Colleen K. MacFarlane's Blog, page 7
March 8, 2025
FATAL FUNDS
Fatal Funds - A real education on personal investing wrapped in a gripping thriller when caught in the snares of an unscrupulous financial planner. Will he get his comeuppance? Learn tons and be entertained at the same time. Follow my blog containing recent scam news and how to avoid.
Find FATAL FUNDS on Amazon.
Also follow my investment insights on FB Money Management for Women. A short-course in 2025 includes actionable steps for investing.
Find FATAL FUNDS on Amazon.
Also follow my investment insights on FB Money Management for Women. A short-course in 2025 includes actionable steps for investing.
March 6, 2025
FATAL FUNDS
Fatal Funds - 5 Stars on Amazon. e-book on several sites. A financial thriller that hits the protagonist(s) between the eyes when their planner begins his slide into his demons and begins running a Ponzi scheme. How does he do it? Why does everyone in town trust him? How did his wife ignore the signs? Learn along with 3 women about the key ingredients of investing, resources, and protecting your assets.
Beginning today, follow my Facebook page titled Money Management for Women, where I'll be posting every Sunday and Thursday, insights and actionable steps you can take to safeguard your money. I'm a financial advocate and educator, which has motivated me to write an intriguing financial thriller that also warns the reader about how to sidestep being scammed by an unscrupulous financial planner.
Beginning today, follow my Facebook page titled Money Management for Women, where I'll be posting every Sunday and Thursday, insights and actionable steps you can take to safeguard your money. I'm a financial advocate and educator, which has motivated me to write an intriguing financial thriller that also warns the reader about how to sidestep being scammed by an unscrupulous financial planner.
March 5, 2025
FATAL FUNDS
Continuing my launch of Fatal Funds. A financial thriller about three women, ages 35, 50 and 70, who form an investment group to support each other and learn. All have the same financial planner and their learning leads them to suspect their planner is up to no good. That's putting it mildly. He's begun a Ponzi scheme. Read about critical investment terminology and how to protect your assets.
Follow my blog on my website, where I post twice weekly about recent headlines on the topics of the latest sanctions and how schemes work.
colleenbooks.com/blog
Follow my blog on my website, where I post twice weekly about recent headlines on the topics of the latest sanctions and how schemes work.
colleenbooks.com/blog
March 4, 2025
FATAL FUNDS
Fatal Funds - A financial thriller about lessons learned in investing, importance of due diligence, and recourse options.
Follow my blog on my website updated twice weekly featuring headlines on sanctions to financial planners.
BIG NEWS: The Facebook page titled Money Management for Women soon to begin a short-course on investing, providing explanations of key terms such as assets under management, diversification, mutual funds, financial infidelity, portfolio turnover, and much more.
Lessons are a quick read and align with events in FATAL FUNDS. A great story that takes a magnifying glass to the internal workings of an unscrupulous financial planner and what the protagonists learn about investing through their own research and hard work.
Stay tuned for Thursday's entry about: Due Diligence vs. Word-Of-Mouth recommendations for financial planners.
Follow my blog on my website updated twice weekly featuring headlines on sanctions to financial planners.
BIG NEWS: The Facebook page titled Money Management for Women soon to begin a short-course on investing, providing explanations of key terms such as assets under management, diversification, mutual funds, financial infidelity, portfolio turnover, and much more.
Lessons are a quick read and align with events in FATAL FUNDS. A great story that takes a magnifying glass to the internal workings of an unscrupulous financial planner and what the protagonists learn about investing through their own research and hard work.
Stay tuned for Thursday's entry about: Due Diligence vs. Word-Of-Mouth recommendations for financial planners.
February 23, 2025
FATAL FUNDS
FATAL FUNDS - hybrid fiction & Non-fict. Dedicated to all investors who have trusted their money to an unscrupulous or incompetent financial planner only to suffer the agony of loss and regret. These losses give rise to a litany of gut-wrenching emotions including grief, anger, sadness and fear the lingers for years. A captivating story about Elaina set in 2024, how she and others fell prey and how their situation unfolded. Based on true events, author experience, and filled with key investment concepts + resources.
5 Stars/Amazon/Paperback/Kindle
There is not a week that goes by without a financial planner making the headlines for financial fraud, elder abuse, being sentenced to prison, fined or banned from the industry. In my opinion, every investor must stay informed by doing research on reliable websites. I’ve provided a short list of those websites in my bibliography in alphabetical order.
I wrote Fatal Funds to urge and guide the reader to think. My hope is that all investors take their money lives seriously. No one will care as much about your financial futures as you do. Embrace that, and begin your journey of learning about how to best invest your hard-earned dollars.
As investors, we must always conduct a thorough review of any one whom we are considering hiring as money managers. Strive to get complete answers from any financial planner you are considering hiring. Financial advice does not come cheap, and you deserve to know every detail of the advice being given to you, inside and out. Understand the myriads of financial credentials in the industry. Interview several candidates and dig into their background. Set a goal to understand the person behind the credential. Avoid pressure to buy on the spot. If your planner is secretive, omits details, or claims the inability to provide critical information, terminate your meeting and walk out. Living with the nagging feeling that something is wrong, is no way to spend your days and should never cause you sleepless nights.
5 Stars/Amazon/Paperback/Kindle
There is not a week that goes by without a financial planner making the headlines for financial fraud, elder abuse, being sentenced to prison, fined or banned from the industry. In my opinion, every investor must stay informed by doing research on reliable websites. I’ve provided a short list of those websites in my bibliography in alphabetical order.
I wrote Fatal Funds to urge and guide the reader to think. My hope is that all investors take their money lives seriously. No one will care as much about your financial futures as you do. Embrace that, and begin your journey of learning about how to best invest your hard-earned dollars.
