{"id":792,"date":"2020-11-20T06:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging-prblog.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/?p=792"},"modified":"2024-08-12T07:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T11:46:56","slug":"is-a-stockbroker-a-real-financial-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/advisors\/is-a-stockbroker-a-real-financial-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a Stockbroker a Real Financial Advisor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No, they are not. Then why is there so much confusion? It starts with stockbrokers telling investors they are financial advisors. They make this false claim because they know most <a title=\"Can Sales Reps Claim to be Financial Advisors?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/wall-street\/can-sales-reps-claim-to-be-financial-advisors-updated-september-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">investors do not want salesmen investing their assets.<\/a> Their solution is to masquerade as financial advisor to reduce sales resistance. The result is confused investors and some very happy stockbrokers who make a lot of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\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-69f28d41e1165\" 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-69f28d41e1165\"  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\/is-a-stockbroker-a-real-financial-advisor\/#Is_Deception_Legal\" title=\"Is Deception Legal?&nbsp;\">Is Deception Legal?&nbsp;<\/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\/is-a-stockbroker-a-real-financial-advisor\/#Who_Wins_When_Investors_Are_Confused\" title=\"Who Wins When Investors Are Confused?&nbsp;\">Who Wins When Investors Are Confused?&nbsp;<\/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\/is-a-stockbroker-a-real-financial-advisor\/#Advice_versus_Recommendations\" title=\"Advice versus Recommendations\">Advice versus Recommendations<\/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\/is-a-stockbroker-a-real-financial-advisor\/#What_About_Licensing\" title=\"What About Licensing?\">What About Licensing?<\/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\/is-a-stockbroker-a-real-financial-advisor\/#Does_Compensation_Matter\" title=\"Does Compensation Matter?\">Does Compensation Matter?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/advisors\/is-a-stockbroker-a-real-financial-advisor\/#Products_versus_Services\" title=\"Products versus Services\">Products versus Services<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/advisors\/is-a-stockbroker-a-real-financial-advisor\/#Roles_are_Important\" title=\"Roles are Important\">Roles are Important<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Deception_Legal\"><\/span><strong>Is Deception Legal?<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, it is legal. Stockbrokers can claim to be financial advisors with impunity. You can thank Wall Street for this one. It fights any type of regulation that negatively impacts revenue and profit. If stockbrokers told the truth, investors would not buy, and company revenues would decline.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_Wins_When_Investors_Are_Confused\"><\/span><strong>Who Wins When Investors Are Confused?<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bad brokers and bad advisors win because confusion increases the odds investors will make the wrong decisions. For example, they unknowingly buy products that produce bad results, charge excessive expenses, and pay big commissions. They would not buy these products if they had all of the facts and an easy way to compare products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Advice_versus_Recommendations\"><\/span><strong>Advice versus Recommendations<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a source of confusion. Stockbrokers recommend investments. For example, they <em>recommend<\/em> you buy particular mutual funds. Real financial advisors provide financial advice. For example, they <em>advise<\/em> you to buy particular mutual funds. Does anyone really know the difference between recommendations and advice? No wonder people are confused. You will have to use other criteria to identify real advisors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_About_Licensing\"><\/span><strong>What About Licensing?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a differentiating characteristic. Stockbrokers have securities licenses (Series 6, Series 7) that permit them to sell investment products (securities, mutual funds, hedge funds). Real financial advisors have registrations: Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) or Investment Advisor Representative (IAR). These registrations permit them to provide financial advice and ongoing financial services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_Compensation_Matter\"><\/span><strong>Does Compensation Matter?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a differentiating characteristic. Stockbrokers only method of compensation is commissions that are paid by 3<sup>rd<\/sup> parties (mutual funds, hedge funds, insurance companies) or their broker\/dealer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/articles\/why-pay-fees-for-financial-advice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Financial advisors only method of compensation is one of the three types of fees: Asset-based (% of assets), fixed, or hourly<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Products_versus_Services\"><\/span><strong>Products versus Services<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is another source of confusion. Money management is a service, but a packaged money management service (mutual fund), is sold as a product. Then there are real services that are not confused with investment or insurance products, for example quarterly performance measurement reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Roles_are_Important\"><\/span><strong>Roles are Important<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Roles are a differentiating characteristic. Regardless of the title used by stockbrokers they are paid commissions to sell investment products. They are not allowed to provide financial advice or provide ongoing services (performance measurement reports). Financial advisors provide advice and ongoing services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/blog\/author\/jack-waymire\/\">Jack&nbsp;Waymire<\/a> worked in the financial services industry for 28 years before he left to found the Paladin Registry (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paladinregistry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.PaladinRegistry.com<\/a>) in 2004. This investor education website was based on the Principles in&nbsp;Jack\u2019s first book:<\/em> <em>&#8220;Who\u2019s Watching Your Money?&nbsp;The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor.&#8221;&nbsp;<br>The Registry also has a free service that matches investors to advisors who meet Paladin\u2019s minimum requirements for competence and trustworthiness.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, they are not. Then why is there so much confusion? It starts with stockbrokers telling investors they are financial advisors. They make this false claim because they know most investors do not want salesmen investing their assets. Their solution is to masquerade as financial advisor to reduce sales resistance. The result is confused investors and some very happy stockbrokers who make a lot of money. 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