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Accused
Jun 01, 2004
A small-town, Midwestern Edward Jones rep is sitting at his desk on a brisk Friday morning in January, checking his messages, returning some emails, preparing for the day's meetings. His assistant comes through on the...
Indie Existentialism
Jun 01, 2004
Freedom has its price, the saying goes, and perhaps nowhere is that price more frequently calculated than in the brokerage industry. Year after year, captive financial advisors, dreaming of independence and of the...
To Every Stock, Turn, Turn, Turn
Jun 01, 2004
The turnover rate (share volume on the NYSE divided by the average of shares listed) has been considered a harbinger of investor activity and confidence for decades. For instance, the turnover rate collapsed from 119...
Five Star Upgrade at A.G. Edwards
May 01, 2004
For years, the biggest gripe A.G. Edwards reps harbored about their firm concerned the technology platform. Specifically, reps say, their workstations have been less than robust, providing subpar information and...
Archive Items Now?
May 01, 2004
Most reps work under the assumption that all their professional correspondence could be scrutinized, and the SEC now is telling them that assumption is dead on. At an SEC Speaks conference in Washington in March...
Out, Damn Spots
May 01, 2004
In April, the NASD instituted a rule meant to prevent stockbrokers from, in effect, buying their way out of client complaints and a dinged Form U4 by settling, out-of-court, with their clients for money. But already...
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