Currently the approximately 630,000 brokers, bankers, and insurance agents registered to sell securities must determine whether investments are “suitable”—based on how much money you have, what else you are invested in, your tax status and what your investment objectives are. These salespeople aren’t obligated to act as a fiduciary, in your best interest, even when […]

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Who’s the smartest of them all? We currently see ads and junk mail pieces from money managers saying they are the greatest because they sold out before the crash or bought (emerging markets, junk bonds etc.) just at the right time. Truth be told, facts are facts and though there are some really smart money […]

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