XY Planning Network

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Over the past year, we've published articles written with one purpose in mind: to help independent financial advisors be successful. As 2022 comes to a close, we rounded up our top 10 most-viewed blogs published this year.

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Your Richest Life

JULY 2, 2024

In 2023, I was also honored to receive D Magazine’s Best Financial Planners in Dallas award for the ninth year in a row. I am so thankful to have been nominated for this award, and to be a part of such a supportive network of DFW financial planners. Publishing more than 220 articles for the Your Richest Life blog.

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

APRIL 21, 2023

What does it mean to be a Fee-Only financial advisor ? Fee-Only financial advisors and firms receive no sales-related compensation or incentives. They are compensated only by the fee the client pays. This fee covers not only investment management, but also financial planning.

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Sara Grillo

DECEMBER 13, 2024

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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Sara Grillo

JANUARY 8, 2024

I’ve got Zack Hubbard , the director of financial planning and participant engagement at Greenspring Advisors, a fee only RIA. He’s going to talk about how his firm is providing access to financial planning for small accounts through their 401(k) platform. For those of you who are new to my blog, my name is Sara.

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Sara Grillo

MARCH 22, 2024

Please note: This list of flat fee and advice-only advisors by state is not an endorsement of any particular individual, their firm, or their services; please do your own research when selecting a financial advisor. Arkansas Jacob George [link] Flat-fee financial planning for Christian families wanting to make an eternal impact!

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Indigo Marketing Agency

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Bryan Lee founded Strategic Financial Planning Inc. to provide fee-only financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals and small businesses using a unique financial life planning approach and process. Develop a blog content calendar. About Bryan Lee, CFP ®.

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Your Richest Life

APRIL 19, 2022

Her Money Matters – Jen Hemphill is a money coach whose podcast is all about real stories of money makeovers, mindset shifts and how your well-being impacts your financial life. Catch Jen’s episode with me about finding the right financial planner for you. About Your Richest Life.

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International College of Financial Planning

AUGUST 2, 2021

Some organizations require candidates to have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance or specialization in accounting and financial management to go with their bachelor’s or master’s degree. However, if you are looking to scale the top of the pyramid you must opt for CFP or the Certified Financial Planner Charter.

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Inside Information

JULY 31, 2022

If you’re as old as Methuselah, like I am, you might remember a pivotal moment in the evolution of the planning profession, when Forbes magazine noticed that brokers, life insurance and tax shelter salespeople were starting to call themselves ‘financial planners.’ But not as a financial planner.). Pandemonium!

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Inside Information

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Some of us remember that the consumer revolution, which phased out salespeople and put the consumer in charge of selecting purchases based on price and quality, was very slow to enter the financial services world. The whole idea of turning financial customers into clients was invented in the fee-only financial planning world.

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Steve Sanduski

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Guest: Benjamin Brandt , a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER and Founder/President of Capital City Wealth Management, a Bismarck, ND fee-only financial planning company. Benjamin is also the host of the Retirement Starts Today Radio podcast and co-host of The Least Boring Tax Podcast.

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International College of Financial Planning

AUGUST 31, 2023

Some of the personal financial advisors get registered as RIA (Registered Investment Advisor) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India and operate on a Fee-only model. Financial Planning: More than Just Investments Financial planning is a holistic process that encompasses more than just investments.

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WiserAdvisor

AUGUST 18, 2023

Knowing the types of financial advisors and their compensation models can empower you to select a professional whose approach aligns seamlessly with your financial goals, risk tolerance, and overall budget. Below are the different types of financial advisors you can choose from based on their fee model: 1.

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Sara Grillo

JANUARY 9, 2023

Specific examples: Educating financial advisors of all business models (AUM, fee only, commission, etc.) Executing outreach to college students to encourage them to avoid predatory wirehouse and insurance training programs and pursue fee-only paraplanning jobs instead.

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FMG

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Prominent Financial Planning, LLC Next, we have Prominent Financial Planning, LLC. Garrett Prom CFP®, EA, CRPC® is a fee-only, fiduciary Certified Financial Planner. He works with a particular niche , and that is that he only works with Generation X and Y (Millennials) clients.

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WiserAdvisor

AUGUST 3, 2023

They may also charge an hourly rate for every meeting you have or a commission for the financial instruments they recommend. Here’s how different types of fee models work in comparison to the 1 percent fee structure: 1. In fact, a fiduciary may even offer fee arrangements that align better with your interests.

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Inside Information

MAY 30, 2024

Over the years, I’ve been privileged to witness a long, positive evolution, an evolution where financial planners offered increasingly more valuable advice to their clients, and used better tools to supplement it. When I started in the early 1980s, financial planning was all about sales, all the time.

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Gen Y Planning

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To encourage progress and work toward goals that matter to you, pick just three financial shifts you want to make – and map out how you want to implement them. This is where teaming up with a fee-only financial planning team can help you. Choosing one per category (debt, savings, values) is an excellent place to start.

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 25, 2022

This blog talks about target markets for financial advisors and we’re going to discuss four examples of wild, wacky niches that have turned out to be simply brilliant for the advisors brave enough to venture forth. I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. How’s this for a financial advisor niche?

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XY Planning Network

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

9 MIN READ. You've made the decision to launch your firm —c ongratulations! You’re on your way to serving the clients you want, in the way you want, while building a business with enough revenue to live the lifestyle you want. That takes courage and commitment.

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XY Planning Network

OCTOBER 10, 2022

When it comes to being a financial advisor and running your practice, you must wear multiple hats – finance, business development, portfolio management, client relations, marketing, accounting – the list goes on and on. Marketing is just one piece of the puzzle, but it’s an important one.

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Sara Grillo

AUGUST 14, 2023

So we’ve got a lively crew here today to debate, does it really matter if someone is a fiduciary financial advisor, or not? For those of you who are new to my blog, my name is Sara. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. In 2008, Kelly began working directly with clients as a financial planner.

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Inside Information

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The petition notes that the SEC, in response to litigation from the Financial Planning Association back in 2005, had proposed to go further, and require anyone holding themselves out as a “financial planner” or providing “financial planning services,” or delivering a financial plan to their customers, be required to register as an RIA. .

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 11, 2022

We’re going to talk about how he provides high value as an hourly financial advisor by saving investors from the “Humpty Dumpty portfolio” and the lessons other advisors can learn about serving clients with simplicity, transparency, and integrity, whether they choose to adopt the hourly fee model or not. Was this helpful?

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Sara Grillo

MAY 23, 2022

The advice-only movement is a bigger move than a shift in fees – it’s a transcendence to a higher level of morality, transparency, and service to the consumer. What’s up with these “advice-only financial planners?” For those of you who are new to my blog/podcast, my name is Sara.

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Inside Information

OCTOBER 30, 2021

B y now, I’m sure most of you are familiar with the Committee for the Fiduciary Standard—but if not, well, it’s a group of prominent advisors who advocate that anybody who holds out as a financial planner or advisor be held to a strict fiduciary standard. I participate in their discussions, though I’m not formally a member.

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Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

John Robinson (“JR”), Founder of Financial Planning Hawaii, Inc. For those of you who are new to my blog, my name is Sara. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. JR will be on the “against” team. Scott Salaske of Firstmetric. Scott will be on the “against” team.

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