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How make you invest? What make you really pay? At the end of the day, what are your existent results? These are inquiries smart investors should be asking themselves (but usually don't). In this epoch of more than fees, misc. charges, holding time periods and back stop redemptions, even at price reduction brokers, how are you really making out?

Working with a new client brought this all to my attention. I cognize what I establish may not apply to everyone; however it will apply to many and very likely apply to you.

I need to foreword this by saying that, unlike the bulk of registered investing advisors, I have got built my pattern over the past 15 old age by dealing with “small” investors. Many of them are first timers because my minimum account size is only $5,000.

I targeted this grouping because I enjoy the educational portion of my business. A happy side benefit have been that by providing million dollar service to these so called “small” investors, they naturally mention me to parents, relatives, friends and business associates, often with considerably more than assets than the original client. What a happy consequence.

Having set the stage, here's what happened with my new client who we will name John. Toilet was 26, newly married with a 1 twelvemonth old son. His married woman was taking care of the kid and Toilet had a good full clip job. After merchandising his house in California and moving to Florida he had $6,000 left for starting a long-term investment program.

Though he had been reading my newssheet for about a year, Toilet decided to manage his 401k on his own. It was a solid attempt but provided less than desirable results.

He then attempted to put up a brokerage account at a major price reduction broker. With his $6,000 he was told that the quarterly fee would be $45, and, of course, if he sold any common monetary fund within the first 180 days, there would be an early salvation fee.

$45 per one-fourth would be equal to an annual fee of 3% of his starting balance. Toilet called me somewhat frustrated and said that he'd be willing to put up an account with me, but how would it do sense if inch improver he'd have got got got to pay my advisory management fee?

That was a good inquiry because it certainly doesn't do sense to have an account in any type of market environment and pay about 6% in fixed annual fees.

However, what Toilet didn't cognize was that if you have an account with a registered investing advisor who is affiliated with guardian broker, the fee construction changes.

What did that average to him? It meant that I opened the account for him as a new client. He now have no annual fees, other than my management fee, and his 180 twenty-four hours retention time period for common finances is reduced to 90 days, minimizing, if not eliminating, the likeliness of an early salvation fee.

The nett consequence was that helium would have the benefit of my experience-which he already trusted based on my path record of pulling clients out of the market in October 2000-and it would cost him no more, and likely less, than his price reduction brokerage account.

Needless to say, Toilet was very relieved. In essence, he traded broker garbage fees for professional management at no further cost to him.

And, since he itemizes his tax deductions on his tax return, all fees paid are tax deductible, which is just an added fillip to factor in into the equation.

It turned out to be an all around win-win state of affairs for John. I encourage you to reexamine your state of affairs and see if what looks like a price reduction in fees is actually costing you a premium.