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Elder Fraud, .... Again.
Source(s): Financial Planning, Dan Shaw; Think Advisor; SEC. It’s happened again – Charles Schwab in another suit. Charles Schwab once...
Colleen MacFarlane
Feb 201 min read
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Costs of Fees Charged by Planners Continue to Keep Clients Away - Still High
Source: Investment News. Thanks to an article from this informative newsletter and a survey, I thought it important to re-post these...
Colleen MacFarlane
Feb 162 min read
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Scam Alert! Gold Bar Scam Against Elderly Woman
Stunning article in Investment News FEB 11, 2025 By Bruce Kell  Here's an informative article about yet another scam. Thanks to the...
Colleen MacFarlane
Feb 123 min read
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Fatal Funds - Hybrid Fiction & Nonfiction
Give yourself the gift of knowledge. Financial savvy is a great thing to check off your list for 2025 achieved goals. FATAL FUNDS -...
Colleen MacFarlane
Feb 101 min read
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Wall Streets Fees Withering Away-Beware of ALT's Opacity & Complexity
More from article by Jason Zweig. Wall Street’s traditional sources of vigorish—the cut it takes as the middleman—have withered away....
Colleen MacFarlane
Feb 92 min read
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You're Invited to Wall Street's Private Party. Say You're Busy
A great article in the WSJ by Jason Zweig. I just had to share it: Small-time investors may soon gain easier access to so-called private...
Colleen MacFarlane
Feb 92 min read
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The Cost of Financial Advice; An Evolving Debate! Stay Tuned.
Financial advisors who work as independent contractors typically charge a client an annual fee in the neighborhood of 1 percent of a...
Colleen MacFarlane
Feb 32 min read
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Will Financial Advisors Have to Change their Fee Structures?
Many in the broad financial advice industry expect fees advisors charge to clients for managing money and performing a variety of...
Colleen MacFarlane
Feb 31 min read
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Mutual Funds vs. ETFs
This year has seen a record number of mutual fund-to-ETF switches, according to data compiled by Morningstar Direct. A majority of the...
Colleen MacFarlane
Feb 31 min read
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A Sucker Born Every Minute
If there's a sucker born every minute, the birthrate of scammers seems to keep pace. "Abundant scams and rip-offs being seen by the IRS...
Colleen MacFarlane
Jan 301 min read
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Tax Professionals are Victims of Data Breaches too
This year, the IRS has received more than 250 reports of data breach incidents from tax professionals affecting some 200,000 clients....
Colleen MacFarlane
Jan 301 min read
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Scams involving AI
FINRA warns that fraudsters are increasingly using AI and other technologies to scam victims — sometimes even with the victims' help. The...
Colleen MacFarlane
Jan 301 min read
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Warning from FINRA
FINRA 2025 report. Partial info requiring firms to demonstrate written procedures. Here are some potential deficiencies being monitored:...
Colleen MacFarlane
Jan 301 min read
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Guard Your Money as if Your Life Depended on it
Fatal Funds is a fictional financial thriller that will change your life for the better. The novel is filled with information about...
Colleen MacFarlane
Jan 261 min read
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Fraudulent Scheme Seeking out Christian customers
According to the news media, the Securities and Exchange Commission barred a Tennessee-based financial advisor and ordained minister on...
Colleen MacFarlane
Jan 261 min read
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How Did His Scheme Work?
Wright and his firm fraudulently sold more than $2.4 million of promissory notes, according to the SEC. “In selling the notes, Wright and...
Colleen MacFarlane
Jan 261 min read
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Ask Your Planner about Off-Channel Communications!
The SEC's "crackdown on off-channel communications" refers to a recent enforcement campaign by the Securities and Exchange Commission...
Colleen MacFarlane
Jan 211 min read
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$60 Million Fine Imposed by SEC on Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch
According to several financial news reporting sites, in addition to the SEC.gov ’s own website, Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch agreed...
Colleen MacFarlane
Jan 211 min read
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Vanguard Group Fined
Find details of recent SEC decision on: CNBC, Reuters, Yahoo, Courthouse News Service, Plan Advisor, Investment News, Barrons and...
Colleen MacFarlane
Jan 212 min read
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IRS announcement - Help for victims in California Fires
As extreme wildfires continue to engulf parts of California, the Internal Revenue Service has unveiled a slate of measures and...
Colleen MacFarlane
Jan 152 min read
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