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How to Become a Financial Advisor or Financial Planner in India?

International College of Financial Planning

Using a search engine of your choice, type in “[your state] financial planner” and from there select from the list available. When choosing this, look for a planner with an active license, one who is accredited by a board or association, and one who has experience of working with clients of your profile.

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Crypto – just a rock, or a good investment? (debate got wild)

Sara Grillo

There is no underlying asset that drives the value. It’s not an asset so why would you hold it? But to own crypto… Wright: Is gold an asset? Wright argues that we could diminish any asset that way, even stock certificates. FTX custodied everyone’s assets. “It’s just basically nothing.”

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This broker vs. financial advisor debate got ABSOLUTELY crazy!

Sara Grillo

This can get complicated when services are bundled and provided for one inclusive fee, which in certain cases (AUM advisors) is calculated off the amount of assets the advisor is managing. I don’t care what that sales rep is making. He spent 10 years there managing billions in assets for institutional and retail clients.

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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

The CFP Board promotes a faux fiduciary standard that does not require its members to disclose potential conflicts of interest in writing and that does not require them disclose the percentage or amount of commission its members may receive from the sale of insurance products with opaque commissions. 2 The CFP vs SEC – who regulates better?

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

Sara Grillo

I think that one of the challenging things is that sales kinda has a dirty dirty name to it, right? Oh, well, you’re not really a financial planner, you’re a financial salesperson. Now, granted, I don’t think that that’s true.

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

Good Financial Cents

When you look at the wealthiest investors across the globe, one of the most common assets they own is real estate. Once the course is complete, I do some continued marketing and client support which amounts to just a few hours per week, while sales roll in month after month. License Your Music 13. Now let’s get started.