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101 Ways Financial Advisors Can Add Value For Their Clients

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Because the advisor’s target client will probably only have certain planning needs (and may not require others), advisors can offer the value-adds from the hundreds of options available that best serve this target client. Tax Planning. whether to bunch contributions ) as well as location planning for charitable giving (e.g.,

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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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Transcript: Ted Seides

Barry Ritholtz

SEIDES: If the S&P is your benchmark, which it isn’t for these pools of capital. RITHOLTZ: What should be their benchmark? So the proper benchmark for those pools has to look a little bit like the underlying assets they’re investing in. So what do you use for a benchmark? 14, 15% a year? RITHOLTZ: Right.