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3/30/2007  The SEC's Merrill Lynch Rule was overturned today. Is the U.S. Supreme Court next? Go here to learn more.

May 14 Update -- SEC will not challenge overturned rule. Go here for more.


FCVA is expanding.
We are looking for an individual financial planner / investment manager / account representative who is established but ready for true independence from any outside influences or conflicts of interest that may deter them from providing real client-first, fee-only advice and service. Contact us at info@fcva.net to indicate your interest.

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Check out our Private Virtual Office
We offer this one-of-a-kind tool to all of our clients. Go to the Clients page and login to the demonstration site.
Click here to retrieve a Guide to Client Private Virtual Office.
New finance portal. Guess who just got into the business of providing mainstream financial and investment information? None other than Google, who is clearly going after Yahoo! Finance. It will be an interesting contest.
Morningstar ratings for ETFs and new mutual fund categories Morningstar on March 3rd expanded its mutual fund rating service to cover a 100 or so ETFs with at least a three year performance record. When using Morningstar's ratings, or that from any other provider, keep in mind the limitations of any evaluation based primarily on past performance. At the same time, Morningstar also introduced five new categories for grouping mutual funds to include inflation protected bond funds, long-short funds and three separate target date fund categories.
What Happened in 1948

The Most Basic Component of Wealth: Your Attitude

It is much better to be wealthy than to merely appear wealthy. The now classic work, The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets Of Americas Wealthy is available either in paperback or Audio CD and is considered required reading/listening.

  • Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in India
  • State of Israel created
  • Alfred Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Male is published
  • "Big bang" theory of the universe's origin postulated
  • "Citation" wins Preakness, Belmont and Kentucky Derby
  • Babe Ruth dies
  • Long-playing (33-1/3 RPM) record invented
  • Swiss outdoorsman George de Mestral invents Velcro
  • "Scrabble" introduced

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Sports Finance  
Did you know you can actually buy and trade options for tickets to major sports events, such as the Super Bowl and Final Four, for a particular team? See the section Options and Futures on our Derivatives page.
Medicare Drug Plans Winston Churchill once described the Soviet Union as a "riddle wrapped in an enigma." He could have been talking about Medicare's new prescription drug. Help, however, is on the way. See the reference to "My Medicare Matters" on our Health and Long Term Care Insurance page.
Inverted Yield Curve Whenever short term interest rates on Treasury securities exceed longer term rates the yield curve is said to be inverted. In the past such a financial curiosity has been a precursor of economic downturns. The NY Federal Reserve offers a detailed explanation.
Roth 401(k) On January 1, 2006 a new entrant joined the alphabet soup of retirement plans. We have help in considering the trade offs between traditional and Roth IRAs in our section on retirement planning.

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