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2022 Best-Of Highlights From The Nerd’s Eye View Blog

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Creating Visual Deliverables That Clearly Communicate Financial Planning Concepts – While technical expertise is necessary to formulate a financial plan, being able to clearly communicate the findings to a client can make all the difference between whether or not the client will understand and agree to implement the advisor’s recommendations.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Dec 31-Jan 1) 2023

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A new study shows that there is a wide gap between firms leveraging technology to enhance the client experience and those that do not treat their tech stack as a priority. How advisors are increasingly purchasing individual bonds rather than bond funds in client accounts. Another measure in SECURE 2.0

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The 4 Keys to Building a 100% Remote Bookkeeping Practice

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For many bookkeepers and accountants, working remotely is a reality that has breathed energy back into the passion they feel for their work and their life. Many bookkeepers and accountants tend to be a little introverted, making it a challenge to “sell yourself” and get people to take notice.

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Dropping A B/D License Without Dropping Current B/D Platform

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And so, what we did, and I guess the advantage of being with a broker-dealer is those are now Commonwealth house accounts. Just they’re Commonwealth house accounts, so that slice of what was 6% of revenue, it goes to them. They’re just handling the existing house accounts that are there. Author: Michael Kitces.

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Using Detailed Meeting Checklists to Drive Referral Growth

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” It’s constant communication through the year. And then we got the transition done, and then were able to get right back into financial planning mode where we’re doing the systematic reviews and getting everyone on board and used to the new systems. Not just, “Here’s an insurance and investment mix.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Dec 17-18) 2022

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How firms can best leverage their internal data to improve the number of client referrals they receive. We also have a number of articles on retirement planning: While weak stock and bond market performance has challenged advisors and their clients this year, these trends have likely increased the ‘safe’ withdrawal rate for new retirees.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Nov 26-27) 2022

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While the contents of the new rule are unknown, expert ERISA attorney Fred Reish thinks that it could fall in the middle of the Obama and Trump rules, as the administration will have to take into account the Fifth Circuit ruling that vacated the original Obama rule. Meb Faber Research).