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  15 Best Finance Tweets of the Month: April

  By Katie Rass  |  May 6, 2013

  While gold plunged in April and Bitcoin took a wild ride, Sallie Krawcheck threw a punch in the battle of the sexes and Bill Gross opined on the pomp and pageantry of stock trading.

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  How to Protect Clients From Strippers and Cabana Boys

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 4, 2013

  Speaking at FPA Retreat 2013, attorneys Basel and Grace Jamra focuses on advisors' role in client pre-nups and post-nups in a divorce-happy age.

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  ‘Retirement Planning’ Is Old and Outdated: Elizabeth Jetton

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 4, 2013

  At the FPA Retreat, a rapid-fire delivery of all the change that is here and will be coming, and how advisors should react.

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  Envestnet Unveils ‘Intelligence’ Initiative at Advisor Summit

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 4, 2013

  “It’s not a product; it’s not a platform,” explained Bill Crager, Envestnet’s president. “It’s completely integrated technology that pulls together resources to provide on-demand information.”

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  John Taft: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2013

  For John Taft, head of wealth management at RBC Wealth Management, managing clients’ wealth is part of a higher calling.

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  Schwab’s Sonders: Middle America Is My Favorite Emerging Market

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2013

  "Someone asked me in a Q&A, 'What’s your favorite emerging market?’ and ‘Middle America’ was what came out of my mouth,” Sonders said at the FPA-New York annual summit.

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  ‘Black Swan’ Author Says Market ‘Fragility’ More Important Than Risk

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2013

  The opposite of fragility is the acceleration of harm, which eventually leads to Black Swan events, Nassim Taleb tells IMCA attendees.

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  Offshore Tax Evaders Taking Big Risk, Former IRS Attorney Says

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 30, 2013

  Many taxpayers, in an effort to avoid onerous penalties and back taxes, are not joining the IRS’ tax amnesty programs, instead making "quiet disclosures" that could backfire, a former IRS attorney says.

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  Mark Hurley: 5 Forces Changing the Economics of Wealth Managers

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  April 30, 2013

  According to the Fiduciary Network CEO, the vast majority of advisory firms have no economic value.

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  Do CIMAs Get More Bang for Their Buck Than CFPs?

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 29, 2013

  CIMAs earn more, see stronger asset growth and express greater career satisfaction than those without the designation, IMCA claims.