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These Quick Facts are responses to questions that reflect your concerns about the quality of advisors and the companies they work for. If you don't see an answer to your question, contact us at info@paladinregistry.com. We'll respond in two working days or less.

Q: Who's to blame for all of the investor losses in 2000-2002, the companies or the advisors?

The answer is both. The companies manufactured the bubbles and bad products. Advisors convinced investors to buy them. The companies couldn't have pulled off the biggest consumer scam in history without the complicity of thousands of advisors.