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At MarketCounsel, a Ron Rhoades-Skip Schweiss exchange reveals new DOL-rule threat -- a Trump-led compromise creating a mutant strain of the reg that benefits no one

The problem, Rhoades says, is that a pseudo-fiduciary standard asks consumers to assume the burden of knowing what's best for them when it comes to investing, which brings the problem full circle

Author Janice Kirkel December 7, 2016 at 8:33 PM
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Ron Rhoades: The worst case would be adopting a rule and calling it fiduciary when it is actually a much weaker standard.

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Stephen Winks

Stephen Winks

December 8, 2016 — 8:51 PM
The investing public is neither uninformed or naïve. Chaos is changing 800 years of common law establishing expectations of those acting on behalf of others. Professional standing in rendering advice should be sacred. The unintended consequences of acting contrary to public trust should be profound. SCW

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