Third party research for the ADVISORSMART® Investor

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

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 to help educate you about the different types of financial advisors.

 AdvisorSmart® research to help educate you about the different types of financial advisors.