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How To Find A Financial Advisor You Can Trust

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How can you tell the difference between false prophets and legitimate financial advice? How do you know if the financial expert sitting across the desk from you can actually help? Is his primary interest to pad your pockets, or his own? This 12 question due diligence test gives you the tools you need to figure who you can trust, and who should be ignored. Don’t put your capital at risk without it.

This list results from a lifelong career as both an investment advisor and financial educator. It’s a common sense, insider’s guide to financial advice so you don’t get ripped off.

How to Buy Life Insurance Online the Smart Way

There’s more to getting the best deal on life insurance than finding a cheap, online quote. Just because your brother’s-wife’s-cousin or church friend is “in the business” doesn’t mean you’ll get a good deal either. Not even close. This ultimate guide to buying life insurance online reveals the 7 key factors to accurately calculate how much life insurance you need so you don’t overpay, how to match the right policy to your specific needs, plus 13 little-know tricks and tips that can save you a lot of money on life insurance. Discover insider secrets the life insurance salesman hope you never learn…

Whole Life Insurance – The Essential Guide

The only guide on whole life insurance you'll ever need

Did you know that 63.7% of all policies sold are whole life, even though whole life insurance is a negative expectancy bet? Do you know which terms tilt the expectancy of the policy in favor of the insurance company thus hurting you? In this article I explain the complications of mixing life insurance with investments. If you’re considering any form of life insurance then you must read this review to get insights that the salespeople don’t want you to know so that you can make a smart, informed decision…

FM 021: Money and Relationships with Farnoosh Torabi

Money and relationships with Farnoosh Torabi

Your spouse can make or break you financially. That’s no surprise, given how money is one of the leading causes of divorce. But there is much more to the relationship and money question than just divorce or marital bliss. In this episode of the Financial Mentor podcast Farnoosh Torabi and I take taboo subjects and gender biases head-on so you can avoid the landmines hiding under the financial side of your relationship…

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7 Key Reasons Why Financial Education Is Your Best Investment

Your best investment is in yourself. Discover 7 reasons why financial education pays you dividends for life and provides the highest return you'll get...

Amazingly, the single biggest skill that can make or break your financial success is not taught in school. You can graduate with a four year degree and learn nothing about personal finance or investing. Financial education is one of the great bargains in life: it costs little, risks nothing, and returns huge rewards. It is the best investment you can make. Discover how here…

FM 016: How To Choose A Financial Advisor with Michael Kitces

How to choose a financial advisor with Michael Kitces

It’s hard to know how to choose a financial advisor. There is so much value at stake; yet, how can you tell the experts from the charlatans? Who can you trust? How do you really know? In this latest episode of the Financial Mentor Podcast I’ll give you a step-by-step due diligence checklist for how to choose a financial advisor that perfectly fits your needs. You’ll discover how to sort through the maze of confusion so that you can get the expert help you need to reach your financial goals – without getting ripped off…

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FM 013: Simple Financial Planning – The Only 6 Ideas You Need To Know With Philip Taylor

Simple Financial Planning with Philip Taylor

As I sat with 3,000 fellow entrepreneurs waiting for the next speaker to enter the stage, the beauty of Portland’s antique theater overwhelmed me. Wrought iron railings, ornate tapestries, brass fixtures, and gold inset wood designs set the mood for Tess Vigelund from NPR’s “MarketPlace Money” (9 million weekly listeners) to take the stage. After thunderous applause, she stunned me with her bold statement.
Everything you need to know about financial planning is just 6 stories, and everything else written on the subject merely rehashes those core 6 stories over and over again to make them look different. Could it be true? Was financial planning really that simple? Just 6 core ideas? I was intrigued…

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FM 008: The Shocking Truth About The Financial Advice Business With Jeff Rose

The Shocking Truth About the Financial Advice Business

The financial advice business is riddled with conflicts of interest, hidden fees, and financial incentives that can cost you dearly if you don’t know how to protect yourself. Get the inside scoop showing you how the various investment product sales models work – warts, blemishes and all – so you can improve your investment performance and manage risk more effectively…

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FM 005: How To Budget Your Way To Wealth with Jesse Mecham

Jesse Mecham Budget Expert

Your budget is the foundation of your wealth plan. In fact, it is so important it’s the cornerstone. Unfortunately, most people don’t understand budgeting and falsely believe it is about sacrifice and discipline. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this fifth episode of the FinancialMentor podcast Jesse Mecham explains why budgeting is the cornerstone of your wealth plan and how you can make it work for you. Surprisingly, it is probably not what you think…

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How To Get Out Of Debt – The Complete Guide

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Are you ready to get out of debt once and for all? If you want a permanent debt solution then I have shocking news for you – debt is not a financial problem. Hard to believe, but true. Debt is actually a personal problem that masquerades in financial clothing to deceive you. That is why so many people have persistent problems with debt. Here is the simple solution to permanently solve all your debt problems…

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