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Sunday links: too many theories

Abnormal Returns

institutionalinvestor.com) Amazon Amazon ($AMZN) is increasing the number of same-day shipping options. wsj.com) Sketchy products keep showing up for sale on Amazon ($AMZN). Sentencing Commission show judges rejected more than 80% of compassionate release requests filed from October 2019 through September 2022. slate.com)

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How to sniff out a lying grifter in a Form ADV

Sara Grillo

Any financial advisor who is registered as an advisor with a regulator has to fill out this form for initial approval by either a state or a Federal (the United States Securities and Exchange Commission) regulator. You should check the advisor’s CRD number and see if it matches what they sent you. Ethics matter. 1 Disclosures.

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Monkeys Go Home

Inside Information

Currently there are no minimum standards for competency or ethics for those professing to be financial planners. I’m meeting all the highest ethical standards. Mahoney says that right now the organization is looking at a blank slate. Mahoney says that advisors across the board are fed up with the status quo. “I

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

International College of Financial Planning

They may charge for their services either on a commission basis or hourly rates. However, our advice is to trust financial planners who either take a flat annual fee or charge per hour for managing your portfolio instead of charging a commission on every stock they buy or sell. How to Compensate Financial Advisors?

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Why useless financial advisor rankings lists should be put to rest!

Sara Grillo

Or, advisors who hustle and sell aggressively, push products to meet sales quotas, all the while neglecting their clients that they already “sold” – those are the people who may rank high by this metric. Revenue is not an indicator of the effectiveness of the advisor any more than the number or size of clients they have is. WHO cares?

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How to CRACK the secret costs in an insurance illustration

Sara Grillo

BARRY FLAGG OR STEVEN ZEIGER: All forms of insurance in last guarantee, so for instance, a whole life policy as a guaranteed premium, but the number of payments that are required are more often than not guaranteed, so while the maximum of the insurance company can charge per year is guaranteed.

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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. If we are comparing them to the Utopian idea of what a fraternity of ethics and competence testing should be, then we should find a way to implement it because daydreaming about what it ought to be is less useful.

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