Justin Goodbread measures his firm's performance not on the returns tracked in a client's portfolio but rather how the small business owner's net worth increases over time.
Leon Vaccarelli told clients he would invest their money in interest-earning investments; instead he used it to make tuition and mortgage payments and pay off other investors.
Only a small percentage of SEC-registered advisors use the language the agency approved Wednesday in describing their fiduciary duties, and those advisors are more likely to offer conflicted advice, according to a study by Commissioner Robert...