Alternative Investments

• Fidelity, Schwab, Scottrade Wrestle with Facebook Fallout

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  May 25, 2012

  NASDAQ now counts 30 million improperly executed shares.

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  AdvisorShares, Philippe Cousteau Launch Actively Managed Sustainable ETF

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 24, 2012

  Phillippe Cousteau, grandson of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, hopes to use the multi-manager Global Echo ETF to 'do well by doing good.'

• Agriculture ETP Launched

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  May 24, 2012

  The United States Commodity Index Funds Trust introduced an exchange-traded product tracking agricultural commodities.

• Can ETNs Be Trusted?

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  May 24, 2012

  Although the $17 billion exchange-traded note (ETN) market represents less than 2% of the trillion dollar ETP universe, it’s been making a lot of noise.

• Selective Standouts

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  May 24, 2012

  Certain consumer companies continue to outshine their counterparts.

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  The Shale Gas Rush

  By Gerald Burstyn  |  May 24, 2012

  From Mississippi to Pennsylvania and Ohio to Kansas, there’s a gold rush in the natural gas market.

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  Kickstarter for Wall Street? Broker-Dealers Get Into the Crowdfunding Game

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2012

  It’s official: the money people are rallying to the crowd-funding cause.

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  FDIC Warns on Risks of Market-Linked CDs

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2012

  A new consumer alert from the FDIC on market-linked CDs, one of the most popular structured products, counsels investors not to let the possibility of higher returns obscure their view of the risks.

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  Hey, Facebook. Here’s 3 Reasons Why You’re No Google

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  May 22, 2012

  For those buying Facebook stock, there are important differences between the two companies that will make Google-like returns tough to achieve.

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  The SEC Sure Isn’t Describing the Mark Spangler I Know

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2012

  A cautionary tale or a rush to judgment? Why I'm giving the benefit of the doubt to the former NAPFA chairman.