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The Market For “Lemons” In Financial Advice: How Higher Standards Can Lower Costs And Increase Access To Advice

Nerd's Eye View

In fact, even a relatively modest shift to a higher-trust environment (which may be achieved by enacting higher standards) that just partially reduces the incredibly high client acquisition costs of financial advisors could more than offset the entire cost of fiduciary liability insurance from those higher standards!

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

Carson Wealth

So much of our world is filled with abbreviations surrounding insurance and investment products, processes, education and accomplishments. . Translating from the secret language of financial planning, the sentence would read “Tammy specializes in insurance. Registration exams are required to talk to a customer or client.

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Announcing IAR Ethics CE Day And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

Nerd's Eye View

In the early days when financial advisors were first and foremost salespeople for insurance and investments products, the reality is that "advisor training and education" wasn't really about finance or advice… it was mostly just about learning how the company's products worked and how to effectively sell them to consumers.

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The Importance of a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) for Your Financial Planning

WiserAdvisor

Unlike the average investor or other financial professionals, a CFP is a licensed expert in areas like estate planning, taxes, retirement, insurance, and investment planning. Every Certified Financial Planner must hold a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university under the U.S.

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

International College of Financial Planning

Using a search engine of your choice, type in “[your state] financial planner” and from there select from the list available. 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. Here’s to your success!

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

Sara Grillo

In today’s show we’re going to be debating a variety of topics related to the retirement crisis in America, the role that financial advisors and insurance agents play, and how to harmonize the two together (if even possible, lol). He is a flat fee advisor; not a licensed insurance agent. The insurance policies will lapse.

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List of Financial Advisors for small accounts

Sara Grillo

Please subscribe to my newsletter to receive updates that raise awareness of consumer financial issues. It will teach you how to avoid shenanigans, crap products, and other scummy practices that are unfortunately common in financial advice. Note: Ryan holds both insurance and FINRA licenses.