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Why Should I Hire a Financial Advisor? 5 Benefits of Financial Advice

Carson Wealth

If you’re considering professional financial guidance, can be essential to choose an advisor who aligns with your values and understands your unique financial situation. Contact us today to learn more about our unique approach to financial advice. The post Why Should I Hire a Financial Advisor?

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TikTokInvestors

The Big Picture

Nestled in between lip-sync dancers and fashion influencers, financial fraud lurks on TikTok. At least one person1 has noticed the risks to young consumers of social media: Since August 2020, @TikTokInvestors has been curating the most outrageous money-losing and dangerous videos culled from the “financial experts” at TikTok.

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Announcing IAR Ethics CE Day And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

Nerd's Eye View

has increasingly made financial services products available directly to consumers, financial advisors have focused more and more on the business of financial advice itself. But as technology (in particular, the internet!)

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2022 Highlights — The Top 22 Nerd’s Eye View Blog Posts You Might Have Missed

Nerd's Eye View

Accordingly, just as I did last year, and in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014, I've compiled for you this Highlights List of our top 20 articles in 2022 that you might have missed , along with a few of our most popular episodes of ‘Kitces & Carl’ and the ‘Financial Advisor Success’ podcasts.

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The Return Of IAR Ethics CE Day And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

Nerd's Eye View

Yet the need for advisor education – and the regulatory requirements to get it (in the form of Continuing Education obligations) – never ends, with the latest focus for most financial advisors being on the ongoing expansion of NASAA's 2020 Model Rule that implemented the first Investment Advisor Representative (IAR) requirements to get (..)

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50th Anniversary Of The CFP Marks: The Journey, Current State Of CFP Board, And Growing The Financial Planning Profession

Nerd's Eye View

Gradually, CFP Board also raised the ethical standards for CFP professionals, introducing a fiduciary standard on financial planning in 2008 and, in 2020, an expanded fiduciary standard that applies whenever the certificant is giving financial advice.

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Stock Market Highs and Your Retirement

The Chicago Financial Planner

After a significant drop in March of 2020 in the wake of the pandemic, the S&P 500 has staged an amazing recovery. The index finished 2020 with a gain in excess of 18%. At some point we are bound to see a stock market correction of some magnitude, hopefully not on the order of the 2008-09 financial crisis.