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On Wall Street November 1, 2010 Elizabeth Wine	Pumping Cash Into 529 College Savings Plans It's not a great time for investors with college-age children. Tuition and other educational costs are skyrocketing, and 529 savings plans, which allow investors to save tax-free for college, have taken the same bumpy ride as the rest of the stock market.
Financial Advisor July 2009 Raymond Fazzi	College Savers In Retreat New 529 plan sales are down in the wake of the market collapse, while plan participants retreat to ultraconservative options.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg	Off-the-Rack Risk Control? Although state 529 plans may look the same on the surface, in reality their asset allocations -- although similarly described -- could be very different. The appeal of age-adjusted 529 plans is that you don't have to do much.
Financial Advisor June 2009 Marla Brill	ETF Portfolios To Go ETF portfolio management services pitch to financial advisors.
Financial Advisor January 2009 Marla Brill	Failure To Launch Advisors have little or no leeway to adjust positions in needs-based or all-in-one investment vehicles, such as 529 plans and target funds, and make changes when the market is melting down.
Investment Advisor June 2009 James J. Green	From the Silver Lining Department While the market performance of the last 18 months (at least until March 9) has hurt just about every investor and advisor across the board, there are some silver linings from the downturn.
Financial Advisor September 2007 Caren Chesler	Unstructured Debate Structured notes offer a way for individual investors to diversify their portfolios away from traditional stocks and bonds and invest in more novel asset classes, like commodities, international equities and real estate. Here are the pros and cons.
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz	Get Fees? Young, high-net-worth investors care about the amount they are paying in fees and are only willing to cough up high costs in management fees if they are getting above-average performance in return.
Registered Rep. January 16, 2013 Stan Luxenberg	The Rise and Fall of Load Funds All hail no loads and ETFs! Will the move away from loads and commissions continue? Yes, says Avi Nachmany, research director of Strategic Insight. "The old commission business is fast disappearing," says Nachmany.
Investment Advisor August 2008 Kara P. Stapleton	Eternal Students With students taking longer to finish college, and more going to graduate school, your clients will more than likely need education-funding plans that cover more than the traditional four years at college for their children or grandchildren.
On Wall Street September 1, 2009 Bill Willis	Staying the Course No More Wealth managers at the major firms are seeing a proliferation of practicable ideas in recent months, offering products that are a call to action for both their advisors and clients.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 Lisa A. Cohen	The Off the Shelf Advisor To effectively capture the retirement-income market, financial advisors need to deploy multiple, simultaneous strategies. Focus on creating income portfolios for those closest to retirement, and push younger clients hard to save and invest early and often.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Selena Maranjian	The Amazing Disappearing, Reappearing Fund Fee A fee by any other name will still cost just as much.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Don't Pay Twice for Advice There's nothing inherently wrong with paying for financial advice. But there's a big difference between paying once for a good financial plan versus paying high fees year after year, through good times and bad.
Investment Advisor April 2009 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Timing Is Everything Now that (nearly) all asset classes have sunk, advisors are rethinking their investment strategies.
Registered Rep. April 3, 2012 Diana Britton	Caution: Contents May Be Hot ETF managed portfolios -- separately managed accounts with over half of their assets in ETFs -- are among the latest hot products everyone is talking about.
Investment Advisor April 2006 Maya Ivanova	Self Improvement In the recent supplement to the 2005 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Survey, many advisors recognize that simply maintaining the status quo is not enough. They're continuously examining their business plans and investment processes to look for improvements.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Fend Off Fund Fees Here are tips on how to avoid unnecessary mutual fund fees and keep the money for yourself.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2006 Mary Dalrymple	College Savings Math It's certainly not getting any cheaper to send the kids to college, but there's some good news for parents trying to build a college savings account. The expenses charged by state-sponsored 529 college savings plans have been falling.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 Kevin McKinley	Fee-ling Good Tips for financial advisors on establishing and maintaining fee-based relationships the right way.
Financial Advisor July 2012	The Higher Costs For Higher Education Interest in college savings plans is growing, but fewer advisors are selling them.
Financial Advisor March 2011 Somnath Basu	Back To Basics Advisors don't need to rely on complicated models to help clients avert losses.
