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Transcript: Tom Rampulla

The Big Picture

We didn’t do advertising. Actually, Jack Bogle wouldn’t let us say the word seller, product or advertising. How does Vanguard operate and not advertise, not pay shelf space? But I think the move to fee-based advice in a broker-dealer community really helped drive that. And it’s financial advice.

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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

Despite the incidences mentioned in #5, the CFP Board has spent millions in advertising telling consumers they should always trust a CFP® professional and if they don’t have the CFP designation you just don’t know about their integrity. Verify a CFP® Professional, Financial Advisor U4’s. JR feels this is harmful to consumers. #7

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

Sara Grillo

The advertisements that they produce that says that anyone can call themselves a CFP. It’s baffling to me because actually, the only people who can really do… [unintelligible] anyone can say they’re a financial planner?

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31 Passive Income Ideas to Build Real Wealth (Updated for 2023)

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