
Jack Waymire
Jack Waymire worked in the financial services industry for 28 years before he left to found the Paladin Registry (www.PaladinRegistry.com) in 2004. This investor education website was based on the Principles in Jack’s first book: "Who’s Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor." Jack is also the co-author of "5 Steps for Selecting the Best Financial Advisor (How the Internet has changed the game for investors and advisors)". Beginning in 2004, Paladin began vetting and documenting advisor credentials, ethics, business practices and services for investors. The Registry also has a free service that matches investors to advisors who meet Paladin’s minimum requirements for competence and trustworthiness.
Find the Best Financial Advisor
By: Jack Waymire
Your money is important. You worked hard for it. So how do you find the best financial advisor, someone you can trust, to ensure it...
How to Distinguish Between Fee-Based and Commission-Based Advisors
By: Jack Waymire
If you are an investor working with a financial advisor, it is only reasonable to expect that your advisor will provide you with advice that...
5 Financial Tips for Parents with College Bound Kids
By: Jack Waymire
College will likely mark the largest financial hurdle of your child’s upbringing. Even if you’ve been saving for years and have managed to build up...
The Role of the Financial Advisor is to Protect You from a Market Crash
By: Jack Waymire
The bear markets of 2000/2001 and 2007/2009 left investors bruised and battered but not out for the count, assuming they resisted the urge to sell...
Did Your Financial Advisor Meet Expectations in 2016?
By: Jack Waymire
What you should be asking yourself—and your advisor—while evaluating your portfolio’s 2016 performance. The end of 2016 brought a mixed bag for the markets. The...
Using The Internet To Find And Research Financial Advisors
By: Jack Waymire
Read this timely article if you are planning to change financial advisors or select your first advisor in the first quarter of 2017. How do...
Should I Trust a Fiduciary Financial Advisor?
By: Jack Waymire
Everyone claims to be a financial advisor who is also a trustworthy financial expert. They make these claims to win your trust and gain control...
What is a Fiduciary Financial Advisor?
By: Jack Waymire
Perhaps you have read about a new Department of Labor regulation that mandates anyone who provides financial advice and services for retirement assets must be...
How to Interview a Financial Advisor – eBook
By: Jack Waymire
Investors do not deliberately select bad advisors. And yet millions of investors have bad advisors. What went wrong? These investors made bad decisions based on...
Who Are the Real Financial Fiduciaries?
By: Jack Waymire
The DOL just published a new regulation that turns stockbrokers into financial fiduciaries when they provide financial advice and services to qualified retirement plans (401k)...