http://netvouz.com/infor626/tag/interests?feed=rss infor626's bookmarks tagged "interests" on Netvouz http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.category.35/financial-services-industry.html Are Your Best Interests the Same as the Financial Services Industry? - Financial Advisors, Investment Counselors, and the Financial Industry - Financial Articles, The financial services industry is not your financial partner nor your investment partner not matter what you are told by their sales agents. Overwhelmingly, the financial services industry views individual investors as a profit center. Develop your own financial knowledge and skills. Never trust blindly. Always verify. Here there be many silk and woolen dragons. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.86/fee-only-compensation-aligns-the-interests-of-clients-and-their-financial-advisors.html Fee-only compensation aligns the interests of clients and their financial advisors - Financial Advisors, Investment Counselors, and the Financial Industry > Payment of Investment Advisors, Financial Planners, and Investment Counselors - Financial Articles, Several important considerations favor using fee only advisors over advisors who accept third party commissions and other payments. Fee only payment arrangements with advisors allow clients to 1 maintain trust and reduce unethical behavior, 2 separate financial decisions from purchases, and 3 obtain lower cost financial products. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.7/the-investment-industry-is-not-your-investment-partner.html The investment industry is not your investment partner - Financial Advisors, Investment Counselors, and the Financial Industry > Are Your Best Interests the Same as the Financial Services Industry? - Financial Articles, Individual investors need to understand that their interactions with financial industry intermediaries are a “zero sum game” before transactions and other costs and a “negative sum game” after costs. The industry’s visible fees and hidden costs can siphon away a significant part of potential returns without providing individual investors with commensurate value. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/CorporatePortal Welcome to Vanguard, the client-owned investment management company built to put your interests first. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT