fiduciary

Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another: a fiduciary heir; a fiduciary contract.

Of or being a trustee or trusteeship.

Held in trust.

Of or consisting of fiat money.

Of, relating to, or being a system of marking in the field of view of an optical instrument that is used as a reference point or measuring scale.

n., pl. -ies.

One, such as an agent of a principal or a company director, that stands in a special relation of trust, confidence, or responsibility in certain obligations to others.

Person, company, or association holding assets in trust for a beneficiary. The fiduciary is charged with the responsibility of investing the money wisely for the beneficiary's benefit. Some examples of fiduciaries are executors of wills and estates, receivers in bankruptcy, trustees, and those who administer the assets of underage or incompetent beneficiaries. Most U.S. States have laws about what a fiduciary may or may not do with a beneficiary's assets. For instance, it is illegal for fiduciaries to invest or misappropriate the money for their personal gain

Apathy

1. Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.

2. Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness.

correlate

v.tr.

To put or bring into causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relation.
To establish or demonstrate as having a correlation: correlated drug abuse and crime.

Invariable

adj.

Not changing or subject to change; constant

condescending

adj.

Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude: “The independent investor's desire to play individual stocks may well worry some market veterans, but that smacks a little of Wall Street's usual condescending attitude toward small investors” (Tom Petruno).

con'de·scend'ing·ly adv.

conundrum

n.

A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.
A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma: “the conundrum, thus far unanswered, of achieving full employment without inflation” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).

ascerbic

adj.

Sour or bitter tasting; acid. See synonyms at bitter.
Sharp or biting, as in character or expression: “At times, the playwright allows an acerbic tone to pierce through otherwise arid or flowery prose” (Alvin Klein).

Opine

v.tr.
To state as an opinion.

v.intr.
To express an opinion: opined on the defendant's testimony.

[Middle English opinen, from Old French opiner, from Latin opīnārī, to suppose.]

Desiderata

Plural for desideratum, which means something considered necessary or highly desirable. “The point is not that the artist has ‘penetrated the character’ of his sitter, that commonplace desideratum of portraiture” (Robert Hughes).