Investor Information Category

Investors are overwhelmed with information about what they should do with their money. It is overwhelming because most of the information recommends different strategies and investments for the same problems and goals. A key element for investors is the trustworthiness of the sources of information. It pays to ask the sources how they are compensated for their recommendations, hom much, and by whom.

By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@InvestorWatchdog.com
Site: http://www.investorwatchdog.com
About: Jack entered the financial services industry as an institutional consultant and later as vice president at Warburg, Paribas, Becker in 1976. From 1983 to 2003 he was the President of Lexington Capital Management and related companies. In December, 2003 John Wiley published his book "Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor". In 2004, he founded PaladinRegistry.com, a website that educated investors about financial advisors. A national Registry of pre-screened, five star rated advisors was added to the website later in 2004. In 2009, he founded InvestorWatchdog.com, a website that provides tools and information to investors who use the services of financial planners and financial advisors. Since 2004, Jack has been frequently quoted in the media on topics about financial advisors, Wall Street firms, investment scams, and the financial services industry (BusinessWeek, Forbes, Kiplinger, Washington Post, etc.).See Authors Posts (59) | October 21, 2011 | Investor Information, Wall Street Scams

Brett Arends wrote an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Capitalists of the World, Unite”. In the article he described several ways Wall Street has ripped off investors the past few years.
In one example, he described how Goldman Sachs employees have pocketed $80 billion in pay and benefits while the company’s shareholders have [...]

By: Daniel ChencloseAuthor: Daniel Chen Name: Daniel Chen
Member: Member Paladin
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Email: dcstrategies@yahoo.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com/external/beaninformedinvestor/advisor_profile.php?advisor_id=1893
About: Dan's specialty is delivered by his Wealth Management Practice with a core competency in Fianancial Planning. The ability to deliver services for a fee eliminates the potential conflicts of interest created by the commission only type of aproach. He maintaines his office in Ocean N.J. however serves a clientel base from coast to coast. Dan believes that the basis for a great life is planning for it. Dan offers a no obligation meeting to decide if his services are appropriate for your needs.See Authors Posts (12) | February 17, 2011 | Investor Information

How does an advisor deliver accountability when they are dealing with a element [Markets] that are uncontrolable and unpredictable? Sure it’s difficult , but not impossible. When anyone aquires any type of service, they want the other party to deliver some form of accountability for the services/products delivered. The financial services industry should be no [...]

By: Matthew Arndt, CFA, CPA, CFP | December 20, 2010 | Investor Information

Barron’s surveyed 10 investment managers and strategists, who said that 2011 should be a good year for stocks.
This is from Barron’s December 18, 2007 issue:
[BARRON'S FEATURE
2008 Outlook by Kopin Tan
Wall Street strategists remain bullish about stocks, despite their tepid forecasts for the U.S. economy.]
Need I say more?

By: Matthew Arndt, CFA, CPA, CFP | December 14, 2010 | Investor Information, Who Can I Trust?

It seems that news sources have been inundating us with the opinions of economists that have stated if the Bush tax cuts are not maintained that we will all be in trouble. These economists all claim to be “experts” at determining where the economy is going. These are the very same experts that did not [...]

By: Matthew Arndt, CFA, CPA, CFP | December 1, 2010 | Investor Information

This is a critique to an article (Using Managed Futures to Diversify a Portfolio by Jeffrey L. Stouffer) that professes the benefits of managed futures, and a response to some misguided statements.
“Any financial advisor could present an Ibbottson chart showing the long-term performance of equities and cite the expected 10% return from investing in equities.” [...]

By: DFreecloseAuthor: DFree Name: Debbie Freeman
Email: debbie@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://www.paladinregistry.com
About: See Authors Posts (14) | June 10, 2010 | Investor Information

Today the SEC charged six (four Canadians and two Florida men) with an alleged $300 million ponzi scheme.
Once again, the scam artists used a familiar tool to bring in investors…..yes, the free seminar. This seems to be one of the tricks of the trade for establishing ponzi schemes. Potential investors where promised 18% to [...]