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Originally Posted by Kennekuk
We are new in town looking for good advisor who will keep our best interest at heart.
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Your best choice is to do it yourself through vanguard or Schwab. Keep it simple use passive index funds. Alternatively you could use Vanguards financial consulting service.
http://https://investor.vanguard.com/financial-advisor/financial-advice
Keep you fees as low as you can. There is no magic greater returns that an expensive (over .5%) adviser can give you. As I've said before over a ten year period simple index investing beats managed investments over 80% of the time. No body knows what the markets will do in the future. a simple three fund portfolio rebalanced once a year is all one needs.
http://http://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Three-fund_portfolio
You can set up these accounts with an appropriate equites/bonds percentage that makes you sleep well.
If you want to use an advisor in the Villages, Charles Schwab Intelligent Portfolios is a low cost alternative. They invest in a broad range of index funds setup by your risk tolerance and age. They say it's got no fees, but require you to keep a portion in their money market account which is in effect a fee. If you need to see a local representative they have an office in Sumter Landing.
I Am not a financial adviser. So the advice here is only my personal opinion.