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Is a Financial Planner Course (CFP) Worth It? A Comprehensive Guide for Aspiring Financial Professionals in India

International College of Financial Planning

Here’s the pathway under the current education structure: Investment Planning Specialist – Focuses on asset classes, portfolio strategies, and wealth accumulation. Risk and Estate Planning Specialist – Equips candidates to advise on insurance solutions, estate transfer, and wealth protection.

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Leadership, Endurance, and Ice Cream With Chris Gandy, Carina Hatfield, Kathleen Owings

NAIFA Advisor Today

It focuses on the client's interests in wealth accumulation, wealth preservation, retirement strategies, insurance, asset protection, and investments. Chris Gandy is the Founder of Midwest Legacy Group LLC, a boutique concierge insurance group for executives, professional athletes, physicians, business owners, and entrepreneurs.

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What Is A Charitable Remainder Trust?

Zajac Group

Contribute assets : When you contribute appreciated stock in-kind to a CRT, the transfer is not treated as a sale, and therefore not a taxable event. Once a specific triggering event occursmost commonly the sale of the illiquid assetthe trust “flips” into a standard CRUT.

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What is an Exchange Fund and How it Can Mitigate Stock Concentration

Zajac Group

In fact, you may be able to sell some shares at a loss and some at a gain, netting the two for minimal tax impact upon a sale. If thats the case, its reasonable to consider that your best option for selling shares is to sell them firstwhile retaining all lower basis shares (and higher tax impact shares) for later.

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Year in Review: Camaraderie as a Strategy

NAIFA Advisor Today

It focuses on the client's interests in wealth accumulation, wealth preservation, retirement strategies, insurance, asset protection, and investments. Chris Gandy is the Founder of Midwest Legacy Group LLC, a boutique concierge insurance group for executives, professional athletes, physicians, business owners, and entrepreneurs.

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At the Money: Stock Picking vs. Value Investing 

The Big Picture

And you say, IBM beat Exxon by 3 percentage points a year on sales growth, 3 percent on earnings growth, dividend growth, book value. And so these are compounding over 60 (not quite 70) years, but very long term periods, uh, and so that there is a a substantial wealth accumulation that comes with a 1 to 2 percent year advantage or a lag.

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Becoming a Successful Financial Advisor With Chris Gandy

NAIFA Advisor Today

It focuses on the client's interests in wealth accumulation, wealth preservation, retirement strategies, insurance, asset protection, and investments. Chris Gandy is the Founder of Midwest Legacy Group LLC, a boutique concierge insurance group for executives, professional athletes, physicians, business owners, and entrepreneurs.