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How to Find a Fiduciary Financial Advisor

Darrow Wealth Management

Consider this: you walk into a Bank of America branch and ask for the best type of savings account on the market. Only registered investment advisors have a full-time fiduciary duty to their clients. This AUM based fee structure is common among fee-only advisors who are almost always full-time fiduciaries.

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Investing in Pigs and Kidneys: Building a $100 Billion Empire and Revolutionizing Organ Transplants

Investing Caffeine

Finished her PhD at The London School of Medicine (Barts) Practiced law at the Covington & Burling law firm representing the television broadcasting industry before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Short-term investors are missing the boat by ignoring the gargantuan market potential for the company. One wordpigs.

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Digital Currencies, Modern Trusteeship and Change

Wealth Management

The Internal Revenue Service provided clarity around reporting requirements, and the Securities and Exchange Commission had a predictable mandate on what was legally actionable. The USD1 is marketed as a “patriotic alternative” to CBDCs. In late 2024, the U.S. The new way means finding a shelter against a devaluing U.S.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (September 28–September 29)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: As brokerage firms have faced a wave of lawsuits regarding the low interest rates paid on cash sweep accounts, some legal experts believe that RIAs could also be targeted for legal action if they allow clients' uninvested cash to sit in a cash sweep account rather than investing it or moving it to a higher-yielding (..)

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How to Lower Your Financial Advisor Expenses

WiserAdvisor

For example, some advisors are paid via commissions on the sale of financial products like stocks, mutual funds, policies, etc. They will make decisions by weighing each factor in detail, studying the market and the economic environment, to ensure optimal performance of your portfolio. Avoid paying commissions upfront to advisors.

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Three Qualities of a Successful Investment Adviser

Truemind Capital

It requires not just sophisticated skill-set for asset allocation calls (across asset classes, sub-categories, and schemes), the temperament to keep emotions under check but also an ability to quickly understand the impact of the latest market developments (global and domestic) on various asset classes in a rapidly-changing world.

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Does being a fiduciary financial advisor REALLY matter – or is it “meh?”

Sara Grillo

I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. Why is the fiduciary standard important in financial advice? The word “fiduciary” is not a marketing term, not just something you throw out there to virtue signal.