http://weakonomics.com/2009/02/17/a-story-of-how-loaded-mutual-funds-work/ Everything That's Wrong With You And Your Money Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://weakonomics.com/2009/02/17/a-story-of-how-loaded-mutual-funds-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1583 News about Finance and related topics » A Story of How Loaded Mutual Funds Work Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:54:46 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/?p=1069#comment-1583 [...] Weakonomics put an intriguing blog post on A Story of How Loaded Mutual Funds WorkHere’s a quick excerptA few weeks ago I met with a financial “advisor” from an insurance company as a favor to my fiance’s friend. The advisor works on a “referral basis”, which means he gets commissions from the products he sells. I know the game and how he works, so I tweeted about it. A follower tweeted back with a question that pertains to these folks in nice suits with fancy cars. She asked me how these “advisors” get paid. Her question had to do with the retirement services an advisor in her area off [...] [...] Weakonomics put an intriguing blog post on A Story of How Loaded Mutual Funds WorkHere’s a quick excerptA few weeks ago I met with a financial “advisor” from an insurance company as a favor to my fiance’s friend. The advisor works on a “referral basis”, which means he gets commissions from the products he sells. I know the game and how he works, so I tweeted about it. A follower tweeted back with a question that pertains to these folks in nice suits with fancy cars. She asked me how these “advisors” get paid. Her question had to do with the retirement services an advisor in her area off [...]

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