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Investment Advisor March 2009 James J. Green	Ironically, Maybe the Best of Times In an era when most advisory firms are suffering revenue drops of 20% or more over the prior year, you might think this would be a bad time to try and sell your firm on valuation grounds alone, but it may be the best time to do so.
Investment Advisor March 2009 Olivia Mellan	The Advisor's Toolkit for Client Stress Management and Positive Aging Tips for managing client stress include preparing a "toolkit" to guide them through the process of discussing retirement matters.
Investment Advisor March 2009 Olivia Mellan	Road Maps for the Third Age Advisors should consider maintaining a library of Third Age literature and inspiring magazine articles to lend retirement-age clients as recommended reading between visits.
Investment Advisor March 2009 Robert F. Keane	Shannon Eusey A short profile of Shannon Eusey, President and Chief Operating Officer Beacon Pointe Advisors.
Reason March 2009 Jacob Sullum	Safe Bet New regulations, issued in November, no longer insist that banks and other payment processors figure out the difference between legal and illegal online gambling, a distinction Congress deliberately left vague.
Reason March 2009 Katherine Mangu-Ward	Lender Ender Threats from state and federal regulators have led Prosper, an online auction site that allowed individuals to negotiate private loans, to suspend its operations and leaves its future uncertain.
Reason March 2009 Veronique de Rugy	Dissatisfaction Guaranteed The government has decided to encourage more lenders to take more chances by guaranteeing yet more loans to high-risk borrowers. The only guarantee for these loans is that our children will be paying billions to cover the losses.
Reason March 2009 Gillespie & Welch	'I Think the SEC Was Distracted' Outgoing Securities and Exchange Commissioner Paul Atkins talks about bailouts, hedge funds, and what he thinks the SEC should have been regulating.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Morgan Housel	Blackstone? What a Joke! Will private equity companies like The Blackstone Group ever make a comeback? Don't hold your breath.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Morgan Housel	Citigroup Unravels Partial nationalization of the struggling bank becomes reality, but it's not nearly enough to stop the bleeding. Here's why.
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