Contents
Chapter 1: Is This Any Way to Choose an Advisor?
Chapter 2: Wall Street’s Dirty Secrets
Wall Street Brokers versus Main Street Consumers
Chapter 3: The Wall Street Whitewash
Chapter 4: Hold Your Nose: Other Advisor Options
Private Banking and Trust Departments
Chapter 5: The Case for Independent RIAs
The Trouble with Fee-Only Advisors
Do All RIAs Live Up to Their Title?
Chapter 6: Our Lazy Brains: Why We’re So Bad at Choosing Advisors (and Investing Our Own Money)
My Advisor Is Handsome, So Why Am I Broke?
Why We Stink at Managing Our Own Money
Chapter 7: How to Be Your Own Investment Advisor
Don’t Let Costs Mug Your Returns
How to Win the Game by Not Playing
Why You (Probably) Still Need a Financial Advisor
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