Wall Street Journal

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  Paul Ryan’s Budget: Something for Everyone (to Criticize)

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 13, 2013

  "The president promises big government and Ryan promises smaller big government,” a Cato Institute analyst says, while others say cuts are still too big.

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  ETF Taxation

  By Tax Facts Online  |  March 4, 2013

  The use of ETFs may be attractive to certain investors. The tax advantages may make them even more attractive.

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  Facebook? LinkedIn? Here’s the Ultimate Web Marketing Tool

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 22, 2013

  While meeting Wikipedia's editorial standards can be challenging, the market advantage a page might convey for an advisor is hard to argue with.

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  IRS Takes Out NFL ‘Hit Man’ Bill Romanowski

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 22, 2013

  Former NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski was on the losing end of a $4.75 million IRS judgment over horse-breeding expenses.

• Who’s Kidding Whom on Bubbles?

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  February 22, 2013

  Two types of bubble metaphor— as inflating unsustainably, and as thick or opaque—have an underlying similarity in that they involve perceptions being distorted.

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  5 Wacky Tax Deduction Ideas (and Why They Might Work)

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 20, 2013

  Rachel Louise Ensign helpfully rounds up some of the oddest tax deduction attempts and explains why some work and some don’t.

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  What Do We Do as the Rich Get Richer?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 15, 2013

  During the 2009-2011 economic recovery, the richest Americans captured all of the economy’s income gains—and then some, new research shows.

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  Vanguard’s Brennan: Embrace Innovation, Beware Proliferation in ETFs

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 11, 2013

  At the InsideETFs conference, Vanguard Chairman Emeritus Jack Brennan says now is “the best time ever” to be a financial advisor, and ETFs are one of the key reasons.

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  S&P Lawsuit Raises Questions About Feds’ Motivations

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 6, 2013

  Questions are being raised as to why only S&P is targeted in the suit, since it could be said that Fitch and Moody’s assigned inflated ratings as well.

• Political Stand-Offs

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  January 23, 2013

  Polarization has become a pervasive and much-noted feature of American politics.