Time-tested Advisers

摘要

When it comes to selecting a financial adviser, academic degrees, posh offices, and a big client roster may be impressive, but knowledge and skill gained by investing through market cycles count for far more. To find some of the most seasoned pros-and get their timeliest investing ideas-Business Week asked Jack Waymire, founder of the Paladin Registry, a service that ranks advisers for individual investors, to comb his database of more than 1,000 advisers. To be in the registry, advisers must be independent, have clean compliance records, and be mainly compensated by client fees, not commissions on products.