Ms Looney,



Nice to hear from you.



I said: "So you really think Jones reps just walk away from their book when they retire?"



The key word there is retire. Usually when you retire you don’t become employed again.



BPD

for a starting point either for two years then go to a serious firm.



I would start at morgan, merrill, ag edwards or raymond james. no

preference. Get in get something going then figure it out. There is no

perfect firm.

Ms Looney,

Nice to hear from you.
Thanks

I said: "So you really think Jones reps just walk away from their book when they retire?"

The key word there is retire. Usually when you retire you don't become employed again.

I may be mistaken, its been a long time since I was at Jones.  However, I recall that if a broker quit being a broker (retired from the business) and then later decided that retirement was boring and wanted to open up a dog grooming businesses or bookkeepping business (for example) they would forfet their LP.   As we know many successful brokers want to retire early (say age 55) and being the type A personalitlies entrepenurial (sp?) people that we are, can't just sit around clipping coupons. 

Check on that and let us know.  Enquiring minds and all.