Jan 25, 2015
If you’re a financial adviser, there’s nothing like securities-based loans to get clients to love you. Or to hate your guts when things don’t go as planned. I’m referring specifically to “non-purpose” credit secured by stocks, bonds, and other eligible assets. In...
Oct 24, 2013 |
My name is Jack Legare. I live in a small, weather-beaten cape near the end of Dock Street in Hale Harbor, Rhode Island. The roof is new. But the weather shingles date back to the 1950s, and I bet half of them blow away the next time a hurricane comes storming up the...
May 9, 2013
Why is this man holding a phone inside a toilet? Click on this link to read my column on the Wall Street Journal: The Greatest Cold Call of All Time. Must be a subscriber to read.
Apr 29, 2013 |
Last Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published my column about the pros and cons of registered investment advisers versus brokerage firms. Here's a link to my column and a short clip of what I had to say: Hang on. To paraphrase Mark Twain, the death of...
Feb 24, 2013 |
You don’t tell a prospect, “I’m begging you to shut up.” Not if you’re serious about your career. But OMG, I was ready to pull out every hair in my head. Let me set the stage. In my previous life as a stockbroker, my team hosted a fly-fishing event every June. We...
The New York Times describes my novels as “money porn,” “a red-hot franchise,” and “glittery thrillers about fiscal malfeasance.” Through fiction I explore the dark side of money and the motivations of those who have it, want more, and will steamroll anybody who gets in their way.