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6 Tips to Avoid Financial Fraud and Guard Your Investments

WiserAdvisor

These people could pretend to be a relative, bank officials, government employees, technical support staff, etc. If you are investing in mutual funds, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), and variable annuities, you will get detailed information about the company, investment portfolio, strategy, etc., in the brochure of these schemes.

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Should you die and go to hell before selling an annuity?

Sara Grillo

He is a flat fee advisor; not a licensed insurance agent. Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. Do advisors breach fiduciary duty when they fail to recommend annuities? Scott Salaske , CEO of Firstmetric. We had a great time discussing that in our debate.

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Transcript: Gretchen Morgenson

The Big Picture

MORGENSON: Could be banks, could be Wall Street, could be private debt folks, but it’s — RITHOLTZ: This is very often securitized and sold off into the market as well? It had been prevented, had been barred from that before because of this fiduciary duty idea and also because of the opacity of these instruments.

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