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Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Michael Provine	A Healthy Harvest Selling losing positions to offset capital gains and ordinary income is the single most effective way to reduce the tax liability in a client's portfolio.
Financial Advisor November 2008 Bruce W. Fraser	Clearings Fairly Smooth Despite recent market turmoil -- spurred by the collapse of several storied financial institutions and plummeting stock values -- clearing venues for trades from financial advisors have been functioning fairly smoothly.
Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn	Basis Training To help close the capital gains tax gap, lawmakers in 2008 approved new reporting requirements for brokers and other financial institutions. Starting this year, those firms must report the adjusted cost basis of securities that were sold, and also indicate whether the trade was short or long term.
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Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 Christina Mucciolo	What Can We Do For You? Clearing firms matter to advisors. In fact, one of the biggest deals in the independent b/d business last year hinged on whether the b/ds being sold could maintain their relationships with their old clearing firm.
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BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Jane Sasseen	The SEC Is Eyeing Insider Stock Sales Executives are using inside information to boost returns when they sell stock through automatic trading plans. Now, the Securities & Exchange Commission is looking more closely at such trades and whether the rules governing them need to be tightened.
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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.
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Financial Planning November 1, 2005 John Bowen	Small Steps, Big Results Financial advisers don't have to make sweeping changes in their businesses to alleviate some of their most pressing concerns, like: finding new wealthy clients... fighting for clients... growing assets... etc.
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