18 - North Shor. News -

Wednesday. April 12, 2000

Be cauticus when selecting your broker

From page 15

should ask him/her what
their handicap is.

If it’s Selow 10, the bro-
ker probably spends tuo
much time on the golf
course and won't be around
to help you our. On the pos-
itive side of things, Uf you're
a golfer) he/she may invite

you to play the odd round at
the ultra-cxpensive golf
course they can attford to
belong to.

Oh, and look around the
broker’s office. IP you see
things that mz! vou feel
uncomfortable, like pictures
of naked women or animal
trophies, rethink the choice.

Remember, you should

have some rapport with vour
broker. (I once worked with
a broker who kept a pair of
life sized plastic breasts in his

drawer. He foved to pull
them out to surprise clients,
you know, to get a laugh. He
was an excellent broker, but
he had very few women
chents.}

A friend of mine who had

a particularly dumb broker
suggests vou have the
prospective broker read a
Paragraph out loud to vau se
you know he/she can actual-
ly read.

Any broker who wears 4
gun should be crossed off
your list too, Listen, if the
broker is in personal danger,
it’s probably because he

either gave bad advice or
tried to cheat a client.
Always remember that
your broker makes money
when he/she trades vour
account. Be sure, by educat-
ing yourself and staying on
top of what happens in vour
perttolio that all the trading
takes place as a resule of
sound investment decisions,

and not because vour broker
has to pay tor a new BMW.
These davs there are so
many options for investment
and so litte regulation of the
industry that it’s easy to fall
in with the wrong guy. Be
careful when choosing a bro-
ker. ICH pay offin the end.
Mavbe even for vou.
—vhannoinGtelusnet

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