Exactly! We had an Edward Jones cheerleader get ahold of our portifolio about 16 years ago.the_alias wrote:A lot of these investment bankers know very little "Buy this" one minute "Sell it" the next.
Just glad I don't bank with UBS!
He had us sell our CSX stock and buy
Lucent (which is a total loss)
WalMart
Walgreens
GE
All of these have done little to nothing, while CSX has continued to split and thrive over the years.
One of the worst decisions we ever made was believing in him and following his computer screen advice

It was our decision, so we have to live with it, but it really has pissed us off over the years.
We now have searched credentials before working with a new advisor.