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Thinking about hiring a financial advisor? Considering switching advisors?

 Here are some links to articles to help you find such assistance. Thanks to Michelle Singletary, personal finance writer for The Washington Post. What You Need to Know About Fee-Only Financial Advisors Fee-Only Financial Planner vs. Fee-Based: What’s the Difference? Financial adviser, financial planner or robo-advisor? Here’s how to find the right help to manage…

Can you trust the Certified Financial Planner designation?

An investigation by The Wall Street Journal revealed that “thousands of advisers with the coveted Certified Financial Planner designation listed in the group’s public directory as having clean records had histories of customer complaints, bankruptcies, regulatory problems or criminal records.” “The CFP Board had been relying solely on planners to self-report red flags in their…

How much are you paying your financial advisor? How much are they earning in commissions?

Now that the Trump administration has nixed the fiduciary standard which would have required financial advisors to hold the best interests of their retirement clients above their own pocketbooks. The Obama administration’s Labor Department had proposed a rule that financial sales people/brokers/advisors who deal with retirement accounts and clients would have to follow a fiduciary…