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Massachusetts ‘Millionaires’ Tax Applies to Sudden Wealth Events

Darrow Wealth Management

Article is a general communication only and should not be used as the basis for making any type of tax, financial, legal, or investment decision. Darrow Wealth Management doesn’t provide tax advice; consult your tax advisor to discuss your personal situation. . Consider an installment sale.

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Get a job as a Financial Paraplanner at an RIA firm and ignore the schmucky wirehouse and insurance jobs!

Sara Grillo

In this blog, I interview paraplanning professionals to get their take on what the role is, what it pays, and what it potential is for someone who wants to get a job as a financial paraplanner, possibly as a stepping stone to other wealth management jobs. I am a CFA® charterholder and I used to be a financial advisor.

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How to Optimize Your LinkedIn Headline

Indigo Marketing Agency

Unfortunately, this is the most common headline I see for advisors. Author, Speaker, Life Coach & Veterinary Pharmaceutical Sales” This may be my favorite. Terms like “Wealth Manager,” “Financial Advisor,” and “Estate Planning” are more powerful than “Founder,” “Managing Partner,” or “CEO” from a keyword search perspective.

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The Rise of Direct Indexing

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

The ability also to carry forward losses to future years may also help offset future capital gains, whether they be in a stock portfolio or in another asset class, such as private equity, real estate, or a sale of a business entity. While expenses are important, sometimes recognizing higher fees could be in the client’s best interest.

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How the SEC Has Strayed From Its Mission

Inside Information

This first petition also touches on dually-registered individuals, recommending that, if they hold themselves out as advisors, they be required to disclose precisely when their work as an advisor ends and their efforts to effect a sale begins—something that is far from clear in current client engagements.

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Fiduciary Advocate

Inside Information

Could one of those sentences state that a brokerage firm, broker-dealer or other sales organization will NOT, ever, use the word ‘fiduciary’ in its disclosure, and so consumers should look for that word? “It’s a great idea,” says Rostad. Will they still be able to recommend separate accounts that pay shelf space fees?

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

Sara Grillo

Yet the investment and insurance communities seem to be on two different sides of the fence when it comes to a solution. Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. With annuities now being able to be offered in 401k plans, the playing field has changed.