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How Long Will Inflation Stick with Us?

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

Looking into the Flexible CPI, particularly in 2015, the main driver of deflationary pressures was energy. He is a fee-only, fiduciary financial advisor who works with clients locally in Madison and around the country. We had a low overall print on CPI that year but it appeared to have almost no impact on Sticky CPI.

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Recency Bias!!!

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

It’s actually quite instructive to look at this depiction of 2015 from our current 2023 perspective. From the lens of 1989, Marty’s 2015 Nikes with “power laces” seemed a logical progression (not to mention the auto-sizing “Members Only” jacket!).

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

Sara Grillo

In early 2015, Scott sold his ownership interest in the firm. If you are a fiduciary financial advisor, be prepared to defend the fiduciary standard and explain why you uphold it, what it means, and how your practice is operationally different as a result. He started Firstmetric a few years later.

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Blunt, unfiltered truth about Indexed Universal Life

Sara Grillo

There was a great article in ThinkAdvisor in 2015 that provided an example of how the options written on IUL work. Source: Sara’s Grillo’s interpretation of knowledge imparted by ThinkAdvisor 2015 article, “How (and why) indexed universal life really works.” What’s this now – call options??

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

Sara Grillo

Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. In early 2015, Scott sold his ownership interest in the firm. Yet the investment and insurance communities seem to be on two different sides of the fence when it comes to a solution. He started Firstmetric a few years later.

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Advice-only financial planners are stealing the show!

Sara Grillo

What is an advice-only financial planner? Advice-only financial planning is fee-only comprehensive financial planning without the expectation or even the option to manage any client investments. Financial planning is offered as a stand-alone product; it is the only thing that an advice-only financial planner does.

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

Sara Grillo

In early 2015, Scott sold his ownership interest in the firm. Several years after the combined merger, Scott went on to grow the combined firm from advising approximately $60 million in client investment assets under management to more than $1.4 He started Firstmetric a few years later.

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