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Personal finance links: relying on experts

Abnormal Returns

peterlazaroff.com) Housing Taxes and insurance are creeping up as a percentage of total home ownership costs. wsj.com) Personal finance You need to put on your own (financial) oxygen mask first. nytimes.com) Be careful who you trust for financial advice. wsj.com) Owning a home isn't for everyone.

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#FA Success Ep 325: Building Success In The Financial Advice Business From A Financially Challenged Upbringing, With Brenda Hiscock

Nerd's Eye View

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how, while Brenda was still in high school, her mother died suddenly and she was left with the responsibility of caring for her younger sibling which created a large financial burden that Brenda couldn’t handle despite working 2 jobs and eventually led to her becoming homeless and beginning a cycle of alcohol (..)

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Is It Time To Lock in 5% Yields?

A Wealth of Common Sense

We also covered questions about offering financial advice to family members, how to lower your auto insurance rates, how many years worth of fixed income you need in your portfolio and how to begin the estate planning process.

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Adviser links: dissolving structures

Abnormal Returns

citywire.com) Your (potential) clients are looking online for financial advice. advisorperspectives.com) Health care shocks are better insured than long-term care shocks. (kitces.com) Working with UNHW clients is more complex. advisorperspectives.com) Retirement planning models are just uncertainty piled on uncertainty.

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Announcing IAR Ethics CE Day And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

Nerd's Eye View

In the early days when financial advisors were first and foremost salespeople for insurance and investments products, the reality is that "advisor training and education" wasn't really about finance or advice… it was mostly just about learning how the company's products worked and how to effectively sell them to consumers.

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The Market For “Lemons” In Financial Advice: How Higher Standards Can Lower Costs And Increase Access To Advice

Nerd's Eye View

In fact, even a relatively modest shift to a higher-trust environment (which may be achieved by enacting higher standards) that just partially reduces the incredibly high client acquisition costs of financial advisors could more than offset the entire cost of fiduciary liability insurance from those higher standards!

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Adviser links: helping clients feel secure

Abnormal Returns

downtownjoshbrown.com) How indexing has made for a better financial advice industry. sciencedaily.com) How the pandemic affected life insurance premia. (washingtonpost.com) Daniel Crosby offers another sneak preview of an essay from his upcoming book, "The Soul of Wealth." forbes.com) Why older Americans are at-risk of scams.

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