AHOSKIE – Edward Jones Financial Advisor Don Joyner of Ahoskie recently received the firm’s Eagle Award for his “clear vision of both client and business goals” over the past year. Only 1,607 of the firm’s more than 16,000 financial advisors received the award.

Additionally, Joyner earned the firm’s exclusive Spirit of Partnership Award for outstanding performance during 2017. He was one of only 1,152 financial advisors out of the firm’s more than 16,000 to receive the Spirit award.

Jim Weddle, Edward Jones’ managing partner, added, “Don is an outstanding member of the Edward Jones team who personifies an ideal financial advisor, someone who is 100% dedicated to serving the financial needs of his clients.”

Weddle called Joyner a leader in the firm and an example of what a dedicated Edward Jones financial advisor can achieve.

“Don has demonstrated unyielding dedication and enthusiasm for his business of serving individual investors,” Weddle said. “Don has reached a benchmark in his career that deserves recognition, and the Spirit of Partnership Award provides that recognition. I am proud to call him an Edward Jones financial advisor.”

Joyner said he is honored to receive the awards.

“Edward Jones is a partnership. That structure is not just financial, it’s a philosophy,” Joyner said. “We work together, help each other and all share in the rewards of working with long-term individual investors. That brings out the best in everyone.”

Joyner was one of only 1,152 financial advisors out of the firm’s more than 16,000 to receive the award.

Joyner’s office is located at 325 Main Street West, Ahoskie.

Edward Jones, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in St. Louis, provides financial services in the U.S. and, through its affiliate, in Canada. Every aspect of the firm’s business, from the investments its financial advisors offer to the location of its branch offices, caters to individual investors. The firm’s 16,000-plus financial advisors serve more than 7 million clients and care for $1 trillion in assets under management.

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