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span                            professionals—tend to be "off" in 
class="cap">Do you      their timing: they buy things     
think you need an               when they are hot, not when they  
Investment Advisor? Hold on           are cold. But for the greatest    
before you answer because this is     benefit, it should be the         
sort of a trick question. Also, I     opposite. The media doesn't help  
am definitely biased because I am     much when it comes to this buying 
an Investment Advisor.                approach, and let's face it;      
Nonetheless, I think I can assist     greed and fear play a large part  
you in looking at this issue in a     in most peoples' investment       
way that will serve you.              decisions.

                    
Working with a fair number of         

I truly believe the majority   
investors over the last nearly 20     of people would be better of      
years, I have observed that while     (that is, they would end up with  
most are intelligent people, and      more money at the end of the day) 
many are fairly knowledgeable         if they used professional money   
about the market, they are, as a      managers to advise them on their  
group, not terribly successful        investing. Specifically I am      
with their investing.

             referring to Registered           

Why should they be? More           Investment Advisors with proven   
likely than not they have made        track records of performance in   
their living doing something          investing in stocks, bonds,       
other than investing, so why          mutual funds

                  
would they think they can do what     

Let me burst one myth right    
a professional does better than a     off the bat: You don't have to be 
professional? (After all, they go     a millionaire to engage the       
to professionals for health care      services of a topnotch advisor.   
or for car repairs when               Some people think you need to     
needed!)

                          start an account with $50,000 or  

Most investors—even some           more to get a really good         



advisor. Well, you may have more      invest wisely.

                
choices if you're at that level,      

How Do You Find The Advisor    
however you can find very             for You?

                      
successful Investment Advisors        

Since there are good           
who will accept opening accounts      Investment Advisors and bad ones, 
for as little as $5000.

           how do you find the former and    

There are literally thousands      avoid the latter? Good question,  
of Registered Investment Advisors     and there are some keys. Most     
in the US. Just what do they          large brokerage firms list the    
do—what service do they provide       Investment Advisors they work     
you? They do the legwork; the         with and maintain information     
research and analysis. Maybe more     about their past performance.     
importantly, they keep their          This is not a foolproof resource, 
primary focus on the markets, and     though, since they tend to        
specifically on their specialty       recommend the Investment Advisors 
area like individual stocks,          who invest in their products or   
mutual funds, or bonds.

           clear their business with the     

Because they spend the bulk of     firm. So if you pursue this       
their time and energy                 avenue, you need to watch for     
researching, considering, and         conflict of interest issues.

  
analyzing, they naturally have a      

You can always subscribe to    
greater sense of the market and       one of the numerous database      
its movements than those of us        services that include             
who don't put this kind of            information, and sometimes        
attention into it. So, with the       rankings, on Investment Advisors. 
right advisor, you can keep your      These services tend to be fairly  
focus on what you want—like your      pricey, though, so they may not   
business or your retirement or        be your best choice. Another      
whatever—and still get the            option is to find articles (yes,  
information you want and need to      like this one) or free            



newsletters written by Investment     did a background check regarding  
Advisors. If you find one or          registrations and regulatory      
several that make sense to you,       issues.

                       
check out the IA and see if           

An important question to ask   
there's chemistry between             is the how the advisor gets       
you.

                              compensated. You want to stay     

When checking out advisors,        away from commission junkies or   
here are some things to keep in       salesmen disguised as advisors. I 
mind:

                             believe that you will get the     

1. Verify their record -- look     best unbiased advice from someone 
over their past performance;

      who is paid a management fee      

2. Consider their system. Will     based on the value of the assets  
it work in different market           that you entrust them with.

   
environments?;

                    

To take it one step further,   

3. As best you can, check out      ask if the advisor invests his    
their operation and

               own money in the same methodology 

4. See if they've had              that he recommends for his        
regulatory problems.

              clients. If he doesn’t, ask why.  

5. Equally important as doing      If you don’t like the answer,     
your due diligence is making sure     close your check book and run as  
there is good communication           fast as you can.

              
between you and your advisor and      

Choosing an Investment Advisor 
that you trust this person with       can yield long-term high profit   
your money choices.

               benefits. I encourage you to      

Another quick free way to scan     consider it if you haven't        
through a select database and         before. However, as with any      
find a wide variety of candidates     relationship, make sure there's a 
is with www.wiseradvisor.com. I’m     fit before you jump into          
registered there myself as an         it.

 
advisor and know that the company     About the Author



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