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Financial Planners and Financial Advisors an Introduction

Listen to the book authors, newspaper and magazine columnists and many web sites, and you will hear that financial advisors or financial planners 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 Financial Advisor and Financial Planner Primer is up!

Part 4 and Part 5 of the Primer about Financial Advisors and Financial Planners 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 [...]

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Find the right financial advisor (in under 200 words)

In the USA Weekend that came in the Sunday (02/03/08) paper there was what may have been the shortest article I have ever seen on choosing the right financial advisor. This article is the perfect example of why I started the Finance Gourmet.
The article is by Sharon Epperson who is the author of a book [...]

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