Tag Archives: financial interests

Financial Planning vs. Financial Plans

Many financial planners charge $5,000 or more to develop a retirement plan, or a five-year plan, for you and your family. You will receive a nice, thick brochure with numbers in it. Separate each page carefully. You now have a … Continue reading

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CommonSense InvestSense: REAL Wealth Management 2019

I originally ran this series back in 2013. The series has proven to be among the blog’s most popular posts. So we are going to update the original posts and re-run the entire series. Today we address the ongoing “wealth … Continue reading

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Sunlight Is the Best Disinfectant

A previous InvestSense white paper discussed one question every investor should ask their financial advisers whenever investment recommendations are provided-“Why?”  The new InvestSense white paper, “Sunlight Is the Best Disinfectant,” provides nineteen more questions that investors should ask to better … Continue reading

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New Investor Protection White Paper

With the new year comes the renewed debate for a universal fiduciary standard that would protect the public by requiring that anyone providing investment advice to the public must put the customer’s financial interests ahead of those of the adviser.  … Continue reading

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