{"id":1223,"date":"2013-07-24T08:41:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T15:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging-prblog.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2022-06-15T00:43:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T04:43:35","slug":"the-5-biggest-mistakes-investors-make-when-they-select-a-financial-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/advisors\/the-5-biggest-mistakes-investors-make-when-they-select-a-financial-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Biggest Mistakes Investors Make When They Select A Financial Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/5-biggest-mistakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/5-biggest-mistakes.jpg\" alt=\"The 5 Biggest Mistakes Investors Make When They Select Financial Advisors\" width=\"254\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a>Just about every investor in America has terminated relationships with one or more financial advisors. Termination is their way of acknowledging <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/replace\/how-it-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they selected the wrong financial advisor<\/a>. And, every termination costs them time and money that is gone forever. So, what are the top five mistakes that investors make? This knowledge will help them avoid future mistakes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d578d3bb43e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d578d3bb43e\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/advisors\/the-5-biggest-mistakes-investors-make-when-they-select-a-financial-advisor\/#1_Control\" title=\"1. Control\">1. Control<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/advisors\/the-5-biggest-mistakes-investors-make-when-they-select-a-financial-advisor\/#2_Personalities\" title=\"2. Personalities\">2. Personalities<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/advisors\/the-5-biggest-mistakes-investors-make-when-they-select-a-financial-advisor\/#3_Sales_Skills\" title=\"3. Sales Skills\">3. Sales Skills<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/advisors\/the-5-biggest-mistakes-investors-make-when-they-select-a-financial-advisor\/#4_Documentation\" title=\"4. Documentation\">4. Documentation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/advisors\/the-5-biggest-mistakes-investors-make-when-they-select-a-financial-advisor\/#5_Not_My_Advisor\" title=\"5. Not My Advisor\">5. Not My Advisor<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Control\"><\/span>1. Control<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the biggest mistakes investors make is letting advisors control the information they are going to rely on to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/select\/how-it-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">selection, retention, and termination decisions<\/a>. This is a major mistake for two reasons.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advisors do not have mandatory disclosure requirements. They carefully choose what they are going to tell you.<\/li>\n<li>Any information that would cause you to reject a sales recommendation or terminate a relationship is automatically withheld. Why withhold information? Financial\u00a0advisors can\u2019t make any money from your assets if you knew all of the facts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Personalities\"><\/span>2. Personalities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Investors put way too much emphasis on advisor personalities. They seem to think people they like will provide better investment advice than people they don\u2019t like. It pays to remember, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">best advisors are intellectual, quantitative, and analytical<\/span>. They may not be buying drinks at the local tavern because they are busy helping their current clients achieve their financial goals. Many of them don\u2019t even like the sales part of the business.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Your process should minimize the impact of advisor personalities.<!--more--><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Sales_Skills\"><\/span>3. Sales Skills<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Advisors use sales skills to convince you to buy what they are selling. Their number one tactic is to tell you what you want to hear, for example, they can produce high returns for low risk. They use finely honed skills to answer your questions. They know how to make themselves sound like investment experts even when it is not true. And, they know how to appeal to your emotions when they sell investment products.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Your process should minimize the impact of advisor sales skills<\/i>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Documentation\"><\/span>4. Documentation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is an old adage: Trust what you see, not what you hear. In the case of financial advisors trust what they are willing to document and disregard verbal information that is usually in the form of sales pitches. Advisors are much more likely to misrepresent or omit information if there is no written record.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Require <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/select\/compare-financial-advisors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documentation for all key information<\/a> <\/i><i>that will impact your decisio<\/i><\/strong><b><i><strong>ns<\/strong>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Not_My_Advisor\"><\/span>5. Not My Advisor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Just because you like your advisor does not mean the advisor is providing great advice and competitive returns for reasonable amounts of risk and expense. In fact, there are at least 50\/50 odds that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/articles\/top-10-myths-about-financial-advisors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you have a weak or bad advisor<\/a>. But, you may be living in denial because you do not want to face the reality of confronting your advisor and losing a friend. You would rather defer your retirement date or reduce your standard of living during your retirement years.<\/p>\n<p>Your financial advisor does not have to be Bernie Madoff to damage you. Bad advice is legal. Bad investment products are legal. You are damaged, when you do not have enough assets to retire on the desired date. Or maybe you can\u2019t afford to send your children to your alma mater. This could happen to any one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just about every investor in America has terminated relationships with one or more financial advisors. Termination is their way of acknowledging they selected the wrong financial advisor. And, every termination costs them time and money that is gone forever. So, what are the top five mistakes that investors make? This knowledge will help them avoid future mistakes. 1. 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