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Three Qualities of a Successful Investment Adviser

Truemind Capital

To generate above-average risk-adjusted returns and to meet your investment objective successfully, you must look for these three non-negotiable qualities in an investment adviser which are extremely important for value addition to your investment portfolio: 1. Fiduciary duty should be on the top of the mind of any genuine adviser.

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

Sara Grillo

Do advisors breach fiduciary duty when they fail to recommend annuities? Should those with only insurance licenses that allow them to sell annuities and/or life insurance be held to the same “fiduciary standard” as Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) with the SEC or state regulators? Are commissions bad?

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Transcript: Gretchen Morgenson

The Big Picture

We looked at everything from retail to nursing homes to hospitals to insurance companies to manufacturers. And so I would see how the over-the-counter desk, over-the-counter stock desk would push stocks and encourage brokers to sell them, put a lot of commission in them, to move them because some big seller was coming into the market.

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