Those purchases appear to have set off a national wave of front-running as other enterprises, rich with easy bank loans, bought commodities with hopes of selling them at a higher price.

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The story talks about how FAs are trying to get in front of the wave of individual investors jettisoning brokers in favor of self-directed investing by encouraging their clients to become more involved in the investing process.

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