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How to Navigate Hiring a Financial Planner

If you are currently working with a financial advisor or are thinking about working with one, you’ll want to make sure you tune in to this week’s episode of The Money Guy Show.  With nearly 300,000 financial professionals hanging their hat on the same tile of “financial advisor,” it’s important for any investor to understand the different types of financial professionals that exist and what they do.

Navigating your personal finances can be complicated enough. Finding the right type of financial professional for your needs can be a little easier when you know what to look for and where you can find it.

In this week’s installment of The Money Guy Show, we offer helpful tips and tools as you consider your options when it comes to financial professionals.

Tune in and find out:

  • When you should consider recruiting the help of a financial advisor
  • What type of financial advisors exist and what do they do
  • What services you should look for and receive from a financial advisor
  • Why compensation model matters
  • How to uncover conflicts of interest
  • The difference been Suitability Standard and Fiduciary Standard (and which one professionals are held to)
  • How to sort through the “alphabet soup” of financial designations
  • A few DIY tactics you can deploy to start your financial planning
  • Tons of resources available to you to help you navigate finding a financial advisor and manage your finances

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