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NEWS OPINION OCT 29, 2007
Let's not rush to arbitration judgment

The North American Securities Administrators Association Inc. and the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association want to remove industry arbitrators from securities arbitration panels, arguing that the presence of industry representatives makes the panels inherently unfair.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 29, 2007
Helping clients plan for succession

In the rush of day-to-day activity, financial advisers who are fortunate enough to have business owners as clients sometimes forget where their client's financial hearts are. Hint: not with their investments.

NEWS OPINION OCT 29, 2007
It's harvest time - for tax losses

As November approaches, and 2007 comes to a close, investors are taking stock of their realized and unrealized gains and losses for the year.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH OCT 29, 2007
Solutions for retirement planning

There is no shortage of technology solutions to help with retirement planning. Some are comprehensive packages that do — or promise to do — many things; others are more modest in their goals.

NEWS OPINION OCT 22, 2007
Pay close attention to retirement plan fees

Many financial planners and investment advisers have helped small companies establish 401(k) retirement plans for their employees.

NEWS OPINION OCT 15, 2007
The Great Lakes State is all wet

There is something rotten in the state of Michigan. Gov. Jennifer Granholm and state lawmakers emerged from a recent late-night budget session with a new 6% sales-and-use tax that affects investment advice services, among about 20 other previously untaxed services.

NEWS OPINION OCT 15, 2007
What do we want? Social Security reform, now!

Social Security was once the third rail of politics. For years, the conventional wisdom held that if politicians mentioned the system's financial problems and so much as alluded to changing anything, they faced electrocution in the court of public opinion and a grisly end to their career

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 08, 2007
Manager avoiding wild price swings

Investing in the commodities markets without actually buying commodities enables the managers of the <b>RS Global Natural Resources Fund</b> (RSNRX) to look beyond such basics as the fluctuating price of corn.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 08, 2007
Tax changes mean fiduciary issues

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 08, 2007
Warn clients about IRS phishing scams

My friend Jay figured he was in a win-win situation: He would get $80 from the Internal Revenue Service for participating in an online customer satisfaction survey. In his mind, he would get paid for telling the IRS exactly what he thought about it.