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By Jason Zweig | Feb. 14, 2020 11:00 am ET
Brokers will soon be getting the rule book thrown at them. Investors still need to read the writing on the wall.
Before long, brokers will be restrained from placing their own or their firm’s interests ahead of their retail clients’ when making investment recommendations. Regulation Best Interest, adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission last June, goes into force June 30.
Even as it restricts some unsavory practices, it raises other issues for investors.…
To read the rest of the column:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-broker-and-you-new-rules-old-tricks-11581696005
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