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How to Choose Financial Professionals

Description
Participants who attend this course will gain important skills to better screen and select financial advisers/planners, portfolio managers, brokers and brokerage firms, tax professionals, attorneys, and insurance agents.

Audience
Recommended for those who would like greater knowledge and ability to make more informed decisions when choosing financial professionals

Materials
Each participant will receive a 50-plus page workbook, which reviews each topic covered and provides a resource guide and glossary for future use

Duration
2 hours

Learning Outcomes

Learn the essential questions to ask before selecting a financial professional. Identify the ways financial professionals get compensated. Compare brokerage firms and other financial institutions. Determine what level of service is needed. Learn how to uncover red flags when choosing financial professionals. Be better able to protect against investment fraud. Define four crucial client rights in arbitration. Discuss the meaning and requirements for various professional credentials. Learn how to negotiate lower fees and trading costs. Organize and prepare financial information to save time and money. Discover how to perform thorough background checks. Review the governing organizations regulating financial professionals.