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Financial Planning
October 1, 2012
Tyler V. Cook |
Investing Is Not Planning: Tyler Cook of Sestina Network Explains Fee-only financial planning is goal-oriented and highly customized, and forces clients to focus on the why of their financial plan. Every part of a client's plan is related and interconnected in some way.   |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
Bob Veres |
CFP Board of Fiduciaries If you're a strong advocate of professionalism and consumer protection, you'll find a lot to like in The CFP Board's "Rules of Conduct." |
Financial Advisor
July 2006
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Noteworthy Notebook The program PFP Notebook can be a good planning solution for new and low-volume financial planning practices. |
Registered Rep.
March 9, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
Puzzling Over New Questions on CFP Exam There's always a bit of anxiety in the air when financial advisors study for the rigorous Certified Financial Planner exam, but the version of the test that's coming next week may be accompanied by more than the usual share of worrying. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2015
Mary Stark-Hood |
Liability Solutions Commercial real estate practitioners need to be concerned about liability issues that can result from handling complex transactions. A comprehensive real estate errors and omissions policy is a necessity. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Angela Herbers |
Find the Fit First Sound Financial Planning will take anyone as a client: as long as they'll pay the minimum planning fee, and they buy into to the comprehensive life planning approach. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2010
Marc Freedman |
Word Games The public wants to hire financial planners who can visibly showcase an ongoing commitment to their words and promises. |
Financial Advisor
November 2003
Raymond Fazzi |
States Exacerbate Death Tax Confusion Planners are groping for answers on estate taxes. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2005
Jeffrey H. Rattiner |
Dig Deep to Climb High To stay competitive, financial planners need to increase their technical know-how. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Bob Veres |
False Fiduciaries The so-called resolution of the SEC's "Merrill Lynch rule" does nothing to keep brokers from providing financial advice without assuming legal responsibility. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
Amy Leavitt |
Don't Sell, Help In clients' minds, your fees are a leading indicator of the value they will realize from your services. Communicate clearly the value of your services to potential clients to make certain they understand the value they will realize for their fee. One tool to do this with is pricing. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2004 |
Finding the Right Advisor A good financial planner can give you knowledgeable, unbiased advice on investments, insurance, taxes, and estate planning. He can save you time, money, and angst. Some tips on picking a financial planner. |
Financial Advisor
June 2009
Karen DeMasters |
Total Service Baystate Financial uses its wide array of services to advise small business owners. |
Investment Advisor
January 2009
Kara P. Stapleton |
Group Think News from the CFP and FPA. |
Investment Advisor
September 2005
Joni Youngwirth |
Draw Up a Plan Financial planners work with retirees every day. But, due to the changing face of retirement, when it comes to planning their own retirements, they may be as befuddled as their clients. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2005
Paul E. Eckler |
How to Select a Financial Advisor You are the absolute best person to manage your money, but sometimes you might need some help. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2012
Ann Marsh |
15 Top Tax Strategies For 2012 There's a one-word theme for the 2012 tax year: uncertainty. Chief among the reasons are the sky-high exemptions on the estate tax, the lifetime gift tax and the generation-skipping tax. |
Financial Advisor
July 2005
Bruce W. Fraser |
How To Successfully Select An Estate Planning Attorney In this litigious era, there's reason aplenty for having a formal process in place for selecting an estate planning attorney for your financial planning team and not leaving it, say, to a chance meeting of someone at lunch or a seminar who seems to fit the bill. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Todd K. Ballenger |
Trading Down to a Better Retirement Without preying on your clients' fears, you can use the concern over the real estate bubble to do something that financial advisors should have been doing all along: talk about real estate as part of the comprehensive investment plan. |
Financial Advisor
December 2007
David J. Drucker |
Living The Same, Longer If traditional planning software focuses on the sufficiency of a client's assets, Dr. Laurence Kotlikoff's E$Planner focuses on the sustainability of the client's living standard and on his optimal life insurance coverage. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2005 |
Discovery Health Connection The subscription-based service offers a comprehensive library of video and multi-media content. This online K-12 resource addresses the nine critical areas of youth health and prevention. |
Investment Advisor
April 2007 |
Wealth Is The Name of the Game Letters to the editor: Never Mind Texas, What About Missouri?... Change is Good... etc. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
You Gotta Have a Plan By itself, a retirement plan sponsored by a small business or a professional practice might be modest, with $1 million or less in assets. By pursuing several plans, though, advisors may discover that "real money" is attainable. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2004 |
Need a CFP? Tips on getting money advice and a solid financial plan without pain. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2005
Kathy Gevlin |
See Dick and Jane Retire...Without the Right Plan As baby boomers approach retirement, studies show a large majority of them are inadequately prepared for the financial planning challenges. Now's the time for planners to retool their retirement offerings to better meet consumers' needs. |
Registered Rep.
December 4, 2014
Diana Britton |
Investors Prefer Holistic Advice, CFP Board Says Contrary to the prevailing belief in this industry that it pays to focus on a niche market, investors actually prefer to work with an advisor who can discuss all areas of their life. |
Financial Advisor
May 2006
Karen DeMasters |
Life Decisions Among financial planners and estate consultants, conversations with clients about such issues of living wills, medical directives and medical powers of attorney, the consequences each of these might have for long-term care and estate planning, are becoming increasingly important. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
Mike Patton |
Temperament & Tools To do the job right, the fiduciary financial planner needs the right temperament, and the right tools. Here's how one advisor does it. |
Financial Advisor
August 2006 |
Letters to the Editor Article Undercuts Its Premise... Shirking Personal Responsibility... |
Financial Advisor
September 2005
Bruce W. Fraser |
Through The Eyes Of Estate Planning Attorneys Attorneys and financial advisors are natural allies in the estate planning process, but if the relationship is not cultivated properly, it can deteriorate quickly. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2005
Lauren Barack |
2015: The Social Security Question Financial planners believe that privatizing Social Security will create more work, with little payoff for them or their clients. Assessing a client's risk tolerance for their retirement accounts is one thing. Assessing that tolerance against their Social Security income is another. |
Entrepreneur
September 2005
Marc Diener |
Without a Sign An exchange of letters or a simple promise can be legally binding, even without a formal signature. |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
10 Documents You Shouldn't Live Without Don't get caught without these documents (living will, durable power of attorney, etc.). |
Financial Advisor
August 2004
Dave Moran |
What Have You Done For Me Lately? When the client asks, be ready with your answer: comprehensive planning. |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Financial Planning Ethics With the increasing complexity of the financial world, it's increasingly important to find professionals you can trust. By choosing a financial planner who is governed by strict ethical principles and guidelines, you can feel more confident that you will get the advice and assistance you deserve. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2004
David Gardner |
Finding Financial Independence The author reflects on freedom and retirement this Fourth of July. |
Financial Advisor
May 2007 |
Frontline News Don't Party Like It's 1999... CFP Board Moving Headquarters... Advisors Settle Multimillion Lawsuits... FPA's New Fiduciary Standard For All Planners... Mesirow Advisors Become RIAs... |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
The Evolving Practice Financial planning covers so many different strokes these days, for so many different types of folks, that it's difficult to generalize about the evolution of practice management. |
Investment Advisor
July 2007
James J. Green |
CFP Board Adds Fiduciary Requirement The Board of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards adopted a revised version of its code of ethics, adding new language that requires all 54,000 CFPs to "at all times place the interest of the client ahead of his or her own." |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2009
Gerri Leder |
Family Office: Frontier or Fad? Some advisors are jumping on the multifamily-office bandwagon, looking for the "new, new thing" that will transform their practices, revive their books, and restore their enjoyment for the business. |
