Choosing a financial planner.

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It's a sad fact of the industry - 89Swine 2019-03-18 14:14:23
- the CFP thing is kind of funny - jt 2019-03-18 18:10:34
- This is complete B.S. - The Magic Rat 2019-03-18 14:52:32
  - Whoa, looks like I struck a nerve. - 89Swine 2019-03-18 16:41:47
    - Well, when people say things that are completely wrong - The Magic Rat 2019-03-18 18:31:13
      - Except it's not wrong. - 89Swine 2019-03-18 19:41:42
        Well, if my business model consisted of trying to somehow - The Magic Rat 2019-03-18 21:03:57
        Heh, it's the one time a year I'll come to Swine's defense - dulac89 2019-03-19 12:07:05
        On this we agree. - BottleofRed 2019-03-19 14:16:49
        I can no longer trust your judgment on anything * - dulac89 2019-03-19 14:20:19
I recently let my financial planner go. - Jellyfinger 2019-03-18 13:12:16
- be careful - jt 2019-03-18 13:17:22
- First sign of worry: mutual funds * - airborneirish 2019-03-18 13:14:05
  - What would that cause worry? * - rflor 2019-03-18 13:22:37
    - Because they under-perform index funds? - NavyJoe 2019-03-18 15:20:13
      - the goal of every mutual fund is to outperform the index? - jt 2019-03-18 17:55:08
        I understand that - NavyJoe 2019-03-18 18:48:04
        okay, but many can also scoff at index funds - jt 2019-03-18 20:45:49
      - 100% of mutual funds underperform index funds? - rflor 2019-03-18 15:50:09
        For the horizon of any investor building for retirement yes - airborneirish 2019-03-18 16:40:49
        As JT describes below, good money management - rflor 2019-03-18 19:19:00
        "mutual funds" is just an overused term that can lead to - jt 2019-03-18 18:02:43
        A sobering perspective of Actively Managed Funds linked (link) - NavyJoe 2019-03-18 16:09:09
        not all investors have the ability/desire - jt 2019-03-18 17:59:45
        I absolutely cede to your knowledge of this industry - NavyJoe 2019-03-18 18:52:45
        it's an industry thing - jt 2019-03-18 20:43:29
just looking at the site briefly - jt 2019-03-18 08:50:32
Ask your Planner to show you his portfolio over the years - Paddy O'Furniture 2019-03-18 05:41:38
- this might be the most ridiculous thing I've ever read - jt 2019-03-18 08:43:31
  - What's ridiculous about it? Seems reasonable to me... - The Magic Rat 2019-03-18 11:54:10
    - I guess I was in a rush - jt 2019-03-18 13:13:15