Sunday, March 16, 2008

Money, Investments and Financial Professionals (1)


Hello,

There is no place like the Stock Market but... Do we "outsiders" know what are the "strings" that move that place and the people involved in making our money grow?

Let's talk for a moment about the people who move those "strings" in order to start creating a basic frame of reference as to what we want and expect in terms to make investments professionals make our money grow: a feasible contact is the
Financial Adviser who gives assistance to individuals (and businesses) to create a plan intended to maximize their "Net worth" and reduce their "risk aversion" by creating an appropriate "Investment Portfolio".

Financial Advisors are professionals grouped under associations whose main purposes is to train professionals interested in this area and preserve a set of ethic and business guidelines in order to assist investors in making their money grow. For a concrete informational reference, the following are several worldwide associations (you may want to consider visiting these websites in order to get a bit more familiar):

http://www.napfa.org - National Association of Personal Financial Advisors
http://www.naifa.org - National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
http://www.financialanalyst.org - American Academy of Financial Management
http://www.fpanet.org/ - Financial Planning Association
http://www.aifa.net - Association of Independent Financial Advisers

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