I heard a rumor that Doug Holt of TDS is no longer with TDS, as of yesterday. I don't usually report rumors, only things that I can substantiate. I decided to check out his FINRA status on BrokerCheck and sure enough, he is no longer registered and...

SchoolsFirst has now joined the ranks of those charging vendors for compliance, citing the high costs of keeping districts in compliance. It makes one wonder how those who claim to do it for free are able to do so (the answer is they are losing money...

Evidently enough people caught on to a secret trick that allowed one to reset their interest rate at TIAA (TIAA Traditional). Basically, you would sell into the money market (out of Traditional) on one day and then buy back in the next. This would...

Click above to goto a great speech by Ed Siedle. Since the 1980s the financial services industry has experienced explosive growth. Over the decades dealing with brokers, money managers and other financial advisers ceased to be limited to the wealthy...

Below is the copy of the lawsuit that Emily Wang has filed against Robert Lotter's TDS Group (Tax Deferred Services). This lawsuit gives considerable insight into what happened during the transition to Lotter. I'm going to decipher some of it for you...