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MarketWatch examines adviser marketing tactics offering free steak dinners

MarketWatch reports on how financial advisers use promotional offers, including free steak dinners, to attract potential clients.

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MarketWatch reports that some advisers are sending frequent offers to consumers, including free steak dinner promotions, as part of their marketing efforts.

The outlet frames the discussion around whether it is appropriate for people to accept such perks amid unsolicited sales outreach.

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MarketWatch‘I’ve plenty of time on my hands’: Advisers bombard me with offers of free steak dinners. Is it wrong to go for the food?
MarketWatch‘I’ve plenty of time on my hands’: Advisers bombard me with offers of free steak dinners. Is it wrong to go for the food?

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