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NEWS OPINION FEB 15, 2009
Don’t dance around principles

NEWS OPINION FEB 11, 2009
It’s a trader’s market for ETFs, but exercise caution

NEWS OPINION FEB 09, 2009
Advantages of delaying an application for Social Security

NEWS OPINION FEB 08, 2009
Pay cuts for Washington, too

The critics are right.

NEWS OPINION FEB 08, 2009
Broadening our - and your - horizons

As financial advisers are aware from their own businesses, success never comes to those who stand still.

NEWS OPINION FEB 08, 2009
Will we make the same housing mistakes?

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., last week laid out an ambitious 2009 legislative program for his committee.

NEWS OPINION FEB 01, 2009
Choosing Geithner was a mistake

The nomination and confirmation of Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary was a mistake that will weaken the U.S. income tax system.

NEWS OPINION JAN 25, 2009
Make regulation review a priority

Many commentators in recent weeks have said that one of President Obama's first priorities must be to restore public confidence.

NEWS OPINION JAN 23, 2009
A big bear market strategy for retirees

NEWS OPINION JAN 18, 2009
Schapiro should first diagnose, then treat

On the surface, Mary L. Schapiro has all the credentials to be an outstanding chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as she has unparalleled experience as a securities regulator.

NEWS OPINION JAN 11, 2009
'Slugflation' may lie ahead

The bear market and recession that began late in 2007 are perhaps barely half over, but it isn't too soon for financial planners and investment advisers to begin preparing clients for the aftermath of government efforts to halt the crisis.

NEWS OPINION JAN 09, 2009
Invalid Keogh is a tax trap

NEWS OPINION JAN 08, 2009
What investors can learn from Wall Street's failures

Here are three important portfolio survival lessons retired investors and their advisers can learn from Wall Street’s failures.

NEWS OPINION JAN 04, 2009
The lessons of Bernie

The Madoff Ponzi scheme has shocked investors but offers many lessons. The first is that no one can rely on the Securities and Exchange Commission to spot all, or even most, of the bad guys in the financial system before they hurt people.

NEWS OPINION DEC 29, 2008
What investors can learn from Wall Street's failures

What do Wall Street investment banks and retired investors have in common? They both must live off the return on their capital.

NEWS OPINION DEC 16, 2008
Reaping high-dividend income with ETFs

NEWS OPINION DEC 14, 2008
A year of painful lessons

Investors will be glad to see the end of 2008 — a year that may live in infamy as one that was marked by the worst investment returns since the Great Depression.

NEWS OPINION DEC 12, 2008
Trust wording can avoid big tax bill

NEWS OPINION DEC 07, 2008
Give clients the confidence they need

The end of each year is a time of reflection and anticipation.

NEWS OPINION DEC 07, 2008
Obama must look to private sector for economic team

Where are the advocates for businesspeople and investors in President-elect Barack Obama's incoming administration?