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NEWS RIAS MAY 10, 2009
Obama was wrong to demonize Chrysler's debt holders

President Obama was off-base to castigate the Chrysler secured debt holders who held out against the proposed deal to rescue Chrysler LLC.

NEWS RIAS MAY 03, 2009
Activity of investment advice needs regulation

As Congress prepares to tighten financial regulation to correct weaknesses revealed by the mortgage collapse, the debate over who should regulate those who give in-vestment advice, including financial planners,

When is a dividend not a dividend?
RETIREMENT TAX MAY 03, 2009
When is a dividend not a dividend?

Some dividends aren't dividends at all. Sometimes they are a distribution known as a return of capital, which are actually returns <i>of </i>an investment instead of returns <i>on </i>an investment.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 03, 2009
Handling angry clients well breeds loyalty

It happens all too often these days. You pick up the phone and there is an angry client on the other end. The market has dropped yet again. More money disappeared. Emotions are at the boiling point. How do you handle it?

NEWS RIAS APR 26, 2009
Fund fees face legal scrutiny

Two legal cases that will be decided by courts this year may significantly affect the mutual fund and investment advisory industries.

NEWS RIAS APR 19, 2009
Let's focus on dangers of the future, Mr. Bernanke

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and his Fed colleagues must begin to address investors' concerns about inflation in more concrete terms than he did in his speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta last week.

NEWS RIAS APR 12, 2009
Abuse by speculators keeps investors on the sidelines

Investor's confidence in the stock and bond markets has been shaken, not just by economic weakness but also by the feeling that professional speculators are using tools not available to ordinary investors to plunder the markets.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 12, 2009
Survey: Many in the dark about personal finance

April is National Financial Literacy Month, and it couldn't arrive at a better time for Americans who can't answer the most basic questions concerning personal finance.

NEWS OPINION APR 05, 2009
Crisis challenges long-held investing truths

Two important lessons of the current bear market are that stocks don't always outperform bonds over significant time periods and that investors can't assume a 10% annual return over the long run.

NEWS OPINION MAR 29, 2009
Outrage, yes; tax law, no

The Obama administration and Congress should immediately halt any effort to assess a punitive tax on bonuses paid this year by companies that received bailout funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.