Book description
The questions every investor should ask before parting with their
hard-earned cash
This book serves as an advocate of the consumer and brings to light
what insiders know about the side of the sales pitches that consumers
don't, but need to hear. Stop the Investing Rip-Off reveals the
questions every investor should ask during a financial sales pitch
before they pull the trigger and buy the next mutual fund, stock,
advisory service, or other investment product.
Based on David Loeper's nearly twenty-five years of experience of
seeing the inner workings of the industry, this updated edition of his
classic book offers new strategies based on the performance of the
stock market over the past two years.
- Sheds light on the oft unseen deceit of the financial services industry
- An updated and revised edition of the bestselling Stop the
Investing Rip-Off
- Written by David Loeper who is regularly quoted in
Kiplinger's Money and Investment News and
regularity contributes to Forbes Intelligent Investing
Stop the Investing Rip-Off, Revised and Updated is filled with
advice for investors who want to avoid becoming victims of smooth
talking salespeople and the effective advertising and marketing
campaigns designed to evade reality and prey on your emotional
desires.
David B. Loeper is the CEO of Financeware, Inc.
Prior to founding Financeware in 1999, Loeper was Managing Director of
Strategic Planning for the retail brokerage division of Wheat First
Union and served on the Investment Advisory Committee of the almost
billion Virginia Retirement System. Loeper has been active in several
industry associations, including the IMCA (Investment Management
Consultants Association). He has also been a featured speaker at
numerous industry events and often contributes to industry
publications, as well as appearing on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Fox
Business, CNN, and Yahoo! FinanceVision.
