Before Hiring a Financial Professional – Ask These Questions
It’s a new year and you’re looking to hire a broker or investment advisor to help you with your financial planning and investment decisions. What questions should you ask at that first meeting? FINRA recently released an Investor Education top 5 questions to ask:
1. What experience do you have working with people like me?
2. Are you registered with FINRA, the SEC or a state securities regulator?
3. Do you or your firm have an overarching investment philosophy?
4. Do you or your firm impose any minimum account balances on customers?
5. How do you get paid?
Before you entrust your retirement or other savings with a financial professional, it’s important that you understand the answers to these and other questions.
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