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How To Determine The ‘Best’ CFP Education Program (For You): 2025 Update

Nerd's Eye View

To earn the CFP marks, candidates must fulfill four key requirements: Education (holding a bachelor's degree and completing the required coursework through a CFP Board registered program), Exam (passing the 170-question CFP exam), Experience (gaining hands-on experience providing financial advice to the public), and Ethics (acting as a fiduciary).

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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

But while some of these salespeople may have certainly been able to provide sound advice, there was really no way at that time for a consumer to know which among the many brokers and agents out there were actually capable of giving true and sound advice that would help them reach their goals. Read More.

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Rebuilding The Kitces Members Section And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

Nerd's Eye View

Which is surprising to some, given that a decade ago, the emergence of so-called "robo-advisors" was supposed to displace human financial advisors and compress advisory fees. In reality, though, the robos struggled to gain traction, and the human financial advice business just continues to grow.

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Announcing More Webinars And IAR CE In 2024 And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

Nerd's Eye View

For most financial advisors, 2023 was a year of rebound and reinvestment, as markets bounced back from the turbulence of 2022, and expanded profit margins allowed advisory firms room to reinvest back into the services and value they're providing clients to make sure their retention stays strong in the future.

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CFP Misconduct Research (And The Challenge Of Counting How Many Financial Advisors There Really Are)

Nerd's Eye View

Financial advisors are generally required to abide by ethical standards, such as the duty to act in a client’s best interests when giving financial advice. in Journal of Financial Regulation, however, concludes the opposite. A forthcoming study by Jeff Camarda et al.

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CFP Misconduct Research And The Challenge Of Counting How Many Financial Advisors There Really Are

Nerd's Eye View

Financial advisors are generally required to abide by ethical standards, such as the duty to act in a client’s best interests when giving financial advice. in Journal of Financial Regulation, however, concludes the opposite. A forthcoming study by Jeff Camarda et al.

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What Do Financial Adviser Designations Mean? What are the Letters after a Name?

Carson Wealth

We speak a secret language in financial planning. Translating from the secret language of financial planning, the sentence would read “Tammy specializes in insurance. Financial service professionals like Tammy climb a competence stairway to work with clients. Conferred Degrees.