"For the first time, ordinary people are reading that the brokerage firms and independent broker-dealers are standing four-square in favor of commission sales and strongly against having to serve the best interests of their customers.... The longer this lobbying effort drags out, the more articles we'll see. The more times this story comes up, the more the consumer writers will realize uncomfortable facts about conflicted business models that the members of the brokerage and independent BD community don't want their customers to know."  MORE >>