Weighing In: Who Comes First at J.P. Morgan?
By: Jack Waymire
Several years ago I attended a meeting at a major Southeast bank that was just starting to sell alternative products (securities, mutual funds) to its...
Investor Bill of Rights 2 and 3
By: Dale Ledbetter
Our last post described the “Investor Bill of Rights” created by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA). We recently posted the first “Right”. ...
Five Tips for Interviewing Financial Advisors
By: Jack Waymire
Investors interview multiple financial advisors with a goal of selecting the best financial advisor. However, financial advisors are skilled at telling investors what they want...
Can Investors Create Financial Advisor Quality Ratings?
By: Jack Waymire
They can if they use the free tools on the Paladin Research & Registry website (www.PaladinRegistry.com). Free Paladin tools create the ratings investors need to...
DEMAND YOUR “Investor Bill Of Rights”
By: Dale Ledbetter
State securities regulators have generally been more aggressive in protecting investors than FINRA or the SEC. These enforcement tactics by some state agencies have even...
Who Do You Trust More – Your Accountant or Your Financial Advisor?
There have been many articles that I have read and poll results I’ve seen through the years that place the accountant and/or CPA at the...
Weighing In: Wall Street Wins Again!
By: Jack Waymire
Citigroup received billions of dollars in public assistance for a problem it helped create. Now, according to Jonathan Weil at Bloomberg, see What’s Inside the...
Investor Risk, Value and Price
By: Marshall Serwitz
In large measure, the resolution of the international debt crisis revolves around whether the largest and most credit worthy nations (United States, Germany and Japan)...
Benchmarks Track Performance of Financial Advisors
By: Jack Waymire
How good is your financial advisor’s investment performance? Is your investment performance net of all expenses that were deducted from your accounts? Is your financial...
Investors Need Protection From Bad Financial Advisors
By: Jack Waymire
There are good financial advisors and there are bad financial advisors. In fact 75% of financial advisors are not really advisors. They are sales representatives...