According to the Investment News, the following brokerage firms are the fastest growing independent broker-dealers (quantified by the percentage increase in the number of financial advisors) as of September 2010:
| 1 | MidAmerica Financial Services Inc. | 73.3% |
| 2 | Lincoln Investment Planning Inc. | 67.1% |
| 3 | Quincy Cass Associates Inc. | 50.0% |
| 4 | First Republic Securities Co. | 44.4% |
| 5 | Girard Securities Inc. | 41.5% |
| 6 | Synergy Investment Group | 33.3% |
| 7 | Independent Financial Group | 27.0% |
| 8 | R.M. Stark & Co. Inc. | 25.0% |
| 9 | J.W. Cole Financial Inc. | 24.0% |
| 10 | Spire Investment Partners LLC | 22.0% |
| 11 | Capital Financial Group Inc./H. Beck Inc. | 21.5% |
| 12 | Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network | 20.3% |
| 13 | ProEquities Inc. | 17.4% |
| 14 | Leonard & Co. | 16.7% |
| 15 | Foresters Equity Services Inc. | 16.7% |
| 16 | GBS Financial Corp. | 15.4% |
| 17 | Sterne Agee Financial Services Inc. | 14.5% |
| 18 | 14.1% | |
| 19 | Cambridge Investment Research Inc. | 13.0% |
| 20 | Foothill Securities Inc. | 12.1% |
| 21 | Triad Advisors Inc. | 11.1% |
| 22 | Broker Dealer Financial Services Corp. | 8.4% |
| 23 | LaSalle St. Securities LLC | 8.1% |
| 24 | Centaurus Financial Inc. | 7.1% |
| 25 | Prospera Financial Services Inc. | 7.0% |
If you have questions about investments you made with any of these independent broker-dealers, the securities attorneys of The White Law Group may be able to help. For a free consultation, call the firm’s Chicago office at 312-238-9650.
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