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AdvisorSpoke’s ‘Clark Kent’ to the rescue

New blog adopts Superman's alter ego as its anonymous author; aims barbs at popular gossip site AdvisorHub.

There is a storm brewing in the financial adviser blogosphere.
An anonymous blog called AdvisorSpoke emerged last week to attack AdvisorHub, a popular website started last year that quickly drew readers for the gossip it publishes on a “rumors” page.
AdvisorSpoke, which is edited anonym

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