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TodaysAdvisorllll                                                   March 2010                       

  

"3 Steps to Never Having a Bad Day Again"

  By Paul Kingsman      Click here

 

"But I Enjoy Banging My Head Against the Brick Wall!"

  By Rob Shore              Click here 

 

"Finishing 47th Isn't So Bad"

  By Don Connelly        Click here

 

Previously

 

GARY BUFFONE, Ph. D., ABPP 

Taking Wealth Advising to the Next Level:

The Psychology of Family Wealth Consultation Click here

 

DON CONNELLY Never Doubt Yourself Click here

 

PAUL KINGSMAN Pick a Path Click here

 

ROB SHORE 24 Great Ideas Used by Wholesalers Click here

 

NATALIE REVELL How Social Media Will Continue to Impact

Online Search in 2010  Click here

 

DON CONNELLY Don't Tell Me What To Do,

Tell Me How To Do It  Click here

 

PETER MONTOYA Relationship-Driven Marketing Click here

In the wake of the "Great Recession" it matters more than ever

 

DAVID OGILVY Quotes from the Master

Plus "How to create advertising that sells" by David Ogilvy Click here

 

JIM MANOUSE 5 Ways to Succeed in Marketing Click here

 

TOM HENSKE How to Build Your Practice the Right Way  Click here 

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 Gordon Gekko was an Innocent Man by Daniel Davies

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The Top 5 Coolest Men of the Past 50 Years: JFK #1

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SPECIAL SECTION: "The Art of Intimidation"

 

+ The 25 Best Gordon Gekko Quotes from Wall Street

+ Alec Baldwin's Speech from Glenn Garry, Glen Ross

+ Two Sales Pitch Scenes From Boiler Room 

+ A Brilliant Sales Pitch from MAD MEN

The Power of Intimidation

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Profiles Click Here

 

 

 

TodaysAdvisor Exclusive Interview Lenox Advisors

How they succeed in the Executive Benefits Marketplace Click Here

 

 

 

 

NexGen by JOHN HINTZE FPA Group for Young  Advisors

 Click Here

 

PLUS: TodaysAdvisor Exclusive Interview: 

NexGen Leaders Q&A

 

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 Washington                                           Click Here

 

 

 

Health Care Bill - Not Dead Yet. Defiant President pushes forward with move towards simple majority vote via reconciliation in Senate

"We the Corporations" High Court votes 5-4 to lift bans on spending  

Health Care Debate Rages On - Follow the developments with us!

GOP's Brown elected in Mass - Breaks Dem's super majority

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Industry news:

FINRA Asks B/D's to supervise non-brokerage activities

New Annuity-Wrapped Managed Account Sparks Interest Click here

Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan Joins NYC Hedge Fund

Lockwood Plans UMA with Income Guarantee

Fee-Based Advice To Be Taxed in Michigan

FSI Continues Fight Over 12b-1 Fees

+ Much More

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 TodaysAdvisorEntertainment                              Click Here

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TV  CARTER LYMAN HALL

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HBO Sports: Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals

30 For 30: ESPN's Documentary Series for 30th Anniversary

PBS American Experience: Dolley Madison America's first First Lady 

Frontline PBS - Television's most important series

IFC: Monty Python: Almost the Truth, The Lawyers Cut

+ The Top 100 TV Shows of All-Time and our Top 10

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Film

 

 TCM Classic Film Festival

                                 Hollywood, CA   April 22 - 25, 2010

 

  Orson Welles

                                       Rare 1960 Paris Interview

 

"The Hurt Locker" Continues its march towards Oscar glory

+ "30 Second Reviews"  "Avatar", "Up in the Air", "Hurt Locker" 

 

Music  BUCK RYDER 

 

 

Michael Buble TodaysAdvisor's Entertainer-of-the-Year

 

  

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The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo 2010

With Concerts, Horse Show and World Championship BBQ Contest

A Big Show for a Big State.

 

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Star Wars In Concert

Coming to a Galaxy near you, as the saying goes. Click here

 

Art & More...

