title: How to choose the right financial planner.
abstract: An "economic Pearl Harbor." That is how the world's most famous investor, Warren Buffett, described what we have gone through and what we're still going through.' Even the most optimistic appraisals of our economic conditions suggest that we are likely to feel the effects of the Great Recession through the decade we recently entered. Healthcare reform, in whatever form, may also create change in your medical practice ranging from immaterial to revolutionary. To whom should you turn to ensure that your personal economy survives and thrives, especially in these times? A financial planner, possibly, but what is a financial planner, how do you choose one, and what sort of service should you expect?
authors.affiliation: The Financial Consulate, Inc., USA. tmaurer@financialconsulate.com
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Maurer
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D057172:Economic Recession / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007449:Investments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States