The broker was given a power of attorney protecting an elder that is not able to make sound financial decisions and it took hell and high water to get her to recognize it.

Rather than respect the POA as she's supposed to according to Florida law, she fought the family tooth and nail until they went to the Florida State Attorney General's Elder Abuse Department.

Move your money to Scottrade or Etrade but get your money out of Edward Jones.

Broker summoned me to his office under false pretenses saying he had "a couple of recommendatins for me" on September 3rd, one day after I was in his office with my mother and brother who were transacting business. Mr. Kedley approched me in a threatening manner to say I was not longer welcome in his office and that I had gone to "inappropriate areas of his office" the day before. I was at a total loss and could not understand. He said he saw me crouching down behind his front desk. I was with my mother and brother and asked only to the secretary "what is the market doing" she said, "let's look" I was not behind the desk at all. Mr. Kedley kept saying I saw what I saw. I said you are wrong Jerry and are making a mistake. I can't believe that someone who holds a brokers license and is managing my money for over 5 years would act in such a disoriented way. He seemed wild and almost scary in his approach to me. I just want him to be notified of his unprofessional behavior and that I would like to transfer my funds without a problem or more hostility from him.

To any of you out there that might be thinking of investing, stay as far away from Edward Jones as you can possibly get. I invested with them and decided that I needed to close the account. I’ve emailed them, written them, talked to them on the phone for three weeks now and can’t get them to close my account. I’ve lost $3000.00 since I tried to close my account. I’m contacting an attorney now hoping he can do something. Edward Jones seems to be using the Bernie Madoff method of making money.

My, Robert Charles Casey's father Billy Robert Casey Died in May 15 1991. I received a fivety thousand dollar inheritance at that time I was twelve years old. There were problems between my dad and my mothers parents, they (mothers parents) felt that my mother should have been entitled to everything which was four hundred thousand all together.

The fivety thousand was diversified in American mutual funds and by June of 1998 it was seventy eight thousand dollars. I added it up and from '91 to '98 the fivety thousand made ten dollars and ninety six cents a day.

What my problem is they powerfully persuaded me that I was doing the right thing and manipulated numbers to their advantage when the bottom line was ten dollars a day which was never spoke of to me . I never received a dime of that inheritance from the death of my father as far as competent pleasurable consumer spending. I would like to spend my money in pleasurable consumer spending.

I received a card today along with my Readers Digest telling me to go to www.rd.ca/freegift for complete offerings, howver, upon doing so I was unable to find any information. Why send these things out if they are not relevant???