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Investment Advisor March 2009 Melanie Waddell	Cover Story: Patience In the quest to generate retirement income for their clients, many advisors relied on their investing-for-accumulation roots, and therefore were not focused on retirement income planning.
Investment Advisor March 2009 James J. Green	Broker/Dealer Briefing: A Shot Over the Bow FINRA is quietly conducting a sweep of broker/dealers that could be the first steps to having the SRO take over regulation of registered investment advisors from the SEC -- something the former NASD has long desired.
Investment Advisor March 2009 Angela Herbers	The Fast Track: Collective Amnesia Why do advisory practices fail? Not only do they refuse to position their firms for times that might not be so good, they seem to go out of their way to overexpose and overextend their practices so that the slightest downturn becomes a challenge.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away As a credit card marketer, MasterCard simply sits back and collects its share of fees from financial institutions and transaction processing, and has been riding high, but those days may be over now. Is it time to dump MasterCard?
Registered Rep. February 24, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Madoff Victims Go After Solvent Parent Companies How Tremont Group Holdings plans to defend itself against claims that it was "reckless" with client money that was invested in Madoff funds is something anyone interested in how fund of fund companies conduct due diligence -- will be watching.
Registered Rep. February 24, 2009 Halah Touryalai	News Roundup: Obama Spends to Save, Bernanke States the Obvious and AIG says, "Help," Again. Someone should let the stock market in on the secret to economic recovery; investors clearly haven't been too psyched about Treasury's plan.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2009 Tim Beyers	American Express Just Can't Quit You American Express's new (not so great) deal -- pay off your balance in a month, lose your account, get 300 bucks. As a bonus, they may even throw in a lower credit score.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2009 Anand Chokkavelu	Is It Time to Buy Banks? The banks will survive. They must. But -- and this is why temptation hasn't turned to action -- survival doesn't necessarily mean that shareholders will benefit.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2009 Morgan Housel	JPMorgan Hunkers Down JPMorgan's cut is more practical than desperate, an attempt to position the company to repay TARP as soon as is prudent, and still maintain a strong capital position.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2009 Rich Smith	The $2 Stock You Cannot Afford to Own Two companies whose fortunes are tied in part to the media market report their earnings. Let's compare Morningstar and TheStreet.com.
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