The Motley Fool June 20, 2007 Dan Caplinger	The $12 Billion Problem It's time to stop a hidden fund fee. No one is arguing that financial professionals don't deserve to get paid for their work. But there are big problems with using 12b-1 fees to do it.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Lauren Barack	Today's Lesson: Consolidation For the little commissions they generate, 529 plans have required quite a lot of effort on the part of financial advisors. While consolidation may eventually make the broker's life easier, the process of winnowing out weak players may take years.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Anne Field	Gunning for College As more investors put their faith in 529 plans, the stakes rise for those who are supposed to be protecting them, and agencies like the NASD and the SEC have jumped into the fray with gusto.
Financial Advisor May 2005 Raymond Fazzi	Betwixt And Between Hybrid advisors work in both the fee-based and commission worlds.
BusinessWeek January 15, 2007 Anne Tergesen	529s Just Might Make The Grade The 529 college savings plans have become more attractive - but do your homework.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Mutual Fund Advisory Madness If you use a financial advisor, you've probably been approached to invest in a diversified group of funds or a mutual fund advisory program. But be careful before you accept -- they may cost you more than your portfolio can afford.
Investment Advisor October 2010 Maya Ivanova	A Decade of Evolution Advisory practices make gains, but still face challenges
Financial Advisor May 2012 Karen DeMasters	Advisors Often Work Against Clients' Interests, Study Says Financial advisors often work against their clients' interests if it means earning more in fees, according to a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Robert F. Keane	Far From Fossilized Advisors Capital Management looks to provide clients with true individual portfolios of diversified securities at a much lower cost than is possible with mutual funds.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Fund Fees Rising When They Should Be Falling Are you getting ripped off by your fund family? While many mutual funds are now enjoying lower operating costs, many fund companies have actually raised the annual fees they charge shareholders.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2004 Stan Luxenberg	Nest Eggs in Multiple Baskets Increasingly, employers have begun offering life cycle funds, which include broad mixes of stocks and bonds. By picking one life cycle choice, an investor can hold a nicely diversified 401(k) portfolio.
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.
Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 Eric Rasmussen	The Annuity In Winter Can variable annuities gain some luster after a horrible year in the fund world?
Entrepreneur October 2009 Rosalind Resnick	Conquering Your Fear of Fees Savvy investors know to read the fine print about money-management charges.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2010 Nathan Alderman	What the Fool Is a 529 Plan? A friendly, Foolish guide to the often confusing world of college savings plans.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg	Will 12b-1 Fees No Longer Be? The mutual fund fees known as 12b-1s have morphed into something few envisioned when the SEC created them 25 years ago. With regulators now poised to address that transformation, many reps are sweating about the future of a reliable income stream.
Investment Advisor November 2006 Melanie Waddell	Watch Those Fees! The Department of Labor gets tough on retirement plan fee disclosure. Financial advisors, take note.
Financial Advisor January 2007 Marla Brill	Simple Solutions? Life cycle funds are expanding beyond the 401(k) market to financial advisors. Advisors considering using target date funds, whether on a limited or for a broad swath of clients, need to consider a number of features.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Stop This Dumb Fee Once and for All 12b-1 fees are a relic of a dying breed of mutual funds.
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	Advisor Pulse A new study reveals that while 95% of all financial advisors believe they've talked about fees with their clients, only 66% of customers say their advisor has initiated a fee discussion with them.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Is Your Financial Advisor Nuts? Advisors are trying to get their clients to take more risk.
On Wall Street June 1, 2010 Gerri Leder	In The World Of Managed Money, Advisors Still Add Value Here's what advisors must do now to sharpen their edge.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Chris O'Leary	The High Cost of Admission To justify their existence in client portfolios, funds of funds need to post double-digit returns in order to really experience some net (read: after-fee) gains. And 2004 didn't deliver on these promises.
CFO May 1, 2004 Roy Harris	Raiding the Returns Hidden costs and high fees eat into 401(k) plan benefits.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Spinning Their Wheels If you're thinking of steering your clients into life-cycle funds, be sure to kick the tires first. With more and more asset managers rolling out life-cycle funds, it's easy to get caught up in some excitement. But, buyer beware: They can be expensive and have middling performance.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Get Your Kids to College: Introduction Nowhere is the value of compounding returns more evident than in saving for a goal with a fixed time limit, such as financing a college education.
Financial Advisor November 2010 Marshall J. Cobb	Lifting The Revenue-Sharing Fog Regulatory and legislative actions currently being pondered will dramatically alter revenue-sharing practices in 401(k) plans.
Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn	FP 50: Revenue Rising The money stream is flowing again: After two years of stagnant or, worse, shrinking revenue, the 50 largest independent broker-dealers report their annual revenues rebounded last year - significantly in many cases.