While investments have always been difficult for consumers to figure out, the ideas behind financial…
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I cut my teeth at one of the largest national brokerage firms. What you have…
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Occasionally I invite other NAPFA members (The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors) to guest…
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Your financial planner, providing she is not an attorney, will not be able to interpret…
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The following is a guest blog post by Stan Mann, a very smart and nice…
The fourth step in the financial planning process is developing and presenting recommendations and alternative…