The Latest Feather in Bank of America's Cap

In the video below, Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson discuss Bank of America's Merrill Lynch unit being named the Advisory Solutions Firm of the Year at the 2013 Money Management Institute Industry Leadership Awards. While some may just see this as just another award, Matt gives investors some perspective on this, and tells us why he likes this particular award a bit more than some of the other industry awards, which can end up being just background noise from an investing thesis perspective.

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