By: Thicken My Wallet
I have a post this week on why this salesperson/advisor split has occurred and why I think it may get worse.
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Like you said, people need to understand the real job of the person they’re working with. If I went to a car salesman, I would assume their job was to sell me a car, but other occupations are not so...
View ArticleBy: Mr. Cheap
Jackie: That’s a good question. With the Realtor I used to buy my investment condo, I caught her in a few lies early on. I figured “the devil I knew” was better than someone who might be playing a game...
View ArticleBy: Roger Wohlner
As a fee-only financial advisor I appreciate the public’s confusion, especially between fee-only and fee-based. To me the latter is the most deceptive and confusing to the investing public. NAPFA is an...
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View ArticleBy: John Gay, CFP®
A long time ago doctors wrote and filled prescriptions. At some point, society decided that was a bad idea and split the two disciplines into doctors and pharmacists. Sadly, the same is not true in the...
View ArticleBy: Magillicutty
Our block mailbox has been recently inundated with pamphlets from the TDMP group…the guys that are presenting themselves as mortgage advisors….after reading your previous blogs and other pertinent ones...
View ArticleBy: boc
I have seen this confusion when I was in network marketing. We called ourselves financial advisors but we were really sales people because we had no idea how to properly advise people on their...
View ArticleBy: Sukhdeepak
I agree with you that burger seller will not tell you about the harmful effects of eating burger. Likewise, a drug seller will not tell you about the harmful effect of drugs. Of course he is there to...
View ArticleBy: YOY
regarding Doctors I am convinced they are no longer advisors with your best interests at heart, they are salesmen who are pitching tests, procedures and drugs to enrich their clinics, hospitals, drug...
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