Choosing an Advisor
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Weekend Reading: A Hierarchy of the Value a Financial Advisor Provides
Your financial advisor should be much more than the implementor of your retirement plan. They are your financial thought partner, avid listener and trusted provider of sound, strategic guidance.
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Weekend Reading: When Advisors Violate Their Fiduciary Duty
At Howard Bailey, we take pride in the fact that our team is held to a fiduciary standard. Simply put, this means we are responsible to act on behalf of our clients, and must continually put their needs ahead of our own.
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Weekend Reading: The Retirement Rush
A global pandemic has the power to bring about a plethora of abrupt life transitions, and for many baby boomers, that included stepping into retirement earlier than expected.
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Weekend Reading: Why Most Financial Plans Fail
Here’s a shocking statistic: About 70 percent of financial planning recommendations are never implemented. Why? It might be a direct result of the advisor you work with, or your natural behavioral finance tendencies.
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Weekend Reading: The Financial Fiduciary Standard Explained
Many buzzwords circulate the financial industry, and ‘fiduciary’ is one.