Client & Advisor Update - Archives

July 21, 2010 - Client & Advisor Update - July 19, 2010

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July 12, 2010 - Roth IRA Conversion Blessing or Curse?

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July 06, 2010 - What's in Obama's Portfolio?

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June 28, 2010 - Annuities Can Limit Longevity Risk, Expert Says

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June 21, 2010 - Boomers’ Retirement Challenges Ahead

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June 14, 2010 - State's Business Tax Falling Well Short

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June 07, 2010 - Europe – Is There Value?

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June 01, 2010 - Health Bill's Tax Toll: What will it mean for the affluent?

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May 24, 2010 - Euro vs. Dollar is a Race to the Bottom

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May 17, 2010 - A Friend’s Story

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May 10, 2010 - Affluent Brace for Obama's Tax Hikes

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May 03, 2010 - Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?

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April 26, 2010 - Significant Investment Frauds

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April 19, 2010 - Is Medicare A Mystery? Test Your Knowledge

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April 12, 2010 - Giving More to Both Kids and Charities

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April 05, 2010 - 2010 IRS Tax Scams

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March 29, 2010 - Healthcare; What You Could See…

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March 22, 2010 - No long-term-care insurance? Uh-oh

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March 16, 2010 - Why Exchange Traded Funds?

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March 08, 2010 - The Right Way to Squirrel Money from the Taxman

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March 01, 2010 - Estate Tax - What you need to know for 2010

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February 22, 2010 - Thinking About Munis? Make Sure You’re Making Wise Picks

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February 15, 2010 - Next Stop, Consumption Junction

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February 08, 2010 - Hearings Highlight Tax Hikes in 2011 Budget

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February 01, 2010 - Working Longer: What's A Post-Retirement Job Worth?

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January 25, 2010 -

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January 11, 2010 - Next stage in market rally? Flight to quality

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January 04, 2010 - From dot-coms to subprimes, it's been a decade of decadence

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December 28, 2009 - Year In Review

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December 21, 2009 - Jobless Recovery and the Failure

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December 14, 2009 - When Would President Bush’s Tax Cuts Expire

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December 07, 2009 - Where Are We?

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November 30, 2009 - Long-Term Outlook for Interest Rates

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November 23, 2009 - The Biggest Risk to the Plan

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November 16, 2009 - 10 Questions to Ask Yourself

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November 09, 2009 - Now’s a Time to Recall Financial Planning Basics

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November 02, 2009 - The “V” Points Downward

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October 26, 2009 - Is Estate Planning Still Necessary?

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October 19, 2009 - Quarter End Review

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October 12, 2009 - Market-linked CDs Bolster Structured-products Industry

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October 05, 2009 - Beware of Expiring Tax Provisions

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September 23, 2009 - Moving in the right direction but be aware of the crosscurrents

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September 23, 2009 - Retirement Planning Strategies: Ten Things Not to Assume

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September 08, 2009 - Most red ink ever: $9 trillion over next decade

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August 31, 2009 - Adding guarantees to the mix

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August 27, 2009 - Market-linked CDs Bolster Structured-Products Industry

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August 17, 2009 - Market-linked CDs Bolster Structured-Products Industry

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August 11, 2009 - Pre-Retirees, Retirees Switch To Roth IRA

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August 03, 2009 - Stealing a Recovery

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July 27, 2009 - In Search of Unconventional Thinking

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July 20, 2009 - Recovery is a Year Away

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July 13, 2009 - Five Reasons to Avoid the Gold Rush

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July 06, 2009 - When Social Security Is Taxed

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June 30, 2009 - The Markets

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June 22, 2009 - Tax proposal has silver lining for IRAs, Social Security and capital loss limits

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June 15, 2009 - The New Normal

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June 08, 2009 - Obama Proposes Billions in Tax Cuts and Tax Hikes

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June 01, 2009 - Estate tax proposal would maintain current exemptions

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May 28, 2009 - Markets Often Rebound Before the Economy

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May 18, 2009 - Wall Street's World Turned Upside Down

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May 11, 2009 - When will retirement savings rebound?

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May 04, 2009 - Now may be the time to buy that vacation home

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April 28, 2009 - Financial markets face a lost generation of investors
Collateral damage from economic crisis has long-term impact

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December 01, 2008 - Tax Saving Strategies
If your goal is to lessen your 2008 tax burden, here is a checklist of actions based on current tax rules that may help you save tax dollars if you act before year-end:

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November 24, 2008 - Anticipation of L-Tryptophan Induced Coma Results In Typo Error
An alert reader of last week’s Update was quick to point out that retailers do not, in fact, traditionally call the day after Thanksgiving “Black Thursday”. Yes of course, that would be silly. As we all know, it is known as “5am Door Buster Specials Black Friday.”

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November 17, 2008 - Another Dismal Week
The financial markets were forced to confront a variety of awful consumer and economic news, an announcement of major changes in the government’s bailout plan, the specter of a GM bankruptcy, and the realization that a lame-duck administration and Congress are very unlikely to get anything meaningful done until after January 20, 2009.

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November 03, 2008 - October Markets A Fright Fest
Stocks bounced back last week, putting together back-to-back gains on Thursday and Friday for the first time in October. However, it was one of the worst months in Wall Street history. Standing alone, last week looks impressive, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and NASDAQ all soaring nearly 10 percent. Yet last week's gains are a reflection of all the selling in previous weeks.

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January 14, 2008 - Corrected: Client and Advisor Update
In this week’s Client and Advisor Update, we review what happened in the markets, look at what a recession is, and try to see if we are in one.

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