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Don’t be tricked by 8% eternal Universal Life Insurance Interest Rates!

Sara Grillo

I wrote a bunch of consumer advocacy blogs here to protect people from all the BS. Variable universal life (VUL=mutual funds) were/are illustrated using an 8%-12% CD-like ROR eternally. Also, nothing in this podcast or blog can be interpreted as legal or compliance advice. That is a mathematical impossibility.

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The SVB Situation and Your Financial Picture

Integrity Financial Planning

If you have bank accounts covered by the FDIC of under $250,000 (or $500,000 for a jointly owned account with your spouse), your money is legally insured from a potential bank failure. If you use your bank’s brokerage service to buy mutual funds and the brokerage fails, you won’t be protected by federal deposit insurance.

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Can You Turn Investment Losses Into Tax Gains?

Integrity Financial Planning

This strategy is when you sell stocks, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and other investments carrying a loss to offset gains from other investments sold. If this might be the case for you, engaging in tax-loss harvesting may help you save on taxes in a sensible, legal way. What is Tax-Loss Harvesting?

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Use this template for a flat fee advisor website!

Sara Grillo

Other additional fees that you can expect to incur, but that will not be paid to us in any part, may include: Trading fees Brokerage commissions Mutual funds and ETF expenses Custodial fees. I want to be clear that nothing in this podcast or blog can be interpreted as an investment recommendation of any type.

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The Rise of Direct Indexing

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

We explore the history of investing, which started with the purchase of individual stocks by investors and then the development of mutual funds, which collectively helped pool risk and provide greater diversification. Higher Net Fees….Better Better After-Tax Result? This material is intended for educational purposes only.

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Taking Due Diligence Beyond Exploration: 6 Important Considerations

Diamond Consultants

Is your firm aggressive and litigious in pursuing legal remedies for advisors who leave? Does the current book map over in terms of investments (SMA, UMA, mutual funds, alternatives, ETFs, etc.)? Your Current Employment Contract. Do you have garden leave or other post-employment restrictions? Investments and Lending Book.

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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.