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CFP Board’s Fee Increase For Workforce Development: More Advisors Or Just More Sales Churn?

Nerd's Eye View

But these positions are often tenuous for new advisors, with extremely high failure rates, driven in large part by compensation that is reliant primarily on commissions from product sales.

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How Amazon Become Ordinary

The Big Picture

I’ve been an Amazon customer since my college roommate gave me a gift certificate in 1998. Thirds party sales : the proliferation of third-party sales as opposed to Amazon as your retailer has led to a general degradation of quality. For the past 20 years, they have been the default choice for consumption.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 135: Do Experienced Financial Planners Have A Professional Obligation To Create Job Opportunities For The Next Generation?

Nerd's Eye View

On a smaller scale, meanwhile, several firms have implemented residency programs designed to offer meaningful work experience to young planners fresh out of school who are able to take on entry-level work, meet their experience requirements for their CFP certification, and then leave after 2 or 3 years.

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Saturday links: cloudy predictions

Abnormal Returns

nytimes.com) Despite all the EV hype, hybrid sales are on the rise. vox.com) Joby ($JOBY) is clearing more hurdles on the way to certification. EVs Chinese manufacturers, like Nio, are pulling ahead on EV technology. msn.com) EV owners are going to need something to do while their cars charge. newatlas.com) U.S.

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A Season of Gratitude, Celebrations, and Forward Thinking

Carson Wealth

Later in the month, on October 29th, we partnered with Alecia Barnette, Senior Vice President of Sales, for a Long-Term Care Seminar. Professional Milestones Congratulations are in order for Zach, who obtained his CFP certification on November 7th!

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The 16 Best Jobs For Moms With No Degree

Clever Girl Finance

Sales associate Average salary: $60,000/year One of the perks of working in sales is that you can work in almost any industry, e.g., insurance, real estate, medical devices, cars, etc. Requirements: Strong communication skills Some employers may require sales associate certifications 4.

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: Bionano Genomics’ $2.1 million in cash in SVB accounts is part of $113.2 million in cash, cash equivalents and AFS securities

MarketWatch

million in available-for-sale (AFS) securities as of Dec. Uninsured depositors will receive a receivership certificate for the remaining amount of their uninsured funds.” BNGO rallied 1.3% in morning trading Monday, reversing an earlier loss of as much as 7.5%, after the life sciences instrumentation company said it had about $2.1