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What type of financial advisor is right for you? Questions you should ask.

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

Fee-Only financial advisors are most often compensated as a percentage of assets (AUM), though also may be paid hourly, as a retainer, or as a flat fee, depending upon the planner you choose. This can include mutual funds, insurance policies, annuities, and other financial products.

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What does it mean to be a Fee-Only financial advisor?

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

Fee-Only financial advisors are most often compensated as a percentage of assets (AUM), though also may be paid hourly, as a retainer, or as a flat fee, depending upon the planner you choose. This can include mutual funds, insurance policies, annuities, and other financial products. What is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP)?

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Financial planning transparency is FINALLY upon us (whoo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Sara Grillo

The goal of the Transparent Advisor Movement is to create the country’s best financial advisors – the most ethical, effective, and successful financial advisors that the industry has ever seen in its history. Specific examples: Educating financial advisors of all business models (AUM, fee only, commission, etc.)

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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

Get ready for a ride as we examine it from all angles: regulatory, ethically, intellectually, etc. The debaters include: Robert Wright, CFP®, a financial consultant with Advocacy Wealth Management. It’s about to get very, very heated so let’s get on to the show! He even pays for certain employees to go through the program.

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

Sara Grillo

Salaske: Yeah, I don’t agree with the CFP Board becoming any type of regulator whatsoever over financial advisors, financial planners, whatever you wanna call us in the advice space. Wright: Well, and to respond to that, if I may.

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