Oisín Breen

As the COO of &lt;a href="http://ETF.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;ETF.com&lt;/a&gt;, I was tasked with creating and running Inside ETFs (I hired John Swolfs) from 2007 - 2014. For the last 5 years I've been running a company (JV Events Group) which produces events for allocators ONLY (i.e. financial advisors, family offices, etc.). Additionally, we've invested in every asset class for any event we've produced. We are the definition of putting our money where our mouth is. For those interested in learning more you can visit &lt;a href="http://www.JVEventsGroup.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.JVEventsGroup.com&lt;/a&gt;

Why would an advisor pay $20-50k to stand on a stage and lecture other financial advisors as to what they're doing wrong?   This event comes off as the most ego-driven spectacle I've ever witnessed.

LOL. I can't speak for their event, but I think their model is that the product manufacturers pay the freight to speak on stage, not the advisors. Don't quote me on that, but that would be my guess. If you're right though, I agree with you.

Scheduling this event opposite the Kitces conference (a mainstay) shows either the blind arrogance of Josh Brown, or his complete ineptitude.

I always enjoy being in Arizona in early September when it's 110 degrees...

Yeah but you'll be inside an air-conditioned conference room listening to Downtown Brown brag about himself on stage for an hour.

Ritholtz is a complete fraud and Josh Brown is a poor man's version of the Fyre Fest guy

Brown .vs. Kitces. I'm shorting Brown. Could be another 1929 for me :)

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That's a no-brainer Jesse.    How's Joshy gonna go on stage and spin the fact that you can go on Schwab and pay $300/yr and get the same thing he &amp; his minions are charging 1.5% for?

Josh Brown launches by-and-for RIA event, Wealth/Stack, in Arizona but with pay-to-speak slots for sponsors

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