Financial Planning
UTMA and UGMA are very similar. Both are uniform code proposals adopted by the individual states. Like other uniform codes (the uniform building code is a common one, for example) these work by proposing a common framework for states to use in order to prevent a hard to use patchwork of laws in each state. [...]
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Financial advisors and other financial professionals throw around certain terms like everyone already knows what they mean. In some cases, they are right, and in other cases, most people only have a partial grasp on what exactly a certain financial term means. In many cases, knowing the full definition of a word or phrase makes [...]
Listen to the book authors, newspaper and magazine columnists and many web sites, and you will hear that [tag]financial advisors[/tag] or [tag]financial planners[/tag] are nothing more than glorified snake oil salesmen out to separate you from your hard earned money. To listen to some in the finance industry and their champions, financial advisors and financial [...]
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Part 4 and Part 5 of the Primer about [tag]Financial Advisors[/tag] and [tag]Financial Planners[/tag] is now up. Find out about what certifications you need to understand, and why they matter. Don’t worry, it’s a way shorter list than you might think. Also, keep an eye out for TONS of new content once I get a [...]
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