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

Carson Wealth

I could also be fairly sure that Tammy is a licensed insurance agent and that she has access to sophisticated software tools and may or may not engage in financial planning. If a financial service professional represents an insurance company, they must be legally appointed by that company as an agent.

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What are the Different Types of Financial Advisors?

WiserAdvisor

There are several kinds of financial advisors, including financial planners, retirement planners, portfolio managers, insurance agents, wealth managers, accountants, investment advisors, robo- advisors, stockbrokers, and more. Usually, portfolio managers are one of two kinds: active or passive.

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

Sara Grillo

” -Scott Salaske Salaske says that it would be have to have a growth driver or utility, or else it would be like picking up a rock and putting it into your portfolio. 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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This broker vs. financial advisor debate got ABSOLUTELY crazy!

Sara Grillo

“It comes down to the client’s needs, what the strategy is going to provide for the client, and then we look at how we can efficiently affect how those costs hit that client in their portfolio.” – Charles King. He holds multiple FINRA licenses and he is associated with The Leaders Group, and independent broker-dealer. Charles King.

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

Sara Grillo

Assuming we all agree that financial planning does not yet meet the standard for being considered a” profession”, what do you believe is required in order for that to happen? The debaters are: Robert Wright, CFP®, a financial consultant with Advocacy Wealth Management. Robert will be on the “for” team.

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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

The debaters include: Robert Wright, CFP®, a financial consultant with Advocacy Wealth Management. John Robinson (“JR”), Founder of Financial Planning Hawaii, Inc. JR agrees, stating that 70% of CFP holders have insurance licenses. #4 It’s about to get very, very heated so let’s get on to the show!

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