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The Do-It-Yourself Roth Conversion Calculator. - By Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Daniel Royer, April 26, 2010.
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Should you convert your traditional IRA to a Roth? Often, the answer requires complicated calculations. Here's an easy way to do them.
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Why Clients Distrust Advisors. Advisors who relied on cut-and-paste solutions instead of true planning have some mighty unhappy clients.
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By John E. Girouard, April 6, 2010.
2010 Forbes.com LLC™ All Rights Reserved.
The crumbling of Wall Street institutions coupled with the wealth carnage of the past several years has left most investment clients bewildered and unhappy, an embarrassment for the investment profession but also an extraordinary opportunity.
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Affluent Buying More LTC Insurance.
- April 23, 2010.
Copyright © 2010, Dow Jones.
(Dow Jones) The affluent are buying more long-term care insurance, but it's not for themselves. It's for their parents.
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What an RIA needs to know now that the health care reform has passed. Some tax increases kick in next year.
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By Brooke Southall and Elizabeth MacBride,
March 23, 2010. © 2009-2010 RIABiz LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Stunning everyone, health care reform legislation rose, Lazarus-like, from the dead.
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Accelerating Retirement Savings With Leverage.
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By Alan M. Harrington,
April 7, 2010.
© Copyright 2010 National Underwriter Life & Health. A Summit Business Media publication. All Rights Reserved.
It’s a common tale. A small business owner has devoted his life to building his company. He’s put every dollar he has into it and, in return, he’s done an excellent job of providing a nice living for his family and his employees.
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