Why Your Financial Plan Needs a Second Opinion
People often question if they’re doing all they can to protect their portfolios from losses while taking advantage of buying opportunities. To help you gain more confidence in your financial well-being, it can be beneficial to get a second opinion. Even if you’re happy with your current plan, a second opinion can help pinpoint issues or call attention to parts that might be overlooked otherwise. Here are five reasons why it might be time to consider a second opinion.
- All financial planners are different, and each offers different services and products. You need a planner who is truly independent and not forced to offer a limited selection of options to meet your goals and objectives. The advisor you want is one that can customize a solution for whatever your circumstances may be.
- You’ll want to make sure your advisor is a fiduciary, which means that an advisor puts your needs and goals before their own. If you’re currently seeing an advisor that is not a fiduciary like ours, that may mean they’re not keeping your best interests in mind.
- Make sure you’re working with someone with the proper credentials. Ideally, you’ll want to see a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) because they follow higher standards in terms of education and ethics. The best of both worlds would be an independent fiduciary who is a CFP. Then they’d have access to almost any strategy, product or security and have to put your interests first.
- Many advisors just do their own research and make investment decisions for your portfolio or put you in a cookie-cutter portfolio that isn’t really designed or customized for your specific goals. What you really need is an investment committee made up of people with the right experience and the right credentials. It should be a team with access to up to date research performed by qualified and experienced professionals ideally lead by a Certified Financial Analyst (CFA).
- Among the most important reasons to consider a second opinion is coordination. At Lineweaver Financial Group, we offer all our clients total coordination between all of their financial, tax, legal and insurance planning. We can even work alongside advisors they already know and trust. This helps ensure they have a holistic plan, focused on their best interest while making sure nothing slips through the cracks.
Just like you’d get a second opinion from a doctor, it’s always a good idea to get a second opinion when it comes to your finances and we offer all PSE clients one with no cost or obligation. Give us a call 216-520-1711 so we can help you and answer any questions about your retirement decisions.
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