Rather than do what I usually do during my Fraud Files columns, where as I grab a stack of stories … Read More
HOMETOWN ED
Edward Jones, the brokerage that likes to market itself as your “hometown, folksy, everyone knows your name” firm is joining … Read More
CORRECTION TALES
It is not a matter of if. It is a matter of when. Fire up the Flux Capacitor and the … Read More
WHISTLEBLOWER
Not long ago when the supposed end of the world was upon us and assets were blowing up all over … Read More
FRAUD FILES
Comrade Jones An advisor from Edward Jones admitted to AdvisorHUB that the firm was much like the Soviet Union in … Read More
WEREWOLVES
JANUARY 2014 Someone decided to do a special screening of the latest Martin Scorsese film the Wolf of Wall … Read More
BREAK THEM UP NOW
I always get a kick out of the bull-excrement mission statements from the big investment firms… Our integrity and reputation … Read More
TIME TO GET MEDIEVAL
NOVEMBER 2012 Marcellus Wallace, a character from the film Pulp Fiction, made in my opinion an excellent suggestion in … Read More
WHY WE SHOULD KILL THE SEC
MARCH 2012 The list is long and growing. There’s the “Amish Bernie Madoff”, accused of bilking residents of quiet Amish … Read More