Mike Patton

About the Author

Mike Patton

Mike Patton, CFP, AEP, is founder and president of Integrity Wealth Management, an RIA firm in Baton Rouge, La. In addition to his regular blog for AdvisorOne.com, Mike has written a series of articles in Investment Advisor magazine detailing his Road to Independence from wirehouse and bank broker to fee-only independent RIA. 

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  How I Created a Better Way to Choose Funds

  By Mike Patton  |  October 23, 2012

  According to Morningstar, there are 22,689 mutual funds, 1,457 ETFs, 14,422 stocks, and I couldn’t even venture a guess as to the number of securities on the market. So where fund screens fall short, the Fiduciary Scorecard can provide help.

• The Critical Election Question: Can We Spend Our Way Out of a Slump?

  By Mike Patton  |  October 22, 2012

  For some, government spending is just what the doctor ordered when an economy falls on hard times. But is the doctor a quack or a genius?

• Why I’m Happy With My Custodian

  By Mike Patton  |  October 15, 2012

  My positive experiences with TradePMR may give you ideas on what you should look for in a custodian.

• Demagogues and the Election

  By Mike Patton  |  October 7, 2012

  What is a demagogue and why should you care? One advisor's look at how things are likely to change after the election.

• How I Solved a Client’s Cash-Flow Issue and Got My Own Reward

  By Mike Patton  |  October 1, 2012

  How I solved one client’s issue and in return got him to serve as a reference to a prospective client.

• How to Communicate With Prospects, and How Not

  By Mike Patton  |  September 25, 2012

  Charts and graphs do not convince people. Let them see the real you.

• Helicopter Ben Strikes Again! Implications of QE3

  By Mike Patton  |  September 17, 2012

  The Bernanke put is alive and well, but now the United States must rely on entities other than the Fed to buy its debt.

• Patton’s Fund Picks, Pt. 9: Multi-Alternative and World Allocation

  By Mike Patton  |  September 10, 2012

  In the final blog in a nine-post series, advisor Mike Patton tells us what funds he likes in the multi-alternative and world allocation categories.

• Patton’s Fund Picks, Pt. 8: Market Neutral, Real Estate and Commodities

  By Mike Patton  |  September 4, 2012

  In the penultimate blog in a series, advisor Mike Patton shares his favorite picks—mutual funds and ETFs—in market neutral, real estate and commodities.

• Patton’s Fund Picks, Pt. 7: Currency, Long-Short Funds

  By Mike Patton  |  August 27, 2012

  Turning to the alternatives space, advisor Mike Patton shares his favorites among currency and long-short equity mutual funds.