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Research
At AdvisorSmart® we study the sources of financial advice and publish research on how to find an advisor. Specifically we study financial advisor Type Definition, Conflicts of Interest, Cost Studies, Financial Advisor Search and Selection as well as Personalized Research on Financial Advisors for Investors. Get educated to find an advisor with AdvisorSmart® research via our articles, white papers, blogs, books and public presentations. Check out some of our free educational resources in the page below.
Web Sites for the AdvisorSmart® Investor
Web Sites
Better Markets https://bettermarkets.org/
CEFEX https://www.cefex.org/
Fi360 https://www.fi360.com/
FINRA BrokerCheck https://brokercheck.finra.org/
Institute for the Fiduciary Standard https://thefiduciaryinstitute.org/
Investment Adviser Search https://www.investmentadvisorsearch.com/
NAPFA https://www.napfa.org/
SEC Action Lookup (SALI) https://www.sec.gov/litigations/sec-action-look-up
SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) https://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Default.aspx
Violation Tracker financial offenses | Violation Tracker (goodjobsfirst.org)
Books for the AdvisorSmart® Investor
Recommended Reading - Books
These are books that describe the attributes of financial advisors and financial salesmen.
* Confessions of a Stockbroker: A Wall Street Diary, Brutus, 1971
* The Stockbroker's Ripoff: How to Get Your Broker to Refund Your Losses, David A. Rothchild, 1976
* Mugged On Wall Street: An Insider Shows You How to Protect Yourself and Your Money from the Financial Pros, C. David Chase, 1987
* Den of Thieves, James Stewart, 1991
* License to Steal: The Secret World of Wall Street Brokers and the Systematic Plundering of the American Investor, Anonymous and Timothy Harper, 1999
* The Right Way to Hire Financial Help, Charles A. Jaffe, 2001
* Brokerage Fraud: What Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know, Tracy Pride Stoneman & Douglas J. Schulz, 2002
* Merrill Lynch: The Cost Could Be Fatal - My War Against Wall Street's Giant, Keith Schooley, 2002
* Does Your Broker Owe You Money?, Daniel R. Solin, 2004
* The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read: The Simple, Stress-Free Way to Reach Your Investment Goals, Daniel R. Solin, 2006
* Wall Street Versus America: The Rampant Greet and Dishonesty that Imperil Your Investments, Gary Weiss, 2006
* The Big Investment Lie: What Your Financial Advisor Doesn't Want You to Know, Michael Edesess, 2007
* How to Find and Work With the Good Financial Advisor, Dennis L. Moring, 2008
* Financial Serial Killers: Inside the World of Wall Street Money Hustlers, Swindlers, and Con Men, Tom Ajamie and Bruce Kelly, 2010
* Getting Started in Finding a Financial Advisor, Chuck Jaffe, 2010
* The Investment Answer, Daniel C. Goldie & Gordon S. Murray, 2011
* Get Smart or Get Screwed: How to Select the Best and Get the Most from Your Financial Advisor, Paul A. Merriman, 2012
* Backstage Wall Street, An Insider's Guide to Knowing Who to Trust, Who to Run From, and How to Maximize Your Investments, Joshua M. Brown, 2012
* Why I Left Goldman Sachs: A Wall Street Story, Greg Smith, 2012
* Get Wise to Your Advisor, How to Reach Your Investment Goals Without Getting Ripped Off, Steven D. Lockshin, 2013
* How to Hire (or Fire) Your Financial Advisor: Ten Simple Questions to Guide Decision-Making, Ivan M. Illan, 2015
* Foolish: How Investors Get Worked Up and Worked Over by the System, Gil Baumgarten, 2021
AdvisorSmart® Research - White Papers
AdvisorSmart® Research - White Papers
AdvisorSmart® research to help educate you about the different types of financial advisors.