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#FA Success Ep 321: Navigating The Financial Advisor Career Track In An Unfamiliar Culture, With Danqin Fang

Nerd's Eye View

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how after a few mentors in China suggested that Danqin look into private banking and wealth management (as they felt it better suited her than her initial accounting major), she began Googling potential career paths in China but instead came across the CFP Board website and immediately connected with the description (..)

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Weekly Market Insights – January 8, 2024

Cornerstone Financial Advisory

Math errors: Simple addition and subtraction mistakes can delay your return. Consider using electronic filing software that does the math automatically to avoid mistakes. Giving an incorrect account number can delay your refund even further. How many times will he have to paint the number 8? What is it?

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How Getting Women Into Financial Planning Can Benefit Everyone

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

The paper found that “Women who are outsiders to the profession do not see financial planning as primarily about: Communication Relationships Holistic Advice Instead they see it as about investment and mathematical expertise.” This finding, in addition to many more included in the paper, mirrors my own experience.

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Transcript: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

The Big Picture

One, one is true and I’ve always said is that I wanted people to stop, ask if I could doing math. And no one asked me if I can do math anymore with a degree from Booth, particularly in econometrics and statistics. So people really ask you, you take French and can you do math. New York is number one. Two reasons.

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The 30 Best Work From Home Jobs To Earn More Money!

Clever Girl Finance

In real numbers, that works out to 57 million people! If you’re a ninja at organization, a great communicator, and are self-motivated, then a virtual assistant position may be just what you need. Experience required: Communication skills and sales are both helpful. Benefits of work from home jobs The gig economy is booming.

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Transcript: Steven Klinsky

The Big Picture

I mean, those were the — that’s what got people all excited and — RITHOLTZ: That’s venture capital numbers. KLINSKY: Well, that is — and it was kind of venture capital numbers because the dollars were so small. There was XO Communication and McLeod. RITHOLTZ: Right. RITHOLTZ: I recall. KLINSKY: Right.

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The Top 15 Highest Paying Jobs in Consumer Services

Good Financial Cents

Despite declining overall employment numbers in the field, there are close to 400,000 job openings annually for customer service representatives, according to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics – a testament to how critical the industry is to the U.S. Technical Support Representative Salary: $57,910/year Education: High school diploma.