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Received call approximately 8 a.m. EST from extremely rude person!!   A real sarcastic, smart mouthed person!   Stop all calls.
Not interested!!!! thank you.

Wait, you are pushing this scam soooo hard yet you don't work there?

Check your pants, they are on fire!

im not pushing any scam? ur just trying to justify urself to make urself seem right...i said

IM NOT DEFENDING ANYONE ANY FIRM OR ANYTHING.
JUST SAYINNGGG..

jtf is rude, has no ethics and i wouldnt trust them either
feel better now?

Any firm that will only pay you for 3 months and then stop and expect you to keep cold calling and getting leads - is called John Thomas Financial LOL

like 3 months? maybe .000099% of stock broker trainees become legit stock brokers in that time frame, and half of those already know millionaires to give them money.

WOAHH Wall Street, impressed now? There are ZERO brand name firms besides Deutsche Bank still on Wall St.  There might be independent offices of brand name firms there because it's easier for them but that's it.

about 15% of the "brokers" there are making a real living, all over 6 figures, a few making 7.  But the rest that sit on the right side of the room are all struggling brokers pretending they are ballers walking around Wall St. with a serious/depressed look on their faces.

If you want to be a STOCK BROKER, either get your MBA or start networking, those are the only 2 ways to get a legit job in this industry.  Some brokers at Goldman Sachs don't even have there Associates, but they knew people and got trained.

"You can learn what you can in 4 years of college by a $1.99 in late charges at a public library."

The only good thing about JTF, if you will get an aggressive style of cold calling.  So if you do end up at a good firm, you'll have different styles of Cold Calling.

FYI, the people you are cold calling, most of them know that "Hi, this is "blahblahblah" calling from JTF located on WALL ST"........working on wall st means nothing unless you are calling some hick from Alabama who happened to have a million dollars they found in a bag near a stop sign.

IOC is at 58$$ today.. I invest well over 6 figures with them. You boys are probably the guys they fired .. Keep bitching it might take you somewhere one day.

Sleazy, disreputable bucket shop - staffed by low-I.Q. trash-talking morons.   Do not respond to any calls from this human refuse, or do any business with them.

You're an idiot. I personally have a lot of respect for these guys. Tough business with big rewards.

Sam Waxel and Tommy Belesis committed insider trading by circulating to buy inhibex weeks before they were bought out.  SEC and The New York Post have this evidence. As everyone knows Sam Waxel went to prison and is involved in JTF.  Sam is on board of Inhibitex and told tommy and his brokers to start accumulating a big position.

also the fund Galt was improperly set up in the Cayman Islands and US investors from retail recomendation were sendign money offshore rather than through thee clearing house.  and they were also marketing the Felix fund and gauging clients for 10% of the cash and 20% of the profits.  The SEC is going to have a field day with this one as well.

Dont Worry the reporter at the post is ready and you wont be seeing Tommy on Fox Business anymore.

Investigative Reporter

BLOCK THE CALLS IF YOU CAN!!!
Professional as in professional thieves. Absolute pure evil and greedy wicked scumbags. Everything bad you have ever heard about brokers is practiced there. Please, please, please do yourself a favor and do not invest one red cent with them. They will ruin you. Just search Google for 'John Thomas Financial and Interoil' or 'John Thomas Financial and FRAUD'. I am really trying to help you. They play off greed and so you "win" a few times and then they will take it all and you will wind up in arbitration getting maybe a small portion back, maybe nothing. Whatever you do get back will be split with you by lawyers (besides the monumental other fees the lawyers will take a portion of your 'settlement'.)

This guy is an employee there and we see how lovely and professional he is don't we?
I bet he works in the boiler room "boiling" all you nice people on the phone to make these ill investments. Go and search for 'John Thomas financial and glass door' to see how the other employees in the boiler room feel.

It makes me smile to see your description of us as "pissed off secreterys who don't want to deal with stock brokers" who need to "get a job that pays more than 9$ an hour".  Lovely.  The truth of the matter is that apparently we make more ($40,000 /yr) than you poor schleps standing for 12 to 16 hours a day trying to break into this psuedo-career at John Thomas; and in a beautiful twist of fate - we pissed off secretaries have all the power in the world.  Since that awesome disconnect button is right at our fingertips and your sad sack a$$ is NEVER going to be put through to my boss.  We're paid to keep your loser behinds from wasting their time - and it's a joy to screen your weak attempts to squirrel your way through.  

Nothing makes my day more than a clumsy, obvious, unskilled, inept John Thomas representative trying to lie his way through to my boss.  It's entertainment that money just can't buy!  Keep tryin' boys, I'll keep sending you right to the special voice mail we have set up just for you.  It's the one that automatically deletes all messages every 24 hours.  Beautiful!  ;-)

Chris from John Tomas is an A**!!!!!!

I loooooved your response, "Pissed off" Admin Assistant LOL!
I, too, am a company's 'guard dog' against the scum that is JTF and others, who call 14x a day and LIE through their teeth. I learned long ago that instead of being frustrated with them, I should just laugh and play along.
Do you all know just how much fun it is to string JTF idiots along and then just when they think they are getting somewhere, BAM!  I whip out my own ammo.
Get their broker number and then ask for their compliance officer. They run like a puppy with their tail between their legs.
And you're right Admin Asst, it IS truely an entertainment and it's no hardship for me to sit back and get paid to listen to them make fools of themselves.
One of our major board members passed away and a month later, mister JTF over there claimed, over and over again, that he had spoken with him just the day before. My response? "Interesting, because he's been buried six feet under for about 4 weeks now."
JTF hung up of course. They always hang up when they know they're not dealing with a weak, newbie receptionist.
Cowards!

