by Dennis Beaver | consumer, investment
December 25, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Today’s article is in response to an inquiry from readers who believe their parents have been the victim of either a crooked or incompetent stockbroker. In either case, we are likely going to upset a...
by Dennis Beaver | investment, medicine
August 29, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Being your own boss by going into business for yourself is part of the American Dream. It can also turn into the American nightmare. We’ve all heard the statistics about 70 percent of new businesses...
by Dennis Beaver | investment, retirement
November 29, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 2 Last week I told you about what happened to Hal and his wife, both 67, retired, and long time readers. From more than a million dollars in their 401K account as of January, 2006, their investments...
by Dennis Beaver | investment, retirement
November 22, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 1 If your stockbroker sold you improper, excessively risky investments, or-failed to disclose the riskiness of what appeared as an otherwise conservative investment, and as a result you lost your shirt...
by Dennis Beaver | bank, investment
November 08, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “We wanted to get into our own business, but none of the bankers we spoke with would loan us the money. Then we saw an ad in USA Today that seemed to be an answer to our prayers,” a...
by Dennis Beaver | investment, retirement, scam
June 14, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Want to know the easiest way of separating people from their money? Join a Church!” That was the way “Greg” began one of the more interesting discussions I have had in recent months with...
