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Adviser links: objectives and aspirations

Abnormal Returns

(investmentnews.com) Research The problematic math of passing down generational wealth. blogs.cfainstitute.org) How life events affect retirement planning. papers.ssrn.com) Advisers There is an tension inherent in the practice of financial advice. flowfp.com) Risk questionnaires are valuable for the conversations they foster.

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How Getting Women Into Financial Planning Can Benefit Everyone

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

The importance of getting women into financial planning feels like it should go without saying. Unfortunately, we’re not quite there yet as a society, since as of 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports only a third of financial advisors are women. In 2022, nearly 42% of the externships participants were women.

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Adviser links: exciting plans

Abnormal Returns

kitces.com) Brendan Frazier talks with Samantha Lamas and Danielle Labotka about why clients hire and fire their financial advisers. theirrelevantinvestor.com) Taxes Why clients need to start planning now for the coming dip in the estate tax exemption. thinkadvisor.com) The IRS is hitting pause on new ERC applications.

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Turning Client Values into the Seeds of Abundance

Advisor Perspectives

A lot of financial planning software today is built to solve math problems, but what advisors really need to do is solve human problems.

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#FA Success Ep 325: Building Success In The Financial Advice Business From A Financially Challenged Upbringing, With Brenda Hiscock

Nerd's Eye View

Brenda is a financial planner with Objective Financial Partners, an advice-only advisory firm based in Ontario, Canada, that works with clients on project-based financial plans, and also offers outsourced paraplanning to other Canadian advisory firms. My guest on today's podcast is Brenda Hiscock.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 126: The Best Ways To Boost Advisor Productivity: New Tech Efficiencies Vs. Old Fee Increases

Nerd's Eye View

In our 126th episode of Kitces & Carl, Michael Kitces and client communication expert Carl Richards discuss how raising one's advisory fees may perhaps be the most efficient strategy for growth and scaling, and how advisors can justify and execute a fee increase for their own services. Read More.

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My New ETF: 100% of Upside + 0% of Downside

The Big Picture

At least, if you are a smart investor who does the right things: Set up a financial plan, manage your own behavior, engage in long-term thinking, and avoid reacting to the endless daily noise that markets + media generate. My obvious bias is that my advisory firm charges clients to create financial plans and manage their assets.

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