Planning vs. Management
The College for Financial Planning and the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. will likely object to the statement that their business is oxymoronic. They might be justified. Let me elaborate.
The Oxford Dictionary defines an oxymoron as “a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.” Claiming that financial [...]
Someone recently asked about FDIC insurance for the money in the “banks” suggested by the EUREKONOMICS’ Money for Life Modelfor creating wealth and managing personal finances, which recommends that each American should act as his/her own banker. (Some advisors refer to these as “family banks,” “infinite banks,” or “personal banks.” The use of the term “banks,” “banking,” and [...]
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