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Does being a fiduciary financial advisor REALLY matter – or is it “meh?”

Sara Grillo

The standard, however, is often used haphazardly, invoked as a sales tool by dual-registered advisors who want to virtue signal, only to be abandoned in a legal context by those same advisors who backpedal into being “just a salesperson.” The word “fiduciary” is not a marketing term, not just something you throw out there to virtue signal.

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Crypto – just a rock, or a good investment? (debate got wild)

Sara Grillo

Ever since the beginning of his 20+ year long career, Scott has pursued his mission of delivering high quality financial advice in a low cost and unbiased way. It was at that point Scott thought there had to be a better way for investors to obtain unbiased advice and low-cost access to the financial markets. Lee holds a Ph.D.

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How to sniff out a lying grifter in a Form ADV

Sara Grillo

I periodically blog about financial products and services so that consumers can avoid being taken advantage of by the financial services industry. Ever since the beginning of his 20+ year long career, Scott has pursued his mission of delivering high quality financial advice in a low cost and unbiased way.

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This broker vs. financial advisor debate got ABSOLUTELY crazy!

Sara Grillo

I don’t care what that sales rep is making. I hope you’ll at least join my weekly newsletter about financial advisor lead generation. I also partner with E4 Insurance Services, a full-service brokerage agency to help noninsurance-oriented professionals (CFP’s, CFA’s, investment advisors, etc.) Who cares?

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Managing Liquidity in the Coronavirus Market

Brown Advisory

In other cases—especially during periods of market stress—we may need to focus more on market-based liquidity —in other words, whether investors can, if they need to sell for any reason, quickly find buyers for an asset and expect a fair price (and whether adverse market circumstances might cause an investment’s theoretical liquidity to dry up).

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Managing Liquidity in the Coronavirus Market

Brown Advisory

In other cases—especially during periods of market stress—we may need to focus more on market-based liquidity —in other words, whether investors can, if they need to sell for any reason, quickly find buyers for an asset and expect a fair price (and whether adverse market circumstances might cause an investment’s theoretical liquidity to dry up).

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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

The CFP Board promotes a faux fiduciary standard that does not require its members to disclose potential conflicts of interest in writing and that does not require them disclose the percentage or amount of commission its members may receive from the sale of insurance products with opaque commissions. & Lee L. 1139 (1988).

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