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Roger Gershman Quoted in New York Times Article, “Banks Face Tension Over Sales of In-House Products”

By wealthguardteam on September 12, 2014. Posted in Finance, Investment, Uncategorized, Wall Street.

Last month WealthGuard founder and CEO Roger Gershman sat down with Pulitzer Prize winning editor Randall Smith to discuss the topic of proprietary investment products, and how some financial advisors feel pressured by banks and brokerage firms to sell them to their clients even if doing so would not be in their clients’ best interest.…

Is Your Broker Breaking Bad? Five Essential Truths About Financial Advisors

By wealthguardteam on July 14, 2014. Posted in Uncategorized.

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I am a former financial services salesman. For 25 years, some of the world’s largest banks and brokerage firms employed me as an investment advisor, and I made a good living selling investments to investors like you. Now I help people scrutinize their investment advisors. My journey is an evolution from a top-producing investment advisor…

Gaping Gender Gap Widest in Neediest States

By wealthguardinc on September 6, 2013. Posted in Uncategorized.

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A recent article in Investment News 1 points out a survey that found seven of every ten women wanted to work with a female financial advisor. The story cites data showing only 20% of all financial advisors are women. This is what you could comfortably call imposing odds. The dearth of women who give financial…

By wealthguardinc on August 28, 2013. Posted in Uncategorized.

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Who’s your Toto? In, The Wizard of Oz, Toto pulls aside a curtain to reveal the truth about the wizard—that he is little more than an old man. It would be great if there were a Toto in every investor’s relationship with a financial advisor, but, alas, many investors depend on FINRA and the SEC…

Are Big Investment Banks Especially Prone to Financial Fraud

By wealthguardinc on May 25, 2013. Posted in Uncategorized.

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Why do big investment banks and scandals seem to be synonymous? Separate blogs last summer by economist Gary Becker and legal scholar Richard Posner from the University of Chicago’s law school Is Banking Unusually Corrupt? You can find their blogs here through the July 2010 sublink. Basically, they answer affirmatively, pointing to post-Great Recession financial…

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