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Investment Advisor March 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	Monopoly Game How should newly public exchanges like NYSEArca and Nasdaq balance what some say are enormous and very fundamental conflicts of interest?
Investment Advisor March 2007 Marlene Y. Satter	High-Level Security Advisors who cater to the ultra-high-net-worth now have a new resource for client life insurance coverage.
Investment Advisor March 2007 Ken Weber	401(k) Plans' Dirty Little Secret Without fair, vigorous competition among 401(k) plan providers, millions of plan participants will be saddled with burdensome costs. And without disclosure, employees cannot pressure employers to seek more cost-effective plans.
Investment Advisor March 2007 Saxon & Breyfogle	DOL Issues Favorable New Guidance on PPA "Investment Advice" Provisions The Department of Labor's Field Assistance Bulletin resolves some of the uncertainties created by the PPA and creates a new option for service providers that wish to provide investment advice without fee offsets or reliance on computer models.
Investment Advisor March 2007 Jodi DiCenzo	EBRI Report: Behavioral Finance and Retirement Plan Contributions This brief discusses behavioral finance research, underlying causes for both passive and active saving and investing choices, and prescriptions offered by behaviorists to overcome the effects of less-than-ideal savings and investing choices.
Registered Rep. February 23, 2007 Kevin Burke	Disgruntled Smith Barney Brokers Are Voting with Their Feet Sixty-nine brokers left Smith Barney, just ahead of a three-day weekend. Fridays before a long weekend are historically prime times for unhappy brokers to make a clean break, but the large number of brokers taking off on a single day is alarming.
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Bob Veres	Managing Growth--Your Way Do you really have to get big to keep your practice thriving? Advisors who want the advantages of a large-scale firm -- without giving up their independence -- are creating new models for success.
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 David J. Drucker	Think Small We've all heard the warnings: small advisory firms, often labeled "lifestyle" practices, will eventually be a thing of the past. But great, profitable practices can still come in small packages.
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn	ETF Mania! As the number of exchange-traded funds explodes, planners are deploying them to bring sophisticated institutional strategies to affluent clients.
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Ilana Polyak	Alternative Energy Can green intentions translate into green? As more investors get hip to alternative energy, financial advisors need to learn about the sector's potentials and pitfalls.
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