Straight Talk for Clients and Investment Advisers

Grove O’Rourke here. I’m taking a break before Top Producer, the novel where I’m a good guy and a stockbroker with a boatload of troubles, ships in September. In the meantime, here’s one question I’d like to discuss: How do clients and...

War of the Cyber Worlds

Remember H.G. Wells’ novel about an alien invasion? It’s not robots the Earth needs to fear. It’s rogue bloggers. Cyber attacks halted posts to Twitter and Facebook last week. The source of the assaults is still unclear. But suspicion has turned to a...

SEC Sues Taxpayers

Hi, there. I’m Grove O’Rourke back from the pages of Top Producer and my firm, Sachs, Kidder, and Carnegie. You probably saw my post earlier this week on investment fees. Over the next few weeks, I’ll blog regularly and suggest topics for clients to...

The World According to Grove

My name is Grove O’Rourke, and I’m a stockbroker with Sachs, Kidder, and Carnegie. You can learn more about me in Norb Vonnegut’s novel, Top Producer, which is available September 2009. Today, I’m blogging for Acrimoney and standing in for Norb. He...

What's With This?

Welcome back to Acrimoney. We hope you enjoyed your Fourth of July—pies, parades, and fireworks. We had our own fireworks over the weekend. Although not the kind you would expect. What is it the press doesn’t understand about conflicts of interest? We are...

What’s With This?

Welcome back to Acrimoney. We hope you enjoyed your Fourth of July—pies, parades, and fireworks. We had our own fireworks over the weekend. Although not the kind you would expect. What is it the press doesn’t understand about conflicts of interest? We are...