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Am I Crazy Or Is This Investment Site A Bad Idea?
A new investment site launched yesterday at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference seems like a really crazy idea. Betterment.com bills itself as a “replacement for the traditional savings account,” and it claims to be a “Better way to save money.” But it looks to me like a better way for consumer to lose their savings!
Fake SIPC Site Tries To Victimize Madoff Victims All Over Again
The real Securities Investor Protection Corp. issued a press release today warning Madoff victims against submitting personal information to the fake “International Securities Investor Protection Corporation,” which claims to be based in Geneva and maintain ties to the United Nations and International Monetary Fund.
"We know from information provided to us by individuals that this bogus group is already attempting to obtain funds and confidential financial information from investors in the U.S,” according to SIPC President Stephen Harbeck.
The fake SIPC site uses t
A Powerful Search Engine For Advisors
A4A aggregates news for advisors. Every business morning by 8:30 a.m., we post the major news stories advisors need to read and email it to members. Now all of that, along with our own content, is searchable. Essentially, Advisors4advisors' news aggregation is a searchable database for advisors.
Read Internet Content More Efficiently with Readability
Here's an easy tech tip that should help everyone read content on the Internet more efficiently.
It's a pet peeve of mine to open an article on a website only to be bombarded with all the requisite distractions, including:
The gigantic banner ad at the top
Three tiers of navigation bars to all of the site's content
A wide sidebar featuring not-so-related articles, most emailed content, and discounts on your auto insurance
All of these distractions mean that the content you're really interested in reading is squished into a column no wider than 3 inches that you end up scrol
Twitter Lists Increases Site's Utility
Some of the more common phrases expressed by advisors when Twitter comes up in a conversation are "useless," "completely pointless," and "a waste of time." But a new feature released last week is poised to increase the social networking site's utility to even the most casual of users.
The latest feature rolled out on Twitter is "Lists." Lists are used to categorize Twitter users into meaningful groups, and lists can be public or private.
Previously, Twitter users relied on desktop or web-based clients (e.g. TweetDeck, HootSuite, etc.) to assign Twitter "follows" (accounts selected to view) in
