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Taking Due Diligence Beyond Exploration: 6 Important Considerations

Diamond Consultants

When the thought of making a move “gets real,” there’s another level of due diligence that advisors should embark upon. Most advisors consider the process of due diligence to be a disruptive and cumbersome ritual of “meet and greet.” So, what’s “strategic due diligence”? So, what are you to do?

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The 5 Advisor Archetypes: Which One Are You?

Diamond Consultants

When it comes to due diligence and even a transition, no two advisors – or their paths – are the same. Here’s why that matters… It’s interesting how advisors think that many of the processes around due diligence and transition are the same. And, of course, there are certain steps that pretty much are what they are.

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How to CRACK the secret costs in an insurance illustration

Sara Grillo

For those of you who are new to my blog/podcast, my name is Sara. It requires care, skill, prudence, and due diligence (a best interests standard of care) to be followed when selling insurance. I am a CFA® charterholder and I used to be a financial advisor. And it grows or doesn’t grow. And 0:30:26.4

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Blunt, unfiltered truth about Indexed Universal Life

Sara Grillo

For those of you who are new to my blog, my name is Sara. Is this blog able to be consumed by the public… 0:34:06.9 Listen to this if you are a financial advisors or consumer who wants to see through the crap and make better decisions about whether IUL is good for you (or your client) or NOT. No, that’s no problem.

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Keep your clients far away from ESG investing – it’s a rip-off!

Sara Grillo

For those of you who are new to my blog/podcast, my name is Sara. From a Wall Street Journal Article: The environmental, social, and governance funds’ average fee was 0.2% Thanks for reading our blog about the drawbacks of ESG investing. I am a CFA® charterholder and I used to be a financial advisor.

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Transcript: Corey Hoffstein on Return Stacking  

The Big Picture

Not only did he stand up a research shop from a dorm room in college and started selling model portfolios to fund managers, but eventually created a suite of first mutual funds. Somehow no one in due diligence ever asked them about any of this. Prohibits you from showing a back test for a mutual fund or an ETF.

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Transcript: Aswath Damodaran

The Big Picture

You have a blog. And you could probably get that dressing in small pieces if you want because when I do my YouTube videos and blog posts, you’re essentially seeing things that will show up as riffs in my class. DAMODARAN: We’re going to do our due diligence. We also tell them to do due diligence.

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