Wall Street

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  SEC Approves Nasdaq’s $62 Million Facebook Settlement

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 25, 2013

  The SEC approved a plan on Monday for Nasdaq to pay customers as much as $62 million for losses stemming from last year's controversial Facebook IPO.

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  Principles vs. Rules: The Fiduciary Debate in a Nutshell

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  October 25, 2012

  At TD Ameritrade conference, CFA's Roper, IAA's Tittsworth and SIFMA's Carroll agree, disagree and look ahead at fiduciary standard, SRO for RIAs.

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  State Pensions Wasted $6 Billion on Wall Street Fees: Study

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  August 6, 2012

  State pension systems spent some $7.8 billion in management fees in 2011, according to a new study by the Maryland Tax Education Foundation.

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  Robert Reich: Dallas Fed Says Break Up Big Banks

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 4, 2012

  If the big U.S. banks aren’t broken up, taxpayers will have to pay for another Wall Street bailout—and that’s the prediction of the Dallas Fed, says Robert Reich in a blog post.

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  Trends in Recruiting—Mark Elzweig Looks at Current Deals BDs Are Offering FAs: Video

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 5, 2011

  In this 4-minute video, veteran Wall Street recruiter Mark Elzweig discusses with AdvisorOne's Gil Weinreich how to differentiate competing firms and the benefits of establishing a relationship with a recruiter.

• A Whole New Ballgame

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  May 1, 2008

  That famous line from the song "New York, New York"--"If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere"--has become a standard for measuring success....

• The Empire Strikes Back

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne, Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2008

  Well you didn't think they'd take it lying down, did you? I'm referring, of course, to the Wall Street wirehouses, and the drubbing they took...

• T.R. vs. J.P.

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  October 1, 2007

  It would be called the Bankers' Panic, the Roosevelt Panic, or simply the Panic of 1907. A hundred years ago this month was the culmination...

• The Next Economic Crisis

  By Alexei Bayer  |  February 1, 2007

  After graduate school, I went to work for maverick Wall Street economist A. Gary Shilling. Gary was a follower of the Kondratieff Wave Theory, which...