Financial Voodoo, Fund Fee Doo-Doo, and 1 Incredibly Generous Dude Who...
When Gordon Gekko told us all that "greed, for lack of a better word, is good," one reason it stuck with us culturally is that when greed is not good, it's so very obvious. Take, for example, when the financial advisor you entrust with your money decides to prove that crime does pay. Or when a politician entrusted with the good of his constituents decides to make their retirement savings less secure.
In this "What's Up, Bro?" segment from Motley Fool Answers, those two anecdotes are the leadoff items of interest for co-host Robert Brokamp. But he does have at least one inspirational tale to share with co-host Alison Southwick (and us): a timely look back at the story of a carpenter with a remarkably generous spirit, and what he did with his life savings.
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