Who's Watching Your Money: The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor (Hardcover)

by Jack Waymire (Author) "Step one in your odyssey to accumulate and preserve substantial assets for retirement is to increase your awareness of several powerful realities that impact your..." (more)
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Praise for Who's Watching Your Money?

"The biggest decision every investor faces is the selection of a trustworthy financial advisor. It is also one of the toughest. There is a lot at stake: your assets and your financial future. So, it pays to make the right choice. With almost one million financial advisors in America, how can you pick the right one? Waymire has the perfect answer."
–Paul B. Farrell, JD, PhD, columnist, CBS Marketwatch.com

Don’t let blind trust determine your financial future. Read Who’s Watching Your Money? and learn how you can overcome the daunting task of finding a competent, trustworthy financial advisor.

Who’s Watching Your Money? is an invaluable guide for the millions of investors who have either unknowingly selected a poor-quality advisor or have yet to find someone to help them achieve their financial goals. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, this book skillfully describes the problems associated with finding, evaluating, selecting, and monitoring a financial advisor. To guide you on your journey, Who’s Watching Your Money? outlines "The 17 Paladin Principles." These proven principles–developed by author Jack Waymire–provide a summary solution that will dramatically increase the probability of finding a quality advisor to help secure your financial future.

Knowledge is power, and after reading Who’s Watching Your Money?, you’ll be empowered to take control of your financial future before you run out of time.

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When it comes to your financial future, selecting the right professional to be your advisor is the most important decision you will ever make. A quality choice will produce more assets for your retirement years and more financial security later in life. A bad decision will result in deferred retirements, part-time jobs, reduced standards of living, and financial insecurity. It’s as simple as that.

No one understands the relationship between investors and advisors better than Jack Waymire.With over twenty-six years of experience in the financial services industry, he has held a variety of positions–allowing him to observe the different agendas investors, advisors, and financial service companies bring to the table. Now, with Who’s Watching Your Money?, Waymire distills his insider knowledge to help you overcome the daunting task of finding a competent, trustworthy financial advisor.

Who’s Watching Your Money? is an invaluable guide for the millions of investors who have either unknowingly selected a poor-quality advisor or have yet to find someone to help them achieve their financial goals. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, this book skillfully describes the problems associated with finding, evaluating, selecting, and monitoring a financial advisor. Most importantly, it provides a solution.

To guide you on your journey, Who’s Watching Your Money? outlines "The 17 Paladin Principles." These proven principles–developed by author Jack Waymire–provide a summary solution that will dramatically increase the probability of finding a quality advisor who will help secure your financial future.

Other important issues covered within these pages include:

• The realities that will determine your financial future
• How trust is used to win your assets and set you up for future abuse by unscrupulous advisors and companies
• Conflicts of interest that reduce your performance while increasing risk and expense
• Red flags that help you identify problems that can negatively impact your investment results
• The most important characteristics of a quality advisor and how to evaluate them
• How to minimize your risk of selecting an incompetent, untrustworthy advisor
• The reasons so many investors stay with weak advisors long after they should have terminated them

You cannot change the volatility of the securities markets, but you can change the quality of advice you depend on when investing in those markets. Who’s Watching Your Money? will open your eyes to the enormous financial risks when you combine bad advice with volatile markets. The 17 Paladin Principles will provide a solution that will help you select a quality professional who can produce the results you need for a secure, comfortable financial future.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 236 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 19, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471476994
• ISBN-13: 978-0471476993
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #479,026 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read for Anyone Seeking Financial Advisors, December 12, 2003

By	Gayle Greene (CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you've ever lost money in the stock market through poor financial advice, this book is for you. If you're planning to have enough money for retirement or for other important financial goals through your investments in the securities markets, then reading this book will help you select a sound, ethical, and qualified investment advisor.

This book arms the investor with knowledge to differentiate between slick salespersons for whom self-interest is paramount and educated, trained, and competent investment advisors. The author identifies and quantifies the characteristics that investors should be looking for when seeking financial help, and through his 17 Paladin Principles and associated website, guides the unwary investor through the minefield of trying to find a good advisor.

Disclaimer: I am aquainted with the author.