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The Ridgewood Group was selected as a FIVE STAR advisor (their highest rating) by The Paladin Registry.
To learn more about our selection, see the press release below:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Investment Firm Receives 5-Star Rating from Paladin Registry: Kaushal B.
Majmudar, CFA and The Ridgewood Group Identified as one of the highest quality
investment firms in the United States by the Paladin Registry
Sacramento, CA (Dec, 8 2005). -- Paladin announced that Kaushal B. Majmudar, CFA
and The Ridgewood Group (www.ridgewoodgrp.com)
have been awarded their highest rating of 5-Stars. Previously
recognized as a leading business mentor and professional by Mission Publishing
in 2003, this is the second major honor received by Mr. Majmudar recognizing his
credentials and his work as a leading investment expert. Among his other
accomplishments, Mr. Majmudar is a Chartered Financial Analyst, an honors
graduate of both Columbia University and the Harvard Law School, and a
recognized expert, published author and frequent speaker on Warren Buffett’s
philosophy of value investing.
“We are so pleased and honored by this independent recognition of the quality of
investment advice and management we seek provide to our clients around the
country” said Kaushal B. Majmudar, Chief Investment Officer for The Ridgewood
Group, when informed of the new rating. “Paladin is providing a desperately
needed service to individuals by identifying and then connecting them to higher
quality investment firms.”
He noted that “We believe that many individuals desperately need new ways to
find high quality financial and investment advice. Unfortunately, like most
Americans, wealthy individuals also find it challenging to identify the better
advisors who can help them make wiser investment and financial decisions and
they thereby miss out on the financial freedom that should come with their many
personal and professional accomplishments.”
Paladin helps individuals find top investment and financial advisors and
evaluate them through online documentation for their credentials, ethics, and
business practices. Professionals selected by the registry rank in the top 10%
of their profession and investors can use this free service to find, evaluate,
and select advisors who have the knowledge and integrity to help them achieve
their financial goals.
Jack Waymire, Paladin founder and author of Who’s Watching Your Money?
The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor said the
Registry solves three major problems for investors who rely on financial
professionals. “First, quality advisors are hard to find because they do very
little marketing – they don’t have to. Second, most investors don’t know good
advisors from bad ones and all too often select the ones with the best
personalities and sales skills. And third, they don’t know good answers from bad
ones which makes them vulnerable to advisors who will take advantage of them.
The Registry solves all three problems. It lists quality advisors making them
easy to find. Paladin focuses investor attention on competency and integrity
instead of personalities and sales skills. And lastly, we provide standardized
documentation and a relative rating for each advisor.”
Waymire acknowledged that Paladin’s admittance requirements are designed to
exclude bad advisors. His company’s independent evaluation of advisor
credentials, ethics, and business practices reduces the number even further. The
result is a directory of high quality professionals that’s the first to provide
ratings and documentation for competency, integrity, wealth management services,
and business practices. “By conferring our highest rating of 5-Stars, we are
recognizing that Kaushal Majmudar and The Ridgewood Group are among this group
of elite and ethical advisors. Firms that we can connect to investors around the
country” said Waymire.
About Paladin Registry, LLC
Paladin is an information services company that provides free profiles, ratings,
and education services over the Internet to investors who rely on investment
advisors to achieve their financial goals. Paladin services help investors avoid
bad advisors and select competent, trustworthy professionals who provide high
quality wealth management services. Paladin does not benefit financially from
investor decisions. Visit Paladin’s website at
www.paladinregistry.com for additional information.
About The Ridgewood Group
The Ridgewood Group is a value-oriented money management firm headquartered in
Short Hills, NJ servicing clients from around the country, and oversees. The
firm is a registered investment advisor offering an integrated approach to
investing and wealth management. You can learn more about the firm and access
resources on intelligent investing and value investing at
www.ridgewoodgrp.com and on enhanced indexing and DFA index funds
investing at www.indexvalue.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PALADIN, CONTACT:
Jack Waymire
916-780-8737
jack@paladinregistry.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RIDGEWOOD GROUP, CONTACT:
Ahalya Nava
The Ridgewood Group
(973)-544-6970
info@ridgewoodgrp.com