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6 Tips to Avoid Financial Fraud and Guard Your Investments

WiserAdvisor

billion higher than the 2020 estimate. The objective is to thoroughly understand the background of the broker or investment advisor from whom you intend to buy a product or engage in a business. Ideally, you should know if the person offering to sell securities has the authority and the license to do so. In 2021, over 2.8

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

Sara Grillo

I do believe it should be different regulated differently from portfolio management, which is the typical definition of the registered investment advisor, but that it shouldn’t be the CFP Board that is controlling the regulatory environment for financial planners. Salaske: What is an investment advisor?

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