Understanding Conflicts of Interest
The Producers
Who pays your advisor?
Unbiased advice vs. the incentive
Having a relationship with a fiduciary advisor means never having to wonder what incentive is behind the...
Are you a customer or a client?
There is no reason ever to settle for being just a customer
Whither the free lunch
Over a decade ago, my former partner and I would be invited twice a year to a fancy luncheon, held at a...
Who does your realtor work for?
As real estate emerges from its six year coma, we are beginning to see signs that interest and activity...
I haven’t taken a swing at Mary Schapiro this week (yet)
But I will now. I never thought much about Mary Schapiro when she ran the SEC, and that is probably...
Mary Schapiro cashes in, and you and I write the check that pays her
“Tyler Durden” over at Zero-Hedge summarizes this pretty well. I will let his words stand...