Comments on: Top 10 Questions to Ask your Investment Advisor

By: Slava Rybalka

Slava Rybalka — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:05:01 +0000

Awesome advice and bold questions. It's a pity that many people are just shy to ask them. Here is a friend of mine's blog post "Are Enterpreneurs Born Or Made?". I think it might also be helpful.

By: Len Penzo dot Com

Len Penzo dot Com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:23:57 +0000

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By: Smac20

Smac20 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:12:35 +0000

You are welcome to post this as long as you link back stating where it came from.

Thanks,

Stuart

By: Clayton

Clayton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:00:30 +0000

I really like this, this is good information for people to know and read about. I would like to post this on my blog. Is that okay?
Clayton

By: Smac20

Smac20 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:22:58 +0000

Yeah, that would have been a good question too. Most mutual funds pay IAs trailer fees for keeping clients investments in their funds. These trailer fees can add up; some are even 1% of the total investment. This money all comes as a deduction from the clients overall return via a Management Expense Ratio (MER).

If you have over $10,000 stay away from mutual funds. These days, even if you only have $100 you should just use an ETF which is basically a glorified mutual fund with a lower MER.

See http://investingincanada.info/2009/09/etfs-are-glorified-mutual-funds.html for why

By: The Financial Blogger

The Financial Blogger — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:28:59 +0000

I would had: How do you get paid?
it is interesting to know if your advisor is getting more incentive on specify products (i.e. mutual funds vs etf’s for example).