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

WiserAdvisor

Today, you can choose from different types of financial advisors , such as fee-only, commission-based, hourly, AUM-based, or whatever works for your financial situation. You do not have to hire a full-time financial advisor and pay hefty fees. Today, you can work with fee-only advisors who charge by the hour or per plan.

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Saving investors from the “Humpty Dumpty portfolio” with hourly financial advisor Rick Ferri, CFA

Sara Grillo

Saving investors from the “Humpty Dumpty portfolio” Rick has delivered a high value service to investors by decluttering the “Humpty Dumpty portfolios” made by other advisors creating “complexity for the sake of job security.” I was managing their money in. CFA designation, correct.

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Should you die and go to hell before selling an annuity?

Sara Grillo

Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. Should those with only insurance licenses that allow them to sell annuities and/or life insurance be held to the same “fiduciary standard” as Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) with the SEC or state regulators?

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

Sara Grillo

I do believe it should be different regulated differently from portfolio management, which is the typical definition of the registered investment advisor, but that it shouldn’t be the CFP Board that is controlling the regulatory environment for financial planners. Securities and Exchange Commission. 2022, August 1).

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