Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 19:08:52 -0600
From: "Elizabeth Richardson" 
Newsgroups: misc.invest.financial-plan
Subject: Brokers
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I am constantly seeing in MIFP the suggestion that it is "normal" for a
person to keep their IRA with a brokerage. Since it never occurred to me to
have a broker, this attitude always raises my eyebrows. Is this truly the
norm? Or are investors more likely to open an account with a fund company?

Elizabeth Richardson