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HOLDING
WALL STREET ACCOUNTABLE
New Website Empowers Investors With Education, Tools,
Services
April
28, 2004--Roseville, California-Paladin Investor Resources,
LLC today launched a new web site (www.PaladinInvestors.com)
aimed at helping investors find, select, monitor,
and replace financial advisors. Paladin is an independent
organization that receives no compensation from advisors
or their companies, accepts no outside advertising,
sells no financial products, services, or advice,
and has no conflicts of interest. PaladinInvestors.com
is the first website that offers advisor monitoring
services to investors, and the only nonbiased site
where investors can go to find an advisor and learn
how to avoid Wall Street's schemes and scams.
PaladinInvestors.com
offers a range of information and services for investors.
The charter membership rate of $52/year includes online
access to:
--Advisor
Evaluation Tool Kits: Tools walk investors through
the due diligence process so they can select competent,
trustworthy advisors. Each tool kit provides a step-by-step
process for selecting advisors.
--Performance Monitoring Service: A quarterly performance
evaluation service helps investors monitor their advisors.
Monitoring is an early warning system that returns
are lagging and financial goals are in jeopardy.
--Schemes & Scams: Summaries of schemes and scams
along with Paladin comments help members avoid costly
mistakes.
--The Paladin Learning Center: Quick study programs,
case studies, white papers, FAQs, TIPs, Hall of Fame
and Hall of Shame, and investment terminology provide
ongoing investor education.
"This
is the first service of its kind to protect investors
with smaller asset amounts from Wall Street scams
and bad advisors," said Jack Waymire, Paladin's
President and author of Who's Watching Your Money?
The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial
Advisor (Wiley, 2003). "For the first time, there
is a solution for the smaller investor. "
According
to Waymire, "Selecting quality advisors is a
much-needed solution in this scandalous financial
climate, where many advisors are no more than wolves
in Armani suits…skilled salespeople who present
themselves as experts to trusting investors who understandably
can't tell the difference between experts and charlatans
dispensing bad advice. And what does bad advice have
to do with the 65% of Baby Boomers who can't afford
to retire? Bad advice-which could be the difference
between cat food and caviar for many investors-has
destroyed the retirement dreams of millions of Americans."
"Not
every advisor is bad…just seventy-five percent
of them," continued Waymire. "I started
PaladinInvestors.com because I truly believe that
educated investors are Wall Street's worst nightmare.
I started PaladinInvestors.com because I truly believe
Wall Street's worst nightmare. Educated investors
know how to protect their financial futures by avoiding
bad advisors, bad products, and bad advice - all things
that increase Wall Street profits."
About Paladin Investor Resources, LLC
Paladin Investor Resources provides awareness, education,
information, tools, and services to investors who
rely on advisors to achieve their financial goals.
Paladin's mission is to empower investors to maximize
their retirement assets. For more information, visit
www.PaladinInvestors.com
or www.WhosWatchingYourMoney.com
or send e-mail to info@PaladinInvestors.com.
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