{"id":88675,"date":"2017-06-03T07:52:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T12:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=88675"},"modified":"2017-06-03T07:52:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T12:52:54","slug":"hurless-gets-to-know-financial-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/06\/03\/hurless-gets-to-know-financial-neighbors\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurless gets to know financial neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eric Hurless\u00a0knows the value of a comfortable pair of shoes. That&#8217;s because\u00a0he\u00a0has been introducing\u00a0himself\u00a0to residents in\u00a0Van Wert.<br \/>\nHurless\u00a0is a\u00a0financial advisor for the financial services firm Edward Jones, and\u00a0his\u00a0neighborhood visits demonstrate the Edward Jones way of doing business &#8212; face to face.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88676\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Eric-Hurless-BW-headshot-6-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Hurless\" width=\"150\" height=\"241\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Eric Hurless<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before new Edward Jones financial advisors even can open an office, they must spend several months introducing themselves to residents and businesspeople in the community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At Edward Jones, we don&#8217;t expect anyone to invest with us until they know our investment philosophy,&#8221;\u00a0Hurless\u00a0said. &#8220;I believe I have a responsibility to understand the unique financial needs of each and every client, and that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m paying them personal visits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s one of the things that drew me to this firm,&#8221;\u00a0Hurless\u00a0said. &#8220;Edward Jones values the individual investor and understands that people still want to do business with someone they know and trust.&#8221;<br \/>\nHurless also had to complete one of the most rigorous training programs in the financial services industry.<\/p>\n<p>And although\u00a0he\u00a0is well-versed in the technical aspects of investments, the training isn&#8217;t over. Edward Jones places a lot of emphasis on continuing education, and its financial advisors train literally throughout their careers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know my clients want a financial advisor who is up to speed on investments and someone they know. That&#8217;s why we do things the way we do at Edward Jones,&#8221;\u00a0Hurless\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>Hurless will work out of the office of\u00a0Ryan Lindemann,\u00a0 707 Fox Road,\u00a0over the next several months.\u00a0He\u00a0will then continue serving investors throughout\u00a0Van Wert\u00a0from a new office.\u00a0He\u00a0may be reached at\u00a0419.238.5581.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Edward Jones, a Fortune 500 company, provides financial services for individual investors in the United States and, through its affiliate, in Canada. Every aspect of the firm&#8217;s business, from the types of investment options offered to the location of branch offices, is designed to cater to individual investors in the communities in which they live and work.<\/p>\n<p>The firm&#8217;s 15,000-plus financial advisors work directly with more than 7 million clients. Edward Jones, which ranked No. 5 on\u00a0<em>Fortune<\/em>\u00a0magazine&#8217;s\u00a0\u201c100 Best Companies to Work For in 2017\u201d<em>,\u00a0<\/em>is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri<em>.\u00a0<\/em>The Edward Jones website is located at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edwardjones.com\/\">www.edwardjones.com<\/a>, and its recruiting website is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.careers.edwardjones.com\/\">www.careers.edwardjones.com<\/a>. Member SIPC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information Eric Hurless\u00a0knows the value of a comfortable pair of shoes. That&#8217;s because\u00a0he\u00a0has been introducing\u00a0himself\u00a0to residents in\u00a0Van Wert. Hurless\u00a0is a\u00a0financial advisor for the financial services firm Edward Jones, and\u00a0his\u00a0neighborhood visits demonstrate the Edward Jones way of doing business &#8212; face to face. 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