I was a broker at Spyker and only worked there for a short time, about a week... a week too long at that.... However, in that short time frame that I worked there, all I saw were people that are out to take advantage of the elderly and do nothing but use preditory practices toward clients for their own personal gains in addition to treating the people that work for them like complete crap which was why I left in the first place.
The owner Lou Alamera/ Ferrara (spelling might be slightly off) has no clue or financial background to be running a precious metals firm. This guy has a history of taking people for their money and that's just not someone I'd like to work for. Which is also why this guy runs under two different names to try and hide what has happend in the past... They also have this guy called Mike Galigano who is the firms loader.
This guy is a basket case straight out of the movies with the way he speaks and acts and is truely a wannabe gangster who is extremely abusive to the clients once the company/firm has your money and there is not much you can do at that point but take his lashing in fear of losing your investment.
In all my years as a precious metals broker I've never heard anyone speak to another human being as this guy does... I assure you, for those who have never experienced this sort of verbal abuse, it is jaw dropping and completely unprofessional.
There was only one guy out of that firm that was actually worth a d**n trying to do good for the clients and the brokers... That was the vice president Mickey Fisher (spelling on last name might be slightly off) all the rest of management were all boiler room antics.
I feel very sorry for whomever gets involved with this firm... BE IT ON A BROKER LEVEL OR AN INVESTOR LEVEL watch out!..... Brokers if you ever wanted to be treated like a nobody, Spyker is the place for you.... Clients if you ever want to lose your money Spyker can help you with that.... You have better chances to actually profit going to gamble and playing craps then giving these guys your hard earned money!!