 

 

Greek and Roman Galeries Re-Open at NYC's MFA

Magna Carta Visits NYC in 2009

+ A Farewell to Pavarotti by Kenneth Gayle

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Resources & Information

 

DailyKos.com

Markos Moulitsas' wildly popular political blog http://www.dailykos.com/

PlumTV.com

Keep up on the good life with reports from cities and towns that serve as U.S.

playgrounds for the HNW crowd and the rich & famous http://www.plumtv.com/ 

The Huffington Post

Few have Arianna Huffington's pedigree in terms of being an ultimate Washington insider. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Vfinance.com

All things venture capital from a directory of firms to raising capital

http://www.vfinance.com/

eFinancial Careers

www.efinancialcareers.com

 

For a list of political news sites try our Washington page

 

Financial Web Sites

 

Reuters 

http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets

Google Finance
http://finance.google.com/finance
Yahoo! Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/
Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/home/us
Wall Street Journal Online
http://online.wsj.com/public/us
CNN Money
http://money.cnn.com/
The Street.com
http://www.thestreet.com/
Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/

 

Economic Calendar Click here

TodaysAdvisor facebook     Click here  

TodaysAdvisor twitter         Click here    

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WALL STREET 2: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS 

Trailer Released Click here     

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The Broker/Dealer Blog Click here                           

 

Mar 04, 2010 - Five Sales Mistakes Made with the Affluent from Reg Rep

Feb. 22, 2010 - For all the news, fast, follow TA  on twitter and Facebook

Feb. 18, 2010 - Top B/D's Show Decline in 100K Producers

Feb. 2, 2010 - Lightyear Capital buys ING Advisors. 

Jan. 18, 2010 - Nationwide Financial to release its Indy reps

Jan. 16, 2010 - 5 ways for wholesalers to impress advisors & 8 ways for wholesalers to get on advisors blacklists - from the Investment News 

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Executive Search

MITCH VIGEVENO

The Advantages of the Hybrid, Dually-Registered

Advisory Model Click here 

Working with an Executive Search Firm: What You

Need to Know, Now  Click here 

 

Public Relations  

JENNIFER CONNELLY

 

Thought Leadership: How to Leverage Your Intellectual

Capital Click here

Expand Your On-Line Presence! Create Your Own Digital

Media Campaign! Click here 

Defining Your Value! Click here

 

Marketing & Practice Management Click here

DENNIS GALLANT

 

Driving Advisor Production: Breaking the 80/20 Rule Click Here 

 

PHILIP PALAVEEV

The Looming Reality of Financial

Practices Consolidation Click Here 

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PETER MONTOYA

 

Relationship-Driven Marketing Click here

Mastering the Ripple Effect Click here

Cardinal Sins of Marketing Click Here

Smoking Marketing Campaigns Click Here

The Power of Specialization Click Here

No Static at All: Using Radio to Your Advantage Click Here 

   

PETER HAINES

 

Advice From a Pro on How to Start Marketing Click Here

Vision is Good, But Execution is Better Click Here 

 

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Branding Click here 

 

Don't Be Anonymous - Name Your Company After Yourself

By Peter Montoya

 

Brand Communications

By Peter Haines

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Sales & Motivation

 

12 Great Ways to Improve Your Listening Skills Click Here i

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10 Timeless Laws for Closing the Deal Click Herei

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The Greatest Movie Team-Building Speech Ever May Have Been Largely Overlooked Click Here

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Exclusive Feature: Rock's First Act: 1929 - 1959, Parts I & II

Part I: The Birth of the Blues in the Mississippi Delta - Click Here

Part II: The Texas Blues - Click Here

For the Companion Soundtrack Jukebox - Click Here

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Burton Malkieli China Will Be Dominant Economic Power in 20 Yrsi

Princeton professor and author of "A Random Walk Down Wall Street":

U.S Investors too underweight China & need to adjust their investments

Click Here

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SPECIAL SECTION: Retirement Income StudyIIIIIIIII

What Do Your Clients Want? Click here for the article and survey

Dennis Gallant, GDC Consulting & TodaysAdvisor Contributing Editor

And Howard Schneider, Practical Perspectives

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TodaysAdvisorTravel Click Herel

   

The World's Greatest Passenger Ships

Oasis of the Seas: The world's greatest cruise ship

The Queen Mary 2: The world's greatest ocean liner

Click here

 

Luxury on the Orient-Express

Much more than just a historic train ride  Click here

 

Travel Stops:

The Cape Cod Baseball League

The Virginia Homes of Washington, Jefferson, and Madison

The Chicago-Style Pizza Tour

 

Travel, Texas Style

Houston's Hotel ZaZa By Cleverly Stone

Dallas' New Victory Park Click Here

San Antonio's New Hotel Contessa Click Here

+ 5 World-Class Hotels & 5 Great Restaurants to Try When You Travel

 

+ TodaysAdvisor Luxury Hotel Chain Directory

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TodaysAdvisorSportinglife                                       Click Here

 

       

Rachel Alexandra Vs Zenyatta: the Race is On in Arkansas in April

FIFA World Cup: Final Draw Announced

NFL Enters New Era with Un-Capped Season Set to Begin

NCAA March Madness: Will Syracuse or Kansas go all the way?

