Financial advisors are often lauded for their investment acumen. Frequently, their biggest value is in saving clients from their worst impulses.
Indeed, top advisors on CNBC's annual Financial Advisor 100 list have received ample requests for strange, risky or outright dumb investments during their careers — and, if left to their own devices, clients may have otherwise lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars.
«People still hope for the home run — that this scheme or this idea will set
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