Crooks like Bernie Madoff have only made many investors even more wary of trusting financial professionals.

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In this case, the trusting widow had two home-equity lines of credit that were opened shortly after Boleancu became her financial advisor.

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Business is booming for those financial planners big and small able to tap into the growing market of workers who are no longer confident of trusting their retirement to their employers.

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