Usain Bolt: TodaysAdvisor's Athlete-of-the-Year!

2010 Golf Majors to Feature Some of the Worlds Greatest Courses

Formula 1: Join in the glamour as Michael Schumaker's back in 2010

America's Cup: The 33rd America's Cup Coming in 2010

+ International Golf Travel Made Easy

+ Top Golf and Tennis Resorts

 

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 Technology and Consumer Electronics     

 WILLIAM S. HERZ

lTodaysAdvisor Chief Technologist, IT Editor-at-Large   Click Here

 

    

Future of Radio may be tied to Personal Radio Recorders

 

 

 

Convert Your Old PC Into the Ultimate Media Device

Perfect Storm Brewing for Consumer Electronics

+ First Southwest to Offer Albridge Solutions to it's B/D Network

 

Click Here

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    The PUB         CARTER LYMAN HALL 

BEER REVIEWS! Stella, Boddington's, Newcastle

Plus many more!

     

Brew News! News from the world of breweries

+ Micro Brews from Cape Cod and the Islands

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A History, in Headlines, of the Financial Recession

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Citigroup, Last of the Big Banks to Pay-Back TARP funds Click here 

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Gold Jumps to Record as Inflation Outlook Fuels Demand Click here 

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New AIG Chief Says He’ll Rebuild Units to Repay U.S. Click here 

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Stocks Gain, T-Bills Drop as Unemployment Rate Declines Click here 

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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall More Than Projected Click here  ___________________________________________________________________

US May Keep Losing Jobs as Unemployment Hits 25yr High Click here 

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As Unemployment Hits 8%, Pressure's on President Obama Click here      

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Paulson: U.S. Lacked Tools to Deal with Financial Crisis Click here          

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Fed chooses Pimco, Wellington, Goldman Sachs, Blackrock to 

manage $500 Billion of mortgage-backed securities Click here                  

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GMAC Gets $6 Billion Treasury Bail-out to Help Save GM Click here         

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It's Official: US in a Recession Since Dec. 2007 Click here                             

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US to Guaranttee Citigroup's Assets, Also gets $20 billion bail-out

Amount of guaranttee comes to a staggering $306 billion Click here                 

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Market Has Largest Election Day Rally Since '84

Wall Street must like the idea of Change, Obama as President Click here 

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House Passes Financial Rescue Bill, Same as Senate

Markets fall on poor jobs report - Tug of War Ensues Over Wachovia between Wells Fargo, Citigroup - Some Foreign Banks and Fortis may be next to be next to fall Click here 

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House Votes Down Rescue Bill

DJIA plummets 777 points Market sheds $1.7 trillion in value

Wachovia finished: Merged into Citibank to prevent collapse Click here

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WaMu Fails:  Becomes Largest Bank Failure in US History

JP Morgan pays $1.9B for deposits, branches, as Thrift gets seized Click here

Wachovia could be next - several suiters like Citibank emerge

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Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley Become Banks

Ends the era of the Investment Bank on Wall Street, Goldman gets

$7.5 billion infusion from Buffett's Hathaway plus stock sale Click here

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Ben & Hank's Excellent Adventure: Bernanke & Paulson hit DC

Bernanke to Committee: It's going to be bad if we don't do this Click here 

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"We the Financiers"

Paulson asks us for $700 billion to bail-out Wall Street Click here

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US Takes Over AIG to Prevent Collapse Cedes 89% of stock to Fed

It's another $85 billion to prevent failure of largest US insurer Click here 

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The New Black Monday

Lehman Bros. Goes Bankrupt - Investor loss virtually total

Merrill Lynch sold to Bank of America, Ends 95 yrs of independence

Dow Drops 500 Points, Worst Loss Since 9/11. Click here 

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Alan Greenspan: "Worst economy I've ever seen" Click here 

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US Takes-Over Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac

$100 Billion Bail-Out Price Tag Possible, Investors unlikely to see anything Click here 

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China Set to Overtake U.S. as Largest Manufacturer Click here 

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PIMCO's Gross Predicts Housing Slump Could Cost $1 Tril. Click here

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PLUS:

Learn about private dark liquidity pools Click here

PIMCO's El-Erian: Sovereign Wealth Funds Helped Ease Crisis

 Click here

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