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Weekly Market Insights – April 10, 2023

Cornerstone Financial Advisory

Stocks weathered the news well but buckled on weak manufacturing and services data in subsequent days. Let us at least survive and go on trying.” – Dora Russell How To Choose A Tax Preparer It’s essential to choose a tax preparer that is suitable for your needs as well as reliable and ethical. a Registered Investment Advisor.

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The Other 95%

Brown Advisory

The concept of ethical screening in portfolios is not new—religious institutions have screened their portfolios for years. This specificity helps guide the nonprofit’s board and investment committee members as they carry out their fiduciary duty. The “other 95%” of the portfolio existed solely as a financial engine.

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The Other 95%

Brown Advisory

The concept of ethical screening in portfolios is not new—religious institutions have screened their portfolios for years. This specificity helps guide the nonprofit’s board and investment committee members as they carry out their fiduciary duty. The “other 95%” of the portfolio existed solely as a financial engine.

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

Sara Grillo

2 Should those with only insurance licenses that allow them to sell annuities and/or life insurance be held to the same fiduciary standard as registered investment advisors? Macchia argues that mutual funds and REITs are not fiduciaries; product manufacturers are typically not. He does not think it will be in his lifetime. #2

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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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Transcript: Luis Berruga, Global X ETFs

The Big Picture

But for a business that is already up and running, where you already have your trust, you already have your registered investment advisor, you have your board, it’s a much more streamlined process than maybe it was a few years ago. So I think many of these car manufacturers can see the writing on the wall.

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31 Passive Income Ideas to Build Real Wealth (Updated for 2023)

Good Financial Cents

The data is pretty good; however, the average person like you and I should make passive income investments through ETFs, a mutual fund, or index funds with low fees. There are two ways you can do this: Set it and forget it with a robo investment advisor Letting an algorithm manage your investments is about as passive as you can get.