“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. A new take on an old metric: “What is the most important number in personal finance? I used to think it was net worth, or possibly liquid net worth, but I have since come to the conclusion that these measures have some serious limitations. Net worth, for example, isn’t the best indicator of financial acumen because it doesn’t come with any context. It doesn’t tell you how someone got their net worth. … Given these limitations, is there a way we can adjust the LWR into…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (August 1-2, 2020)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. XY Planning Network advisor Leslie Ransom changed careers as a 40-something, gained an internship, and now works as a paraplanner to help build the RIA she started from scratch: “I said alright I’m going to go be an intern at, I don’t know how old I was, 40-something. Plus, I needed the experience to order to be a CFP because you have to have a certain number of years of experience.” Jumping Careers In Her 40s And Building Confidence In The…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (July 25-26, 2020)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Thinking about financial planning similar to doctors practicing medicine: “Financial advisors obviously aren’t saving lives like doctors do. But financial problems are a leading cause of stress in our lives. And I have to wonder – if more financial advisors started thinking more like doctors would this actually reduce the financial stress that occurs for so many people? My guess is yes.” Should We Treat Financial Advisors More Like Doctors? (Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism) How sharing your story through social media content can…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (July 11-12, 2020)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Financial Planner and FPA leader Hannah Moore's story and her top advice for new financial planners: "And I see that [isolation] in spades with younger planners. I talk to them all the time. Where they’re working at some big-name shop or broker-dealer or something, and they have no idea there’s a world outside of there. And so that’s isolation. They don’t know what else is out there."
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (June 27-28, 2020)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Making a career change as a mid-career professional: “But as a young professional exposed to the effects of the Great Recession and two rounds of layoffs in as many years, I decided to take a step back and consider what was motivating me both personally and professionally. Through that process of discovery and self-reflection, I came to realize I wasn’t on a good path at all. I had no defined goals beyond the next promotion; I wasn’t building anything I valued…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (May 23-24, 2020)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Persevering through a financial crisis to create your dream career: “My advice is, don’t give up. Learn where you are. And I would say like if you don’t like where you are, you can move on.” #FASuccess Ep 177: Career-Changing To Become A Financial Advisor In The Midst Of A (Financial Crisis And) Bear Market, with Sara Stanich (Michael Kitces, Kitces.com) Signs of hiring amid COVID-19: “Amid a pandemic, lockdowns and unprecedented volatility, advisor Evelyn Zohlen filled not one, but two open…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (May 9-10, 2020)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. This edition of Weekend Content for New Financial Planners begins on the theme of developing your professional brand. A Twitter thread from MetaLab founder and investor Andrew Wilkinson provides some thought-provoking analysis on the benefits and competitive advantages of developing your brand. Next, Barron’s Steve Garmhausen’s conducts an interview with one of the industry’s most well-known “personal brands” in Ric Edelman, covering what it takes to establish and maintain your brand. Finally, if you have any reservations about the potential for…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (April 25-26, 2020)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. This installment of “Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” begins with three articles covering the pandemic’s effects on various aspects of financial advising. The first, from Jeff Benjamin with InvestmentNews.com, provides anecdotal evidence of advisors being inundated with new client prospects as well as a Nationwide Financial survey showing nearly 25% of respondents engaged a financial advisor for the first time ever(!). Next, WealthManagement.com’s Diana Britton highlights data from the CFP® Board’s recent online survey reporting that CFP® professionals have received…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (April 11-12, 2020)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of podcasts, articles, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. This edition of “Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” opens with three articles looking at what it’s like to weather the impact of the coronavirus from the financial advisor’s perspective. Joey Loss with Life Planning Partners displays some vulnerability and a refreshing perspective in describing some of the doubts a young advisor can encounter while encouraging clients to “stay the course.” Bryan Hasling of JW Harrison follows with an insightful blog post detailing the lessons he has learned about managing clients…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (March 28, 2020)
“Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of podcasts, articles, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. This installment begins with two articles from New Planner Recruiting’s co-founder Caleb Moore. Moore provides tips on how to handle a downmarket for both job seekers and firms (as a new advisor or career-changer, “seeing” the employer’s perspective can be especially helpful). Given the turbulent markets amid the pandemic, we next look at a couple of investing-related articles. The first comes from The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig covering how the market collapse and economic slowdown affect the human brain (relevant,…
