Help Me Critique My Broker

[tangomonster]

I know a lot of you are do-it-yourself types and don't get much financial advice. We don't, either, but occasionally we succumb and seek out the "professional advice" of our Fidelity broker for choosing mutual funds. We met with him in July, when he convinced us to get heavily into energy, commodities, and international index/mutual funds.

We called him today to get some more advice for this market. He wants to wait until Tuesday when he will know what Fidelity market research "experts" are saying. But here are some of his gems:

* We can sell most of our mutual funds and keep it in cash until the time seems better for reinvesting---or while we explore what changes we would like to make. He could not explain how this wasn't market timing.

* That no matter what, stocks are crucial to beat inflation.

* That the health care sector will do well if Obama gets in---and he said this after we said we didn't want narrow investments. I do realize that when stocks start to recover, it probably won't be the broad market but just some individual stocks/sectors-----but very few of us are capable of pinpointing what those stocks/sectors will be. And why would health care stocks necessarily take off if Obama gets in? Yes, more people may be insured---but insurance companies may make less of a profit. Health care may need to be delivered more chealy. And regardless of who gets in, the economy is getting to take its toll on people purchasing health care.

*That we should get rid of our international funds because the market may not have bottomed in other countries.

* That we should get rid of energy funds (supposedly both candidates are into alternative energy resources).

My husband is so desperate at this point that he is once again willing to listen to the broker. Would any of you take any of this advice?