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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Sept 3-4)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: How enforcement of FINRA Rule 4111 could further the decline in the number of broker-dealers and registered representatives. A study suggests that some fund companies are misleading investors by changing their benchmark indices to make their performance look better.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (September 2-3)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: A legal challenge to FINRA's operations as a self-regulatory organization has the potential to upend the current regulatory system for broker-dealers and their registered representatives A recent study indicates that while many consumers appear confident handling their finances on a 'DIY' basis during their careers, (..)

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Kitces & Carl Ep 99: What Does It Take For You To Find The Confidence To Take Action?

Nerd's Eye View

This can emerge as procrastination, overanalysis, or becoming occupied with any number of tasks that they feel are necessary to complete first (such as ensuring every minute detail has been thoroughly examined and vetted) before taking any steps toward executing the actual idea being considered.

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Planning For Adoption: Understanding Different Pathways And Their Costs, Tax Breaks, And Financial Assistance Available

Nerd's Eye View

Which means that financial advisors can play an important role in adoption planning – helping clients strategically plan for the costs involved in the process, including accessing tax credits that can significantly defray these expenses.

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#FA Success Ep 326: Finding Marketing Success By Building Spreadsheets To Track That Advisor Data, With Erica Pauly

Nerd's Eye View

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how, through a series of Google Sheets, Erica helps advisory firms begin to track each of the steps in their marketing funnel, analyze how successful those steps are in turning a lead into client, and develop strategies to help improve those metrics, why Erica focuses on 5 key marketing metrics of stick rate, (..)

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Transcript: Tim Buckley, Vanguard’s CEO

The Big Picture

And we had prioritized all our strategic plans, we had to figure out how to get them done while people were remote. We’ve always been a virtual company, just used to be through the mail and 1-800 number when I joined. So that’s a number I hadn’t seen before. Number one, you put it back into the business.

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12 Best Paying Jobs in Finance in 2023

Good Financial Cents

Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment numbers for Financial Managers are expected to rise by 17% over the next decade , faster than the average for all occupations. Financial managers are responsible for developing long-term financial plans, directing investment activities, and generating financial reports for their company.