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The Cold Call That Changed My Life

Let me set the scene here. It was at the beginning of my career, and I was a 22-year-old female Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley, where the average advisor at my office was 45, white, male and had an established clientele.

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Financial Planning for Millennials

When it comes to financial planning, many people learn about it the hard way. Even as adults, they get into trouble by not sticking to a budget, abusing credit cards, and not taking advantage of opportunities to acquire free money. By educating our youth

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The Financial Planning Process

In an earlier blog post, I introduced our Behavior Gap series of articles, which use Carl Richards’ insightful Behavior Gap sketches to illustrate various financial planning and investment concepts. My earlier post brought attention to the wide gap between

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