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How the SEC Has Strayed From Its Mission

Inside Information

The list of things that would trigger the requirement to register also includes the delivery of a financial plan, holding out as providing advice or holding out in any way (presumably including advertisements) that indicates the offer of holistic financial advisory services. The point here is what’s in the middle.

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Fiduciary Advocate

Inside Information

He thinks that the distinction has been deliberately (and very effectively) blurred by the brokerage industry, which advertises itself as helping facilitate peoples’ dreams with financial planning and investment advice, whose brokers call themselves, on their business cards, advisors, vice presidents of investments or wealth managers. “If

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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. And you know, we have a team that serves those advisors in the home offices of those advisors, talking about Vanguard’s product and educating about product. We were able to buy advertising really cheap.

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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? Salaske: What is an investment advisor? Salaske: What is an investment advisor?

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

Good Financial Cents

Advertise with Your Car 22. The data is pretty good; however, the average person like you and I should make passive income investments through ETFs, a mutual fund, or index funds with low fees. Robo-advisors like Betterment allow you to set your willingness for risk, then sit back and let the income flow. Rent Your Car 18.

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Transcript: Brian Hamburger

The Big Picture

So, Brian is not a stranger to me, and we have some shared financial interests, but the reason I wanted to bring him in here is there are few people in the industry who have a better perch by which to look at the world of registered investment advisors, broker-dealers, all of the changes that are taking place in the space.