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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. Equally important for sustaining their license is the professional conduct of the CFP, which is subjected to great scrutiny by the Board.

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List of Financial Advisors for small accounts

Sara Grillo

Pure fiduciaries These are advisors who hold no insurance or brokerage licenses and are considered pure fiduciaries. Note: Ryan holds both insurance and FINRA licenses. Services: Investment management, retirement planning, fee-based financial planning Note: Rodolfo holds insurance and FINRA licenses.

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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. With annuities now being able to be offered in 401k plans, the playing field has changed. Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. Mettler says he does not have a securities license for this reason.

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Rich vs. Wealthy: What’s the Difference?

Good Financial Cents

If you’re a family with two car loans and you’re making the average payment, this means you’re forking over $1,288 in car payments per month without even accounting for the costs involved in license plates, auto insurance , gas, and other expenses. Is there anything better than that?

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

Sara Grillo

Wright: Yes, So yes, is the quick answer, the more convoluted answer would be that we should control internally… We’re a fraternity of ethics and competency testing that should be different from the SEC. 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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