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How To Manage A Financial Windfall In 10 Steps

Clever Girl Finance

Windfall money might materialize in the form of gifts, bonuses, settlements, inheritances, lottery winnings, property sales, etc. No matter the source of funds, getting any kind of financial windfall can immediately send your mind reeling with possibilities. So, what would you do if you received a large lump sum of money?

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This broker vs. financial advisor debate got ABSOLUTELY crazy!

Sara Grillo

I don’t care what that sales rep is making. A student of the industry, he also has the following designations: the Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI), the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), the Certified Financial Planner (CFP), and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

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Transcript: Charlie Ellis

The Big Picture

You’re not allowed to do anything in investment management, and then allow it to do anything in sales. The mutual fund business is all about sales and investing. And second, there’s no sales. RITHOLTZ: Right. ELLIS: I don’t have to do it. What are you going to do? People are going to come to us.

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This year’s Wild Crypto Debate

Sara Grillo

Ever since the beginning of his 20+ year long career, Scott has pursued his mission of delivering high quality financial advice in a low cost and unbiased way. A few years later Scott merged Quest with another local investment advisory firm, Portfolio Solutions, that shared the same investment principles at that time.

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Crypto – just a rock, or a good investment? (debate got wild)

Sara Grillo

Ever since the beginning of his 20+ year long career, Scott has pursued his mission of delivering high quality financial advice in a low cost and unbiased way. A few years later Scott merged Quest with another local investment advisory firm, Portfolio Solutions, that shared the same investment principles at that time.

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

Sara Grillo

I think that one of the challenging things is that sales kinda has a dirty dirty name to it, right? Oh, well, you’re not really a financial planner, you’re a financial salesperson. Now, granted, I don’t think that that’s true.

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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

The CFP Board promotes a faux fiduciary standard that does not require its members to disclose potential conflicts of interest in writing and that does not require them disclose the percentage or amount of commission its members may receive from the sale of insurance products with opaque commissions. Accountant-Lawyer Alliance. www.cfp.net.

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