Blog #10

This research paper may prove to be somewhat of a difficult task to do. One discourse community that I have an interest in writing about and researching is the financial advisory community. I have always been interested in the financial advisory community and its place in society especially since being that I am an international business major. I like the idea that advisors help people plan for their futures and become a large impact on many people's lives and futures. I recently attended a information session for Bank of America Merril Lynch. The current employees gave myself and the other interested college students their spiel about what it was like to be a financial advisor. After going to the meeting, I have a pretty good understanding of financial advising. In this research paper, I will research what it means to be a financial advisor and the steps they take when dealing with clients. I will interview a family friend who is a financial advisor at Edward Jones. I will ask him various questions about the job and as well as the most important aspect that is what is his fiduciary duty to the clients. I will ask him how he communicates with the clients and by which medians of communication he uses to contact his clients. Upon researching this discourse community I will learn the values they hold as well as the communication within the group that makes this a specific group. This may prove to be difficult because some of my questions may go unanswered in the interview making may have to research various journal articles about financial advising. Hopefully when I finish this paper it will prove to be a valid insight into the discourse community and in turn it will be something that my professor will give me a decent grade on.