The Jones Financial Companies, L.L.L.P.

Des Peres, MO United States

 

Company Description

This isn't your father's broker. Well, maybe it is. The Jones Financial Companies is the parent of Edward Jones, an investment brokerage network catering to individual investors. Serving some seven million clients, the "Wal-Mart of Wall Street" has thousands of offices (mainly in rural communities and suburbs) in all 50 states and Canada. Brokers preach a conservative buy-and-hold approach, offering relatively low-risk investment vehicles such as government bonds, blue-chip stocks, high-quality mutual funds, and annuities, as well as insurance. The company also engages in investment banking, underwriting and making markets for corporate securities and municipal bonds.