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Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 John Churchill |
Free Trading, a Threat? Bank of America offered free trading to its banking clients with more than $25,000 in deposits. Just another shot fired in the online price war or something more?  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Halah Touryalai |
A Match Made in Equity For financial-advisory practices, holding companies are making a come back after a flawed model forced them out of the market in the late 1990s. Now, new players have emerged and this time they're relying on private equity firms to help keep them in the game.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Kevin Burke |
The Glitch A class action law suit has been filed that seeks at least $5 million for persons who took the Series 7 between Oct. 1, 2004 and Dec. 20, 2005 and received failing grades in error.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 John Churchill |
Not Your Father's Regional In his six years as CEO of regional brokerage Robert W. Baird, Paul Purcell has whipped the 87-year-old firm into a more balanced and productive business.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Stan Luxenberg |
Dodging the Taxman The rising market produced a gusher of trading profits in many funds, but the clients wind up paying the taxes. To avoid tax complaints next year, financial advisors should consider the after-tax returns their funds will generate.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 |
Insuring Your Future with Insurance? Insurance is an important component of wealth management, and too few reps have made the effort to fit it into client portfolios. Insurance is something you need to know how to use.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Nancy Opiela |
Love, Life...Insurance In general, life and health insurance are subjects financial advisors discuss reluctantly and infrequently. But they're tools that are essential to wealth management.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Alan Lavine |
Fish or Fowl? Are equity-indexed annuities securities or insurance? The NASD offered only loose recommendations to member firms about how sales of this product should be conducted and supervised, but most broker/dealers are implementing them anyway.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Anne Field |
Getting Hitched Here's why the merger may be the best way for a small financial advisory practice to achieve growth.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Mindy Diamond |
New Year, New Job? January is a month for making resolutions in all areas of your life. Make one now to take a realistic assessment of your current career situation. Here are two questions every financial advisor should ask himself periodically.  |
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