<![CDATA[Why Don't You Just Give Your Broker a Gun and Tell Him to Shoot You?]]>

1.0 link 230578 <![CDATA[Why Don't You Just Give Your Broker a Gun and Tell Him to Shoot You?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-solin/why-dont-you-just-give-yo_b_230578.html A reader of my blogs sent me an e-mail with a Customer Agreement from a major brokerage firm. She asked me to look it over and tell her if she should sign it.

The first thing that struck me was this clause:

"Brokerage activities are regulated under different laws and rules than advisory activities and generally do not give rise to the fiduciary duties that an investment adviser has to its clients."

The agreement pointed out that the brokerage firm "...may face certain...

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