Commission Financial Market Investing Investment Planning 
Sara Grillo
APRIL 10, 2023
Today we’re gonna WAKA WAKA BREAK IT DOWN to the question, “Is crypto a good investment or is it as valueless as a rock?” I am a CFA® charterholder and I used to be a financial advisor. Is crypto a good investment, or does it suck? Wright: We should separate custody from the ability to provide investment advice on those assets.
Sara Grillo
OCTOBER 31, 2022
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. What if you can’t find the financial advisor’s Form ADV? It’s usually 2-4 pages long. #2
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Sara Grillo
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
The CFP Board promotes a faux fiduciary standard that does not require its members to disclose potential conflicts of interest in writing and that does not require them disclose the percentage or amount of commission its members may receive from the sale of insurance products with opaque commissions. See you in the next one!
Sara Grillo
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Watch as all h&#@ breaks loose discussing the question of broker vs. financial advisor, commissions, fees, value, and more! The advisors made the point that the cost of insurance can’t be separated from the “cost of service” or the commission the agent makes. The commission is the commission. Who cares?
Sara Grillo
AUGUST 14, 2023
The word “fiduciary” is not a marketing term, not just something you throw out there to virtue signal. Researching costs of investments, services, and products rendered to the client Assessing if risk is reasonable for the client Assessing if performance expectations are reasonable for the client But these are all loose definitions.
Sara Grillo
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Financial advisors have many options at their hands to solve it, from financial planning and investment management services to fixed products such as annuities. Yet the investment and insurance communities seem to be on two different sides of the fence when it comes to a solution. Are commissions bad?
Sara Grillo
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
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. Salaske: What is an investment advisor?
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