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About Peter Eickelberg

Peter Eickelberg currently serves as a Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer of Alpha Fiduciary, a $500 million+ investment advisor based in Phoenix, AZ. Prior to this position, he led the investment department for a large cross-border wealth management firm that specialized in Canadian migrants, and before that he was a broker with a highly-ranked national discount brokerage firm. This varied background has given Peter a broad perspective on private wealth management.

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Understanding Behavioral Finance and Your Financial Advisor’s Biases

April 28, 2020
/ Investors
/ By Peter Eickelberg

Tags: Advisors, Due Diligence, Fiduciary Duties & Corporate Governance, Financial Services,

Your advisor is not immune to behavioral finance biases, such as overconfidence or loss aversion. How does behavioral finance affect your investments?

Shakedown Street: A Tale of Unethical Business Practices

Tags: Business Leadership, Business Management,

A parking ticket can teach you a lot about unethical business practices. Find out how rent-seeking behavior affects consumers and society.

An Urban Dictionary to Help You Speak with Financial Advisors

April 19, 2018
/ Columns
/ By Peter Eickelberg

Tags: Advisors, Financial Literacy, Financial Services,

An Urban Dictionary Education in Terms Anyone with the Internet has probably heard of urbandictionary.com, the crowdsourced, online dictionary for slang words and phrases that contains plenty of “NSFW” content. (To spare you the trouble/consequence of going there, NSFW means “Not Suitable For Work.”) Have you ever wanted something like an Urban Dictionary education to […]