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Financial Advisor August 2005 David L. Lawrence	E-mail Storage And Retrieval Solutions As most financial advisors know, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and SEC rules on electronic communication have produced new challenges and, potentially, increased operational expenses. Here are some solutions.
Financial Advisor August 2005 Rick Adkins	What I Learned About Portfolio Rebalancing The problem with calendar rebalancing is that it can totally miss the time points where rebalancing can yield the greatest payoff. Markets simply don't know what month it is; they move randomly.
Financial Advisor August 2005 Sydney LeBlanc	ETFs and SMAs: Side By Side Now, separately managed accounts can mean anything, from an entire basket of different separate account managers to an account also holding mutual funds, cash, and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. Of these companion investment vehicles, ETFs are proving to be one of the most popular.
Financial Advisor August 2005 David L. Lawrence	Hardwiring Tomorrow Technology spending in the securities business should continue to increase at a rate of about 4% a year over the rest of the decade, according to the president of the Securities Industry Association.
Financial Advisor August 2005 Tracey Longo	Independents Believe Bigger Is Better--And Cheaper Faced with higher costs, broker-dealers are targeting larger advisors.
Financial Advisor August 2005 David J. Drucker	An Uncommon Practice Management Guru What's so special about Joni Youngwirth? How about the career history and specialized training that make her the perfect advisor to reps, not to mention the passion she brings to her position, vice president of practice management.
Financial Advisor August 2005 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Pershing Pushing For RIA Business Pershing LLC is aggressively pursuing opportunities in the registered investment advisor (RIA) market segment, and has renamed its key advisor support group as part this new push, company officials said.
Financial Advisor August 2005 Raymond Fazzi	The Logic Of Multiple Custodians As custodians serving the independent advisor market come and go, and merge and consolidate, many advisors are having a harder time finding a stable home for their clients' assets. In many cases, they're finding that using multiple custodians gets the job done efficiently.
Financial Advisor August 2005 Karen DeMasters	A Taste Of The City As a founding partner in the financial planning firm of Budros, Ruhlin & Roe in Columbus, Ohio, Budros cooked as a hobby most of his life and then got into competitive barbecuing that involved road trips with friends to the barbecue capitals of the country.
Financial Advisor August 2005 Richard B. Wagner	"00" Interior Skills Movie villains are obvious. In real life, with real money, villains parade as really, really nice guys. When fiduciary advisors can generate trust and confidence and have superior knowledge, they have genuine power over others--whether or not they deserve it.
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