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

Sara Grillo

Macchia argues that mutual funds and REITs are not fiduciaries; product manufacturers are typically not. 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. Are commissions bad?

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

Sara Grillo

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. Right, and I think that in part one, you had mentioned that there was specifically an advisor who got the CFP designation in order to do bad.

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