Thanks for the laughs JTF. And keep on calling, because I love getting laughs at your expense.

I heard from a friend involved in a republican organization in NYC that Belesis was considering a run for mayor in the future.   Really?  Maybe not after the NY Post ran this a few months back.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/shady_p ... dqvgSeE4hhvRO/1

Maybe he is a different person now.  The Post did mention his FINRA record, but the fact is the article does not even scratch the surface of what actually goes on inside John Thomas Financial.  If he ever seriously ran for anything I could only expect that the media would rip apart the working conditions and ethics inside JTF.  Also, did Belesis ever go to college?  I'm not saying that you need a college degree to be a politician. I mean, highly-educated individuals (politicians, bankers, you name it) are partly responsible for the mess we are in.  But the fact is that most politicians have some form of higher education.  He seems to go to great lengths to cover up what he has done in the past and (apparent) lack of academic credentials.

This firm constantly calls our business.   They are rude and obnoxious on cold sales calls.   Just give you a 1st name...no business, etc. and when you ask what company they are with, etc. they are not professional at all.   They ask for the person by 1st name only, like they know them or have dealt with them previously.  NOT!!  I've been hung up on various times when I tell them the owner is not in, or has no interest......especially with this firm.      They are just a real pain.       Even if the owner had any interest, and they were really reputable/professional, with their attitude.....NO WAY would you want to deal with them.   UGH!!!

Belesis was a delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention even though he is facing potential lawsuits.   Crazy.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/bahama_bummer_2dgXkvO2ea14lr4cAlNf7K

So its been over a year...how much money did you make from these bottom feeders?

Stockbrokers are worthless pieces of [***] who should all be duct taped from head to toe and thrown into the Hudson. I swear if I could reach through the phone, I'd strangle these moronic SOB's who think an owner of a company wants to get 100 calls from you scumbags a day.

If there is one thing worse than your basic telemarketer it is these "people".

What makes you think the "person with the money" wants to even talk to these loser scumbags? You think the idiots at JTF are the only loser stockbrokers calling them? Don't you think they have better things to do than constantly get calls from fast-talking losers who waste not only their time but their money?

Oh and who do you think tells receptionists to screen these calls? The whole "technique" to get passed "us" is really a moot point considering the "real guy with the money" specifically told us to NOT let these calls through.

Maybe its the stockbroker who needs to find a new job. We don't need them anyway and they cause nothing but problems. I'm sure the coke dealers in the city enjoy their presence...the rest of us know what bottom feeders they are.

I echo your sentiments and as someone who has to answer their bs calls too,  I feel your pain. They really are one of the more irritating bunch and I deals with a lot of these calls.

I don't know why I'm even wasting my time of writing this, but I feel compelled to clear up a lot of the [***] and distorted realities while providing some actual insight to many previous topics.

As for cold calling, it is done by any and every brokerage firm.  Newer and smaller firms have more of an emphasis of conducting cold calls as they don't have the decades of networks and synergies of larger more prominent firms.  The process and procedure of a cold call is virtually the same, however dramatically less aggressive at firms people actually have heard of mainly due to the brand name recognition.  Additionally the criteria and qualifications of prospects are vastly different from a large BD to a small BD.

In regards to the prestige of having a Wall street location,  that's not the case and only small firms(outside of DB) need to rely on using the Wall street allure.  Fact is, the majority of any eminent financial institution, hedge fund or similar player in the money management industry are in midtown.

As for stockbrokers being the elite of the industry, anyone who's actually in the industry or has some knowledge will laugh at comments like that as they know they are the bottom of the barrel(even if you are a broker at MS or other top tier firms).

The brokers at firms like John Thomas can make a decent amount of money, 6 figures and sometimes 7 figures a year; most time they do so via aggressive trading and no regard for clients accounts thus jeopardizing their future in the industry because one mark on their license and they can kiss the shot of working at a top tier firm goodbye.  Often most brokers don't care(all about the gross) or realize this until its too late and they're already tainted from any real growth in the industry.

As for the returns one can look to get at a firm like JTF or a similar type of shop, they can vary depending on who your broker is.  Sometimes a broker can show you positive returns, over a long time horizon most will show you losses.  My advice to anyone thinking about investing with John Thomas or a similar small/boutique firm you've never heard of is to look up the firm and broker via Finra broker check.  You will be able to see any complaints, arbitration or disputes the firm or broker has in the past and give you a better sense of who you're dealing with.  Personally, I would never let a firm like this manage my assets as they have one and only one motive, and that is to do gross off your account.

If you are thinking of working at this firm it really depends on what your plans in life are and if you have ethics/morals.  If you don't care to have a career in the financial industry and just want to work very hard for a few years and make a substantial amount of money, then go for it.  If however, you plan to have a lengthy career in the financial industry it could be considered career suicide to work at a firm like JTF or similar.  There are other small/independent firms that don't have such sordid reputations and can offer fair compensation without the risk of getting marks on your license(thus really diminishing the chances of ever working at a top tier firm or having a respectful career).  Again it really all depends on how you look at things, many will say they make millions ate JTF and they very well could.  But no matter who you are and how much you make, at a certain point in your life you will realize the level you are on is the lowest of the low and offers a good laugh to those who have respectable careers and still make a lot of money in the financial industry.  Be realistic a firm like GS requires most to have an MBA and puts you through at least 8 different interviews before even offering a position; firms like JTF will often offer you a spot on their roster the same day you go to interview without even having any college degree(just as long as you haven't been arrested).  

Hope that clarifies a few things and will help out those in the need of making a decision about doing business with John Thomas or a firm like them.