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Why advice-only financial planning may be the honest path to better decisions
For many people, the word "financial planner" brings a mix of hope and skepticism. You want someone who can help you think clearly about retirement, college funding, or estate issues. But you also suspect that the person across the table might be counting the commission on whatever product they can sell you. That tension is real, and it has led a growing number of consumers to seek a model that separates guidance from product sales: advice-only financial planning. In this m