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Stock Market Highs and Your Retirement

The Chicago Financial Planner

At some point we are bound to see a stock market correction of some magnitude, hopefully not on the order of the 2008-09 financial crisis. During the financial crisis there were many stories about how our 401(k) accounts had become “201(k)s.” This might have been their own doing or the result of poor financial advice.

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Does being a fiduciary financial advisor REALLY matter – or is it “meh?”

Sara Grillo

I have a newsletter in which I talk about financial advisor lead generation topics which is best described as “fun and irreverent.” I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. Why is the fiduciary standard important in financial advice? What is a conflict of interest in financial advice?

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Recency Bias!!!

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

In fact, there were only two years in this period that U.S. stocks and Emerging Markets stocks: 2008 and 2011. 2008 may still bring back painful memories for domestic and global investors alike, as U.S. Oh, I forgot to mention it finished dead last in 2008 and 2011. Large Cap stocks never finished first.

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Should the CFP Board police financial advisor “bad apples”? The debate continues! (Part Two)

Sara Grillo

Scott Salaske is the founder and CEO of Firstmetric , a flat fee financial advisor firm in Troy, Michigan. Ever since the beginning of his 20+ year long career, Scott has pursued his mission of delivering high quality financial advice in a low cost and unbiased way.

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