By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | September 8, 2009 | Deceptive Sales Practices, Who Can I Trust?

The most dangerous financial advisors out there are the ones who have developed positive relationships with investors by meeting their expectations then turn bad. What does that mean exactly?
You have used the services of an advisor for years and you have been happy with the results. There is a good chance you have a personal [...]

By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | August 10, 2009 | Deceptive Sales Practices

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced it was fining Ameritas Investment Corporation $100,000 for failing to adequately supervise one of its brokers. The New Jersey based broker, Nancy Ziering, was fined $60,000 and suspended for nine months for convincing 220 investors to borrow against the equity of their homes to buy Variable Universal Life (VUL) insurance policies.
Ziering used questionable financial plans [...]

By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | August 3, 2009 | Illegal Schemes & Scams

Another blog site asked the question, who were the most frequent victims of investment schemes and scams? The surprising answer came from the investor education professionals at FINRA, the financial service industry’s self regulatory agency.
The most frequent victims are male, age 55 to 65, college educated, financially literate, and active investors who have self-directed accounts. It is not [...]

By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | August 3, 2009 | Wall Street Ethics

Wall Street companies are notorious for greed and corruption that have cost investors’  trillions of dollars in this decade alone. What is Wall Street anyway? It is a collection of big companies, based in New York, that dominate the financial services industry. Most of the companies are household names that generate billions of dollars of revenue per year [...]

By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | July 29, 2009 | Deceptive Sales Practices

Wall Street executives were shocked to learn the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recently endorsed the Obama administration’s efforts to create a fiduciary standard for brokers and others who sell investment products. 
The financial services industry has long contended that stockbrokers are really sales representatives. They are paid commissions to sell products and any advice they give is [...]

By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | July 23, 2009 | Deceptive Sales Practices

In a recent conversation with a distraught investor, we will call him Paul, we discussed the horrific investment results he experienced since the fourth quarter of 2007. Even with the partial recovery of the market from a low of 6.500, his investments are still down more than 63% from the market top. Paul is devastated because he will have [...]