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Kitces & Carl Ep 155: How Do You Know You Are Adding Value Versus Just Trying To Justify Your Fees?

Nerd's Eye View

While financial advisors offer valuable services for their clients, it can sometimes be challenging to gauge how much clients actually value those services. On one hand, a client's willingness to pay an ongoing fee for financial advice suggests that they find the advisor's services worthwhile.

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#FASuccess Ep 443: Going Deep With Business Owners And Real Estate Investors To Grow $200M Of AUM In 5 Years, With Griffin Kirsch

Nerd's Eye View

Welcome to the 443rd episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! Griffin is the owner of GK Wealth Management, an RIA based in Reno, Nevada, that oversees $200 million in assets under management for 450 client households. Welcome everyone! My guest on today's podcast is Griffin Kirsch. Read More.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (January 25–26)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that while overall financial advisor headcount remains relatively flat, the RIA channel continues to gain share in terms of both headcount (as brokers break away to start their own independent firms and aspiring advisors seek (..)

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Financial Advisor vs Self-Investing: Why Self-Investing May Not Always Be a Good Idea

WiserAdvisor

But there is another group of investors who swear by their financial advisors. They credit their financial stability and success to their guidance. So that naturally brings up some questions – Should you hire a financial advisor or trust your instincts, go solo, and save money? No problem!

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Using Section 351 Exchanges To Tax-Efficiently Reallocate Portfolios With Embedded Gains

Nerd's Eye View

Following the long run-up in the US equity markets since the bottom of the 2008–2009 financial crisis, many investors with taxable investment accounts have likely found themselves with high embedded gains in their portfolios. While the gains signal portfolio growth, they also create challenges for ongoing management.

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Innovative CPA Group Launches RIA To Capture Client Wealth Management Demand

Wealth Management

With that background, he will offer alternative investment options both from third-party asset managers and his proprietary relationships. True North Expands in SF “We’re really looking at building and bringing institutional asset allocation thoughts and concepts to wealth management,” he said. “I

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Can You Live Off Dividends In Retirement?

Darrow Wealth Management

If you’re not working with a financial advisor , seriously consider your appetite for ongoing portfolio management, fund analysis, rebalancing, etc. In another words, if your asset allocation is 60% stocks and 40% bonds, the current weighted average yield is 2.19%. How much money do you need to live off dividends?