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Elizabeth Warren: “It is not an accident that objective fee-only advisers hardly ever recommend annuities, while commissioned sales people…”

On the recordApril 27, 2015
It is not an accident that objective fee-only advisers hardly ever recommend annuities, while commissioned sales people seem to love them.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren highlights the disparity in recommendations for annuities between different types of advisers.

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