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Fee-Only vs. Commission-Based Information

Inside Information

In its efforts to ‘fill space,’ our current professional/trade media is forcing its advisor consumers to wade through a lot of articles and material that they know is of no value to them, their firms, or their careers, and spend valuable time seeking out what might be relevant. And then I realized what is the point of this rant.

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3 Things You Don’t Know About Josh

The Big Picture

billion in fee only asset flows for the full year 2013; 37% of Morgan Stanley wealth management’s total client assets are now in fee based accounts a record high. In every market moment, there is one man – and it is always a man – who is deified by his peers and the media; an anointed one in every sense of the term.

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This financial advisor makes getting leads from social media look like a piece of cake!

Sara Grillo

Financial advisors are skeptical that you can actually get leads from social media. Today we’ll be talking to Thomas Kopelman , co-founder of AllStreet Wealth and you want to pay attention here because he makes getting leads from financial advisor social media look like a piece of cake! And now onto the blog! How did he do it?

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Get a job as a Financial Paraplanner at an RIA firm and ignore the schmucky wirehouse and insurance jobs!

Sara Grillo

Fee-only advisor – This is an advisor that does not charge commissions and hence is believed to be more aligned with the client’s best interests. Fee-only advisors are bound to the fiduciary standard. He knew before graduating fee-only was the path for him, his conscience, and his personality.

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“My client hired another advisor for their business 401(k).”

Sara Grillo

My client’s estate planning attorney said they should hire a fee-only advisor to manage their assets, and then they asked me if I charge fees or commissions. As a fiduciary, I charge 1% of your assets, and do not accept commissions.” I’m a Social Security expert.

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How to Become a Financial Advisor or Financial Planner in India?

International College of Financial Planning

They may charge for their services either on a commission basis or hourly rates. However, our advice is to trust financial planners who either take a flat annual fee or charge per hour for managing your portfolio instead of charging a commission on every stock they buy or sell. Go for Fee-Only Financial Advisors.

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What is the future of financial advisor fees?

Sara Grillo

Fee-only vs. fee-based. But… Fee for service (and only fee for service) is a haven where the sales agenda mimicry cannot follow. For marketing tips in the transparency age… Learn what to say to prospects on social media messenger apps without sounding like a washing machine salesperson.