News & Updates
CFP® Certificants in the News: Women’s Initiative (WIN)
CFP® Certificant in the News According to the CFP Board, “the percentage of women CFP® professionals has remained flat at 23 percent for at least a decade.” Based upon CFP Board commission researched aimed at increasing that percentage, the “WIN Council” and “WIN Advocates” were created by the Board. Key information follows: “WIN Council Following…
Read MoreGood to Know: Dangerous Mistakes In Retirement – Excessive Annual Withdrawal Rates
Good to Know Six of every ten Americans fear running out of money in retirement more than death. This is the first of three blogs addressing financially dangerous and avoidable retirement mistakes. Today’s focus is upon avoiding excess withdrawal rates from one’s retirement portfolio. Before we begin, let’s address the common phrase “safe withdrawal rate.”…
Read MoreHow To Protect Your Digital Assets
CFP Board’s November 2019 “Let’s Make a Plan” newsletter addresses digital security and more There’s never been a time in history when it was more important to keep online financial records private. For example: A 2019 Pew Research Center FACTANK report indicates 9 in every 10 Americans use the internet for online shopping and social…
Read MoreThe Loss of One-Half of Marital Assets in a Spousal Application for Medicaid Long-Term Care Insurance
Good to Know Married clients could lose one-half or more of their jointly owned countable assets when a spouse applies for Medicaid Long-Term Care insurance (LTCi). Countable assets1 include cash, publicly traded investments and other assets. Today, we’ll focus on creating the awareness needed to potentially avoid the loss of countable assets. But first, let’s…
Read MoreCFP Board appoints new Managing Director of Center for Financial Planning
CFP® Board Updates The CFP Board has named D.A. Abrams, CAE as the new Managing Director of the Center for Financial Planning. In this role, Mr. Abrams will provide leadership and vision to the Center as it continues its focus on diversity, inclusion, and sustainability of the financial planning profession. The CFP Board Center for…
Read MoreGood to Know: Lesser Known Ways To Qualify for Medicaid Long-Term Care Insurance
Good to Know In our last blog, we identified three ways to manage the risk of long-term care expenses: Self-insurance for wealthy clients Private long-term care insurance for the middle class Medicaid for the desperately poor Today, our focus turns to a deeper understanding of Medicaid. Conventional wisdom holds that most Americans cannot qualify for…
Read MoreCFP® Certificants in the News: CFP® Professionals, Job Satisfaction and Demographics
CFP Board Releases 2019 Survey of CFP® Professionals. CFP Board surveys its Certificants every two years. The 2019 survey canvassed 800 CFP® Professionals and addressed a number of topics, including job satisfaction and key demographic metrics. Job Satisfaction CFP Board reported a continued trend of high job satisfaction among CFP® Professionals working as financial planners.…
Read More4 Ways to Afford Long-Term Care Insurance
How can the average American afford Long-Term Care insurance (LTCi)? Before we answer that question, let’s refresh our memory on the strategic use of LTCi. In our previous blog, we identified the following strategies to manage long-term care costs: Self-insure If you can comfortably afford catastrophic (e.g., dementia) long-term care costs of as much as…
Read MoreCFP® Professionals and Recession Preparedness
While pundits have predicted a recession that has yet to happen for several years, clients do worry about the impact to their finances if a recession occurs. According to a recent survey by CFP Board, CFP® professionals and other financial advisors make a difference in client confidence when facing recession concerns. According to the survey,…
Read MoreCFP® Certificants in the News: Are You Committing Financial Planning?
CFP® Certificant in the News A CFP® Certificant is subject to a greater duty, the duty to adhere to the Practice Standards, to clients when providing Financial Planning vs. when providing Financial Advice. As we will see in just a moment, a Certificant may be subject to the Practice Standards based upon what the client…
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