Book description
The Investing Rip-Off
How can you tell whether an advisor is conflicted or looking out for
your best interests?
What questions should you ask when making important investment decisions?
How can you select investments that avoid needless expenses and risk?
As investors, many of us have put our faith in the financial services
industry when it comes to the stewardship of our wealth.
Unfortunately, the industry has consistently failed us on this front.
The financial services industryÂ-including banks, brokerages, and
insurance companiesÂ-is unique among all others. Through effective
advertising and marketing, it's been able to evade being painted with
the brush other underperforming industries have, and in most cases,
their well-designed sales pitch has allowed them to effectively prey
on the emotional desires of investors.
Based on author David Loeper's nearly twenty-five years of experience
with this industry's inner workings, Stop the Investing Rip-off
reveals the real costs of the investments we make, details the false
and misleading information sold to us, and discusses the devastating
effects they can have on personal wealth. With this book as your
guide, you'll gain invaluable insights into the major segments of the
financial services industry, how they spin their offerings, and the
questions you need to ask before committing any money to a financial
product or service you may be interested in.
Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, Stop the
Investing Rip-off sheds much-needed light on the often-unseen aspects
of the financial services industryÂ-exposing what?only insiders
knowÂ-and shows you how to avoid the conflicts of interest that could
compromise your financial well-being.
David B. Loeper is the founder and CEO of
Financeware, Inc. He has appeared on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, served on
the Investment Advisory Committee of the billion Virginia Retirement
System, and was chairman of the Advisory Council for the Investment
Management Consultants Association (IMCA). He earned the CIMA®
designation (Certified Investment Management Analyst) from Wharton
Business School in 1990 in conjunction with IMCA.
