Edward Jones Breakaway Says the Firm Serves "Kool-Aid"

Summary: A former advisor at Edward Jones, whom the firm unsuccessfully sued for $5 million after he left it in 2012, tells ThinkAdvisor his former employer has a “Kool-Aid culture.” That’s why John Lindsey, the advisor in question, takes time from running his new firm, Westlake Village, Calif.-based Lindsey and Lindsey Wealth Management, to counsel other advisors on the verge of following his example by leaving a “captive” or “full service” for independence.