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  Any Luster Left for Precious Metals?

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  May 17, 2013

  Understanding the world's different metals and their dynamics in the global economy is key to maximizing their value in portfolios, say experts at ETF Securities

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  Where are the Financial Geniuses?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Research Affiliates says firms seeking to find patterns of mispricing must encourage the critical evaluation of nonconformist ideas.

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  Top 10 Most Disliked U.S. Companies: 2013

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  AdvisorOne focuses on the bottom 10 in a Harris poll ranking consumers’ opinion of the reputation of America’s 60 most visible companies.

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  House Passes SEC Cost-Benefit Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Planning groups are at odds over a bill that passed the House on Friday requiring the SEC to conduct more rigorous cost-benefit analyses before making rules.

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  Stocks Have Room to Rise, but So Do Interest Rates: J.P. Morgan’s Kelly

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  J.P. Morgan Asset Management's David Kelly believes the biggest drag on the U.S. economy is the Federal Reserve, and investors must prepare for inflation.

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  Giachetti: Don’t Listen to the Kool-Aid Compliance Salesmen

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  If you like your compliance talk spiced up with frankness and salty language, Tom Giachetti of Stark & Stark is your man.

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  SCF Lures Walnut Street Team of 4 Advisors

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  The move puts the Fresno-based independent broker-dealer at more than $1 billion in affilated client assets and 140 advisors.

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  Schwab Backs Off on Class-Action Ban—for Now

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Charles Schwab on Thursday said it would lift a ban on client class-action suits until all legal and regulatory challenges were resolved.

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  Top Portfolio Products: Goldman Launches Alts Fund

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Also announced in the last week: an emerging-markets government bond index fund from Vanguard.

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  The Alliance for RIAs (aRIA) Study Group: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Go to any conference where registered investment advisors meet, and it’s clear from the buzz in the room that RIAs like to talk.