FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO INVEST THEIR OWN MONIES
Evaluate Your Situation Below
 

 

When you complete this questionnaire, a Legend Advisor will contact you to discuss your answers.
What do you not like about investing your own monies?
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That Apply
1. Investment losses/poor returns.
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2. I/We are concerned that i/we are not keeping up with financial market returns and/or will keep up with inflation.
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3. I/We don't have the investment knowledge and/or understanding to invest/manage my/our monies.
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4. I/We cannot decide on how best to invest/manage my/our monies.
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5. I/We don't understand how to evaluate investment products and/or securities.
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6. I/We don't have the time to perform the necessary investment research to invest my/our monies.
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7. I/We don't have access to or know how to use sophisticated investment research information and/or analysis tools (morningstar workstation, bloomberg investment terminal, etc.).
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8. I/We are uncomfortable making decisions with regard to managing my/our monies. I/We realize a mistake can cost us substantial losses in poor investment markets or poor returns in otherwise profitable investment markets.
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9. I/We don't understand how to calculate accurate performance, analyze and/or measure risk (risk-adjusted returns) on my/our monies.
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10. I/We do not know how to evaluate my/our risk-adjusted returns on my/our monies and determine if they are good or bad.
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11. I/We don't understand how to evaluate the portfolio managers of the underlying investment products.
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12. I/We don't have access to institutional investment vehicles (very low cost).
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13. I/We can't evaluate the costs of products properly.
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14. I/We don't understand how to construct a portfolio that meets my/our risk/reward objectives.
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15. I/We don't understand how to trade securities cost effectively and as a result, i/we understand that we will pay premiums and/or sell securities at deep discounts unnecessarily. This often occurs when trading individual bonds, stocks, exchange-traded funds (etfs), exchange-traded notes (ETNs), closed-end mutual funds, structured notes, etc.
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16. I/We do not understand how to trade securities income tax-efficiently. Therefore, i/we understand that we are paying more in income taxes than we need to. I/We also do not know where to place different types of investments for income tax-efficiency.
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17. Previously i/we have used the average cost basis (bad) tax methodology rather than specific share lot cost basis (good).
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18. I/We have purchased fixed annuity products.
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19. I/We have purchased variable annuity products in the past.
 


20. I/We have purchased whole life insurance policies, endowment policies and/or variable life insurance policies as investments.
 


 
21. I/We have purchased structured note products in the past.
 


22. Other negatives:
 


23. I/We like the following about my/our current situation:
 


24. Other reasons i/we are “Do-It-Yourself” investors:
 


 
 
 
 
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