Is fee-only financial planning objective? Not in the popular vision of how the term “objective” is used, no. But perhaps I should explain myself. Most financial advisers want to be known as being a good guy (or gal). That means “taking care of your clients” or “placing your client’s interests above your own.” Sometimes, this [...]
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Is Fee-Only Financial Planning Objective?
October 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Philosophy In Financial Planning
Should Financial Advisers Be Licensed?
September 25th, 2012 · No Comments · Philosophy In Financial Planning
Licensing in the financial planning industry is almost taken as a given. Various financial planning educational institutions and organizations welcome, with open arms, the idea of licensing all individuals who want to work in the financial planning industry. They employ lobbyists and even call for a centralized organization that would serve as the AMA of [...]
The Pedagogic Nature Of A Financial Advisor
July 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · Philosophy In Financial Planning
Financial advisors are often seen as, more or less, glorified money managers who focus primarily on investing. The financial advisor was a “new professional” born in the late 1960s, it is said, to deal with the ever increasing complexity of financial products and the compartmentalization of the financial industry at that time. While I think [...]
Exposing The So-Called Experts
December 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Insurance & Savings, Philosophy In Financial Planning
If you listen long enough to so-called experts like, Dave Ramsey or Suze Orman, and the legion of followers at Primerica, you will walk away with the feeling that they just don’t want you to buy cash value life insurance. During the Great Depression, life insurers and permanent, cash value, policies were one of the [...]
How To Achieve All of Your Financial Goals in Life and Avoid Becoming a Helpless, Dependent, Victim
November 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Philosophy In Financial Planning
Let’s suppose for a moment that you wake up one morning with a stiff neck. As the day progresses, the stiffness turns into a dull pain. The dull pain grows and grows, getting worse by the hour. You think about the situation for a moment and decide that you can do one of 3 things: [...]