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NEWS OPINION MAR 24, 2013
Looking inside the president's budget

Included are several revenue raisers, including new reforms, old standbys and one big surprise

NEWS OPINION MAR 19, 2013
The new new normal

Who's afraid of slower growth and puny inflation rates? Apparently, not investors

NEWS OPINION MAR 05, 2013
No reason to keep signing bonuses secret

Finra is right to push a rule proposal that would force brokers to tell clients about big signing bonuses they receive when moving to a new firm.

NEWS OPINION MAR 03, 2013
Relocating to the 'land of brand'

Marketing messages do count: What potential clients perceive drives their reality

NEWS OPINION FEB 28, 2013
In volatile times, it pays to revisit the IPS

With financial markets careening up and down amid new financial, environmental and geopolitical crises, investors are justifiably nervous about whether seemingly desperate times call for desperate measures.

NEWS OPINION FEB 17, 2013
Government shouldn't settle suit with S&P

Only in a courtroom will S&P's actions in rating mortgage-backed securities in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis be fully disclosed.

NEWS OPINION FEB 13, 2013
Referrals: It's not them, it's you

Before they can expect to get a reasonable number of referrals, advisers need to ask some tough questions about themselves

NEWS OPINION JAN 27, 2013
Congress, Obama must learn to compromise

Congress and the president have time before they need to come to grips with the budget deficit, but they would be wise not to squander it on partisan bickering.

NEWS OPINION JAN 27, 2013
On retirement policy, don't mess with success

To start scrapping savings incentives would undermine the foundation of our retirement system, risking wider damage

NEWS OPINION JAN 22, 2013
You think that was bad? Future recessions will be much worse

With the Fed out of tricks, investors should expect a more volatile economy and market over the next 20 years

NEWS OPINION JAN 20, 2013
401(k) plans shouldn't jump the gun divesting firearm stocks

NEWS OPINION JAN 06, 2013
A plan to rein in spending is needed

Financial advisers can cheer on behalf of some of their clients — individuals with annual income below $400,000 and couples below $450,000 — but they shouldn't cheer too loudly or too long.

NEWS OPINION DEC 21, 2012
Time to tackle branding in an online world

NEWS OPINION DEC 20, 2012
Advisers wrestle with uncertainty over capital gains

End-of-year sell-off to beat the tax man may not be the best plan

Pavia: Industry should create a single standard for investment advice
NEWS OPINION DEC 09, 2012
Pavia: Industry should create a single standard for investment advice

The back-and-forth touched off by NAPFA's announcement last Tuesday to go all-CFP next year highlights the fact that after decades of discussion and debate, the financial advisory business is still struggling to define itself.

NEWS OPINION DEC 09, 2012
Tax decisions must be weighed carefully

NEWS OPINION DEC 02, 2012
Before the storm: Failure to have a viable succession plan no longer an option

NEWS OPINION DEC 02, 2012
SEC too important to keep in limbo

Although President Obama's appointment of Elisse Walter as chairman of the SEC will provide a degree of continuity at the agency, it also raises questions about how effective it will be for the near future.

NEWS OPINION NOV 25, 2012
Manage conflicts or the regulators will

NEWS OPINION NOV 25, 2012
Millions could be left in dark over AMT

Taxpayers probably won't have a clear idea of their 2012 tax obligations until the last minute this year — and possibly not even then.