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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.