing political arguments over not just the Federal budget for 2011 and 2012, but state budgets as well.

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  National Financial’s Mirchandani on Fidelity’s Strategy, Advisor Challenges

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 10, 2011

  Two years after being named to run second-largest clearing firm for IBDs, Mirchandani discusses challenges posed by risk-shy investors and an aging advisor workforce.