June 10, 2011Investments What to Do if Broker is Making Unauthorized Trades on Account Question: My 90 year old aunt has Alzheimer’s and was recently moved into an Assisted Living Community. While moving her...
June 9, 2011Elder Abuse, Investments Warning Signs of a Ponzi Scheme – What to Look for A Ponzi scheme is a phony investment plan where investors are promised high rates of returns on their investment but...
June 8, 2011Elder Abuse, Investments A Broker Made Risky Investments and Lost My Parents Savings! Question: What recourse do we have if my mother’s broker inappropriately invested her life savings in risky investments and the...
June 5, 2011Investments Beware: Higher Yielding Investments Can Have Higher Risks Interest rates on bank CDs and money market funds have been at historic lows over the last several years. Sure,...
June 5, 2011Investments, Short QA Due Diligence on Stockbrokers Before Investing is Always Prudent Question: A stockbrokers has solicited me to open a brokerage account with him. He seems like an honest person who...
January 6, 2011Investments What Does ‘Fiduciary’ Mean as it Applies to Financial Advisors? The word fiduciary stems from the Latin root word fīdere, to trust. Applied to financial advisors, the term fiduciary ethos...