The Financial Coach Show » Broker or Investment Advisor http://financialcoachshow.com Sundays 5-7 PM 97.1 FM Talk or www.971talk.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Copyright 2010 © by The Financial Coach Show scott@financialcoachshow.com (The Financial Coach Show) scott@financialcoachshow.com (The Financial Coach Show) posts 1440 Sundays 5-7 PM 97.1 FM Talk or www.971talk.com The Financial Coach Show The Financial Coach Show scott@financialcoachshow.com No no http://financialcoachshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bryansmall.gif The Financial Coach Show http://financialcoachshow.com 144 144 Congress Rejects Bill To Force Stockbrokers/Advisors To Act In Clients Best Interest http://financialcoachshow.com/2010/02/congress-rejects-bill-to-force-stockbrokersadvisors-to-act-in-clients-best-interest/ http://financialcoachshow.com/2010/02/congress-rejects-bill-to-force-stockbrokersadvisors-to-act-in-clients-best-interest/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:50:58 +0000 Bryan Binkholder http://financialcoachshow.com/?p=446 Jason Zweig from the Wall Street Journal discusses how the Congress rejected the bill requiring stockbrokers and insurance agents to put consumers interest first.  The only people giving independent advice conflict free are Registered Investment Advisors.


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]]> http://financialcoachshow.com/2010/02/congress-rejects-bill-to-force-stockbrokersadvisors-to-act-in-clients-best-interest/feed/ 0 Brokerages Should Prepare For A Fiduciary World (putting clients first) http://financialcoachshow.com/2009/11/brokerages-should-prepare-for-a-fiduciary-world-putting-clients-first/ http://financialcoachshow.com/2009/11/brokerages-should-prepare-for-a-fiduciary-world-putting-clients-first/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:48:06 +0000 Bryan Binkholder http://financialcoachshow.com/?p=244 Great ‘insider article’ describing how currently brokers and brokerages must act in a ’suitable world’ in which they just have to show that invest recommendations they made were suitable, although not necessarily the best for an investor.  In addition, when it comes to special offerings, IPO’s and other specialty items that brokerages create or are heavily compensated to move (sell for a company), brokers do not have to inform the consumer about how much the firm is being paid to move the bonds or stock or mutual funds or whatever.  Get armed and learn what a broker or Financial Advisor/Vice President (or First Vice President) of investments is really trying to sell you.  This blog post by financial insiders reveals (through what it says between the lines) of what really goes on in the financial world and big brokerage houses.

http://blogs.wsj.com/financial-adviser/2009/11/06/brokerages-should-prepare-for-a-fiduciary-world/?mod=finadv

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