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Beware of Broker Conflict of Interests
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Forbes recently ran an article worth reading: “Ten Ways Brokers Pick Pockets”: Arbitration is how disgruntled investors usually have to bring their complaints against brokers. In 2005, 6,074 cases were filed, the majority of which dealt with breach of fiduciary…
Signs Your Financial Advisor Is No Good
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Marketwatch recently ran an article on signs that your financial advisor is no good. Here are some of their signs I found particulary important: 2. Refuses to disclose free arrangements Some advisers are squarely focused on investments that make the…
Suze Orman: Say ‘No’ to Financial Advisors Who Work on Commission and Sell You B-Class Mutual Funds
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In an article posted today on Yahoo! Suze Orman writes: A financial advisor who makes all of his or her money on commission for the investments you buy and sell obviously has an interest in getting you to do alot…
Stocks & Commodities Magazine Interview With Kirk
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Kirk this morning put up the interview Stocks & Commodities Magazine recently did with him. Lots of interesting stuff such as why he decided to become a full time independent trader, why he decided to get out of the newsletter…
Nasdaq Up 6 Days In A Row; Window Dressing?
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Tech stocks have been performing extremely well at year end, with the Nasdaq up for the 6th consecutive day today – S&P Tech (XLK) is up 4.24% over the same period. I sense some window dressing here as portfolio managers dress…
CDSs: What Everybody Will Be Talking About In 2008
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“… defaults of a different kind could be the big issue of 2008. If you want to mug up on jargon for the year ahead, then the business of insuring against bond defaults known as credit default swaps, or CDSs,…