As investors, we must always conduct a thorough review of any one whom we are considering hiring as money managers. Strive to get complete answers from any financial planner you are considering hiring. Financial advice does not come cheap, and you deserve to know every detail of the advice being given to you, inside and out. Understand the myriads of financial credentials in the industry. Interview several candidates and dig into their background. Set a goal to understand the person behind the credential. Avoid pressure to buy on the spot. If your planner is secretive, omits details, or claims the inability to provide critical information, terminate your meeting and walk out. Living with the nagging feeling that something is wrong, is no way to spend your days and should never cause you sleepless nights.
February 17, 2025
FATAL FUNDS
Quick read written to educate readers about investing in a short time. Engaging novel about unlawful behaviors by financial planners. Learn key concepts, red flags, and actionable steps to protect your money.
FATAL FUNDS - AMAZON.
Follow author's blog for up-to-date headlines on scams, lack of ethics, and sanctions on financial planners and their firms. Stories will amaze you.
Financial literacy is important and reading FATAL FUNDS will set readers well on their way.
FATAL FUNDS - AMAZON.
Follow author's blog for up-to-date headlines on scams, lack of ethics, and sanctions on financial planners and their firms. Stories will amaze you.
Financial literacy is important and reading FATAL FUNDS will set readers well on their way.
February 14, 2025
FATAL FUNDS
Easy opportunity to learn about investing. Dodge the slick talkers, the scams, and expensive investments. READ - FATAL FUNDS. 5 Stars. Amazon - paperback & e-book sites.
Hybrid between fiction & nonfiction - tons of resources, facts, headlines, and a memorable story about 3 clients who join forces to take control of their money lives .... and their financial planner.
Learn along with Elaina and her friends about how to spot red flags, questions to pose to a financial planner, and saying 'NO' when something doesn't feel right.
Consider forming your own investment group. Read how Elaina did it and her success.
Follow my blog to keep abreast of recent sanctions placed on financial advisors - gleaned from headlines.
Hybrid between fiction & nonfiction - tons of resources, facts, headlines, and a memorable story about 3 clients who join forces to take control of their money lives .... and their financial planner.
Learn along with Elaina and her friends about how to spot red flags, questions to pose to a financial planner, and saying 'NO' when something doesn't feel right.
Consider forming your own investment group. Read how Elaina did it and her success.
Follow my blog to keep abreast of recent sanctions placed on financial advisors - gleaned from headlines.
February 12, 2025
FATAL FUNDS
Scam Alert! Fraudsters just keep on coming. And they're targeting the elderly. Read today's post on my blog. Elderly woman, age 76, was awarded $843,000 that her financial firm had to pay; despite outside fraudsters who committed the crime.
Read my blog - colleenbooks.com/blog
Learn how the abuse unfolded.
Author of: FATAL FUNDS - A financial thriller written by an advocate for average investors. MBA in Personal Financial Planning, Financial educator, and Clinical Social Worker.
Keep abreast of recent headlines and bookmark my blog.
Memorable because of the story, a hybrid between fiction and nonfiction - filled with facts, terms, resources.
Amazon. 5 Stars.
Read my blog - colleenbooks.com/blog
Learn how the abuse unfolded.
Author of: FATAL FUNDS - A financial thriller written by an advocate for average investors. MBA in Personal Financial Planning, Financial educator, and Clinical Social Worker.
Keep abreast of recent headlines and bookmark my blog.
Memorable because of the story, a hybrid between fiction and nonfiction - filled with facts, terms, resources.
Amazon. 5 Stars.
February 7, 2025
FATAL FUNDS
Buckle up for a thriller about the financial shenanigans of an unscrupulous planner. A detailed account of financial planning, fee structures, cybersecurity, fake statements, why clients place their trust in thieves-all wrapped in an unforgettable story.
As an advocate for average investors, I wrote Fatal Funds as a cautionary tale that contains numerous examples of how the financial planning business works. Guard your money as if your life depended on it -- and that requires an intimate understanding of key terms, such as: Asset Allocation, Assets Under Management fee structures, expense ratios, requirements of authorities like SEC and FINRA, resources for filing a complaint and your relationship agreement. Due diligence is critical whether you hire a financial planner or not! 5 Stars
As an advocate for average investors, I wrote Fatal Funds as a cautionary tale that contains numerous examples of how the financial planning business works. Guard your money as if your life depended on it -- and that requires an intimate understanding of key terms, such as: Asset Allocation, Assets Under Management fee structures, expense ratios, requirements of authorities like SEC and FINRA, resources for filing a complaint and your relationship agreement. Due diligence is critical whether you hire a financial planner or not! 5 Stars
February 6, 2025
FATAL FUNDS
Do you ever feel paralyzed when needing to make a decision when it comes to investing your money? Nonetheless, decisions have to be made, and one most soldier on when investing in their financial futures.
FATAL FUNDS is a captivating financial thriller that applauds Elaina and her friends for persevering against all odds through bonding, researching, and encouraging one another to confront their financial planner and go to the authorities.
Fatal Funds defines key investment terms plus the pros and cons of controversial investment topics.
Fatal Funds will motivate the reader. Available on Amazon.
View recent headlines on author blog. www.colleenbooks.com/blog
5 star reviews.
FATAL FUNDS is a captivating financial thriller that applauds Elaina and her friends for persevering against all odds through bonding, researching, and encouraging one another to confront their financial planner and go to the authorities.
Fatal Funds defines key investment terms plus the pros and cons of controversial investment topics.
Fatal Funds will motivate the reader. Available on Amazon.
View recent headlines on author blog. www.colleenbooks.com/blog
5 star reviews.
