The Claim Game

摘要

Ernie petko was trying to stretch his 88-year-old mother's money. She had suffered a stroke and he wanted to make sure she could continue to afford a private nurse in her own home. So when her CDs came due, he asked his bank for advice. The broker in the bank's new investment department steered him to four different tech-heavy mutual funds, and last November, Petko, who says he had never invested before, handed over $158,000—all of her savings.