Do Smart Investors Need a Financial Advisor?

The Pilot Money Guy Podcast · Mar 6, 2025 · 13m

If you’ve spent years successfully managing your own investments, do you really need a financial advisor? Scott works with a lot of highly skilled, intelligent professionals. So, for someone like this, is working with an advisor just an extra expense, or could it actually add real value?

In this episode, we break down when and why even experienced investors might benefit from professional guidance and when they’re probably fine on their own.

Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode:

0:00 – Intro

1:21 – Defining what an advisor is

4:11 – Behavioral biases in investing

5:38 – Do you have…