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Summary: PIMCO chief Bill Gross famously (or infamously, depending on your point of view) questioned the value of a college education, considering tuition costs against future earnings. If you need to be convinced that a college education can be a good investment, flip through 15 Cheapest Colleges With Best Job Value.
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Summary: Before I moved to FutureAdvisor, I was working for a registered investment adviser with $50 billion in assets under management, expanding their high-net-worth business globally. I received rigorous training, mentorship and great opportunities as the firm expanded. I had every expectation of a long and successful career there. So why leave?
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Summary: A friend of mine recently passed the Series 7, completed his brokerage firm's training program, and became a full-fledged investment rep. Through a combination of hard work and good, old-fashioned luck, he immediately stumbled across a massive wealth-management opportunity.
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Summary: After 40 years with Merrill Lynch, Mr. Rij was joining the legions of advisers who have broken away from the big Wall Street brokerages to join an independent firm or create their own. The trend, which began years ago but gained momentum after the 2008 financial crisis, is slowly reshaping the industry and eroding what had been a dominant position for so-called wirehouse firms like Merrill Lynch.
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