The Fiduciary Rule, proposed by the Department of Labor (DOL) several years ago, and signed into law in April 2016 may be meeting a dead-end. And the Rule may be snuffed out before most individual investors even learned about it. But individuals ought to get an...
Why would anybody pay someone to evaluate their financial situation and not be truthful with that person? It seems like a waste of time, money and effort. Yet, we’re all guilty of doing this exact thing! We all go to various professionals for help several times...
In this post we discuss what is a credit freeze, is it worth getting one, and what happened with the Equifax breach and why it may impact you. Part of our “job” so to speak is to manage your investments. But another part of what we do is help you plan...
There needs to be a discovery period between advisor and prospective client. It should be conducted almost as an interview. Both advisor and prospective client NEED to find out if the relationship will be a good match. Each situation will be different, but here are a...
The fiduciary rule is partially in place as of June 9th. The most important thing this rule has done for the investing world is it has woken the public up to how important it is to work with a fiduciary adviser. What does being a fiduciary even mean? Well it means...
