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Eric Brotman on Building a Collaborative Culture, Targeting Business Development Channels, Sustaining Scale, and Learning to Grow by Letting Go

Steve Sanduski

Eric began his financial planning practice in Baltimore in 1994, and founded Brotman Financial Group in 2003, which later became BFG Financial Advisors. He and his team focus on supporting families and individuals by providing comprehensive financial planning and wealth management services.

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

Sara Grillo

I have a newsletter in which I talk about financial advisor lead generation topics which is best described as “fun and irreverent.” I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. Why is the fiduciary standard important in financial advice? What is a conflict of interest in financial advice?

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Transcript: Luis Berruga, Global X ETFs

The Big Picture

What is the financial advice world like in Europe? It has to be such a different set, the retirement planning is different, the safety net is different. People in Spain when I was growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, they expect to just retire and have the government give them like a paycheck every month. RITHOLTZ: Yeah.

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Recency Bias!!!

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

As these tables can take a while to be published or readily available, let’s for now break the past twenty years of available market data into two 10-year periods: 2003-2012 and 2013-2022. In the more recent decade not including 2023 (2003-2012), U.S. During the 2003-2012 period, U.S. Large Cap, Developed ex-U.S.

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Could It Be True?

The Better Letter

He offers tough-love financial advice, hosts a nationally syndicated radio program, and has written several books. That said, over the past 20 years (2003-2022), the S&P 500 delivered a 9.80 In Dave’s world, an 8 percent retirement withdrawal rate isn’t crazy. Could It Be True? Okay, Boomer !

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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

They wanted to become credible to compete with the brokerage people when selling Master Limited Partnerships and insurance with financial planning credibility, so they got the designation. In 2003, there was a well-known financial planner and radio personality named Bradford Bleidt , JR continues, who ran at $30MM Ponzi Scheme.

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