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Advisor Helps Convince McDonald's On Pesticide Reduction

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A Seattle registered investment advisor is one of the organizations that helped convince McDonald's Corp. to promote pesticide-use reduction. 

It's Like Printing Money

by Charlie Stroller

My mission today was from one of my employees: Find a good printer for his mother-in-law, but make sure it's not expensive. Tough assignment, but I took it.

Chris Davis: Let Shareholders Weigh In On Exec Pay

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In late February, I spent an afternoon interviewing Selected Funds' Chris Davis and the interview touched upon a variety of subjects, which you can read about in the April issue of Financial...

Should You Bank On It?

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As hard as it may be to believe now, some banks will turn out to be good investments as the uncertainty caused by the global financial crisis begins to subside.

A Spoonful Of Coupons Makes The Medicine Go Down

by Charlie Stroller

Everyone knows how expensive the cost of drugs are today. I constantly hear people complaining about the cost of copays as well.

Why Populist Outrage Will Get Worse

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Watching the spectacle of buffoons in Congress fall all over themselves this week raging over the absurd bonuses at AIG, one could only hope that we were witnessing the level of populist outrage...

Does Shareholder Advocacy Create Shareholder Value?

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Ever drink from a bottle of water and notice a plasticky taste? Or reheat a meal with plastic wrap over it in the microwave? Or eat vegetables from cans, which often have plastic liners in them? 

Contact Me

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It's been two months since we got our microsite, FA green, up and running and the print edition of FA green will appear in the April issue of Financial Advisor magazine...

Cash Is King

by Charlie Stroller

Not all credit cards are created equal...

FINRA's Ketchum Lusting To Regulate RIAs

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By all accounts, FINRA's new CEO Rick Ketchum is an honorable "public servant" who has spent most of his life working hard to make our financial markets a better place...

Top 10 For Women

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KLD Research & Analytics launched a North America Women Investment Index (NAWI) last Thursday that includes 216 U.S...

What's All The Hoopla About?

by Charlie Stroller

I like to save money, especially during these tough times. I like to shop online, where I buy books, send flowers and purchase vitamins...

Prominent Short Sellers Turn Bullish

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As stock prices collapsed this week to levels not seen for 12 years, a small chorus of experts, including several prominent short sellers, either called a bottom or said it was near...

Merck Signs On

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With another day of punishing losses in the stock market and economic uncertainty looming over us like a mushroom cloud, little attention was paid to something positive that Merck & Co. Inc...

That's Entertainment-For You And Your Clients

by Charlie Stroller

One of the best money-saving ideas is to buy some of the 2009 Entertainment books that come out each year...

This Tax Credit Is Wasteful, Expert Says

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Rafael Coven, managing director of the Cleantech Group and manager of The Cleantech Index, thinks at least one of President Obama's energy initiatives is a waste of money.

Time To Talk To The Big Spenders

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My co-workers and I were talking the other day about how it doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor, some people just spend to the limit-and beyond...

FBI Investigating 500 Alleged Ponzi Schemes?

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It can't be confirmed, but word has it that the FBI is currently investigating about 500 alleged Ponzi schemes...

Everything Is Negotiable

by Charlie Stroller

After my son complained about how slow the internet was at home, I thought I'd call my cable company to try to get a faster connection...

Banks Look Like Dead Men Walking

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A stress test for Citigroup? Surely, they jest. It would be like asking Ralph Kramden, that is Jackie Gleason, to run a three-hour marathon. Yesterday's news that the U.S...

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