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What Do Financial Adviser Designations Mean? What are the Letters after a Name?

Carson Wealth

I could also be fairly sure that Tammy is a licensed insurance agent and that she has access to sophisticated software tools and may or may not engage in financial planning. Investment adviser representatives (IARs) who charge clients fees are also required to take their licensing exams, among many other legal requirements. .

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How to Become a Financial Advisor or Financial Planner in India?

International College of Financial Planning

When choosing this, look for a planner with an active license, one who is accredited by a board or association, and one who has experience of working with clients of your profile. A financial advisor is a certified financial planner who is licensed and regulated to take mandate decisions on multiple aspects of financial planning.

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

Sara Grillo

He is a flat fee advisor; not a licensed insurance agent. Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. If you didn’t want equity risk tied to your income, you would structure the portfolio for cash flow using fixed income, which has interest rate risk.

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

Sara Grillo

But in 2022, stocks and bonds went down together and displayed high correlation, suggesting a failure of modern portfolio theory. It may be time to rethink fundamental portfolio construction… Semi-transparent ETFs Geraci is not bullish at all on semi-transparent ETFs. The spot Bitcoin ETF – come out, come out wherever you are!

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Rich vs. Wealthy: What’s the Difference?

Good Financial Cents

While wealthy people may get where they are in a few different ways, many people become wealthy through: Starting a profitable business Investing in the stock market Building a real estate portfolio Some of the wealthiest people in the world also take all three of these steps plus several others on their way to riches. Ads by Money.

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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. Salaske: Right, now.

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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

Get ready for a ride as we examine it from all angles: regulatory, ethically, intellectually, etc. If we are comparing them to the Utopian idea of what a fraternity of ethics and competence testing should be, then we should find a way to implement it because daydreaming about what it ought to be is less useful.

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