I Used to Pitch These ‘Free Dinner’ Investment Seminars. Don’t Take the Steak.I Used to Pitch These ‘Free Dinner’ Investment Seminars. Don’t Take the Steak.I Used to Pitch These ‘Free Dinner’ Investment Seminars. Don’t Take the Steak.
Johnson / Money Talks NewsWhen I was an investment advisor in my 20s, I was a hunter using free meals to attract my prey: seniors with a lot of cash but not a lot of investment knowledge. These days, I’m a 70-year-old gazelle, fielding offers every week to eat a free steak while I get hammered by a securities salesman. Karma is a bitch. If you’re getting these invitations too — and if you’re over 60, odds are you’ve…