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Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg	Alpha Dogs To protect clients, financial advisors should consider mutual funds with steady results and strong risk-adjusted returns. Sounds obvious, right? But doing so may mean taking a pass on a fund with gaudy returns. Big returns often equate big risks.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	Actively Adding Value to Passive Investments Separately managed accounts that invest exclusively in exchange-traded funds are vying for a place at the advisory table, as an increasing number of money managers look to cash in on the popularity of these very cheap, very liquid investments.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 John Churchill	I Want To Be Like Julian (Robertson) Retail financial advisors turned hedge fund titans aren't well represented in the hedge fund business. There are some notable exceptions, like fund manager Julian Robertson, the founder of Tiger Management, one of the best-known hedge fund complexes ever.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Bob Hirschfeld	Resurrected Victor Niederhoffer might be the world's most eccentric trader. Eventually, his risk-taking and contrarian strategies would contribute to his going under in 1997, utterly erasing his reputation and the strong numbers he had put up prior to that time.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Lauren Barack	Will Reform Drive Brokers From 529 Sales? Emerging from 529 college savings plan hearings is a proposal for new disclosure guidelines aimed at giving consumers more knowledge about various plan choices at the point of sale. However, these guidelines may drive reps and financial advisors out of the 529 business.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Lauren Barack	Today's Lesson: Consolidation For the little commissions they generate, 529 plans have required quite a lot of effort on the part of financial advisors. While consolidation may eventually make the broker's life easier, the process of winnowing out weak players may take years.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	Going All the Way Across the country, registered rep employees of national broker/dealers daydream of chucking it all and going off on their own. But how far do you go? Which is the best model for keeping the most of what your business generates?
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	Creating an Escape Plan Independence has long been a dream of many wirehouse reps. But for the great majority of wirehouse pros, it remains simply that. Going independent is a proposition fraught with peril and is not to be taken lightly.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	A Crusade Against Indies? Regardless of whether going independent means a more regulatory scrutiny or not, advisors thinking of going out on their own need to understand just how much work such a move will entail in terms of keeping up with the ever-changing world of regulations.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Thomas Costa	Relieving the Cost-Basis Headache Cost Basis Reporting Service eliminates the need for brokers, banks and individual investors to research and obtain information independently, and it provides an important level of customer service that can be a key advantage in customer selection of a brokerage firm or bank.
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