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What does it mean to be a Fee-Only financial advisor?

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

The suitability standard requires brokers and investment advisors to recommend investments that are suitable for the client. Additionally, CFPs must adhere to ethical and professional standards, including a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of their clients.

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What type of financial advisor is right for you? Questions you should ask.

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

The suitability standard requires brokers and investment advisors to recommend investments that are suitable for the client. Additionally, CFP s must adhere to ethical and professional standards, including a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of their clients.

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Financial planning transparency is FINALLY upon us (whoo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Sara Grillo

What are the changes in Colorado investment advisor regulations regarding financial planning? The goal of the Transparent Advisor Movement is to create the country’s best financial advisors – the most ethical, effective, and successful financial advisors that the industry has ever seen in its history.

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What is up with these crypto ETFs??? (& more 2023 trends)

Sara Grillo

According to Bak, assets don’t care about the ethics of their investors. Phil holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation and is the host of The ETF Experience and the Phil Bak Podcast. nationally recognized as the first investment advisor to offer only Exchange Traded Funds.

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Will I Have To Become A Fiduciary

Tucker Advisors

The word “fiduciary” refers to any advisors who must legally prioritize their clients’ interests above of their own. When advisors are not fiduciaries, they follow what is called the “suitability” requirement, which is basically an ethical call to follow the same prioritization of interests. The client? We don’t know that yet.

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Transcript: Luis Berruga, Global X ETFs

The Big Picture

But when you factor in, you know, legal costs, compliance, portfolio management, trading, there is a lot that goes into launching an ETF. You’re suggesting that’s the money-loser for that company? BERRUGA: Yeah. I mean, I always say it depends on the economies or the scale of the business that you are considering.

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

Sara Grillo

Salaske: Yeah, I don’t agree with the CFP Board becoming any type of regulator whatsoever over financial advisors, financial planners, whatever you wanna call us in the advice space. Salaske: Right, now. You don’t know that right now, what they’re doing basically… We don’t know what their process is.

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