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Dividend Achievers: Seeking Total Return with Dividend Stocks
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPYou'd be hard-pressed nowadays to find anyone with a muted view of dividend stocks after the past decade's performance.Consider the returns produced by the Mergent...
August 01, 2010
Preparing for a Fiduciary FutureThe almost certain expansion of the fiduciary standard will have a dramatic impact on traditional brokers -- affecting everything from how much money they make...
August 01, 2010
Reawakening the DragonChina's stock market was born in the 19th century, abolished and reborn in the 20th century and in the first decade of the 21st has...
August 01, 2010
Europe's Debt Crisis -- And OursEurope nominally has a public debt crisis. But the Continent's real crisis is of central political and social planning, done not through overt decree but...
August 01, 2010
'The Quality Recruiter's Role Has Evolved,' Says DiamondThe article "Sick of Recruiters," the Research May cover story, struck me as being out of date. Certainly with all the changes Wall Street has...
August 01, 2010
Precious/Base Metals: Still ShiningFrank Holmes U.S. Global Investors 800-873-8637 Gold: For the week ending July 9, spot gold closed at $1,211.60 per ounce down, unchanged for the week. Gold equities, as...
August 01, 2010
Commonwealth's New Marketing Plan: Giving Advisors Communications ToolkitIndependent advisors with Commonwealth Financial Network are taking advantage of the broker-dealer's Four-Corners Marketing program, which was launched earlier this year. The program gives its 1,200-plus...
August 01, 2010
Take the TestAs you may recall from last month, I hate taking tests. In fact, about the only way I take a test is if someone makes...