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Financial advisors understand money and investing to a degree that surpasses a majority of the population. Because of that, advisors must frequently navigate gaps in their clients\u2019 financial educations. Here are some common client misconceptions and how to handle them.<\/h3>\n

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With frequent client misconceptions around even the 101 level of finance<\/a>, it can be tricky for advisors to bridge the gap and clearly communicate their strategies. Barse counteracts this through a robust onboarding process<\/a>.\u00a0Vance Barse noted, \u201cWhen clients come onboard, we like to start with an understanding of what their foundational financial literacy is, what they are trying to achieve in their planning\/investment process, and pair the two so they can understand how what we\u2019re doing for them is unique to their goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

See An Advisor\u2019s Guide to Client Misconceptions<\/a> in ETF Trends.<\/p>\n

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Financial Advisors’ confidence level of financial literacy and planning is different from that of their clients. Because of this, it may be a struggle getting on the same page at the beginning of any financial wealth management services. Vance Barse, Founder of Your Dedicated Fiduciary\u00ae, starts with an understanding of what their foundational financial literacy is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

Financial advisors understand money and investing to a degree that surpasses a majority of the population. Because of that, advisors must frequently navigate gaps in their clients\u2019 financial educations. Here are some common client misconceptions and how to handle them.<\/h3>\r\nAn excerpt:\r\n
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With frequent client misconceptions around even the 101 level of finance, it can be tricky for advisors to bridge the gap and clearly communicate their strategies. Barse counteracts this through a robust onboarding process.\u00a0Vance Barse noted, \u201cWhen clients come onboard, we like to start with an understanding of what their foundational financial literacy is, what they are trying to achieve in their planning\/investment process, and pair the two so they can understand how what we\u2019re doing for them is unique to their goals.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nSee An Advisor\u2019s Guide to Client Misconceptions<\/a> in ETF Trends.","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[158,148,217,176],"tags":[101,159,16,15,118,143,224,22],"class_list":["post-2822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiduciary-financial-planner","category-financial-advisor","category-financial-literacy","category-news","tag-charitable-planning","tag-estate-planning","tag-financial-advisor","tag-financial-planning","tag-money-management","tag-portfolio-management","tag-wealth-advisors","tag-wealth-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAn Advisor\u2019s Guide to Client Misconceptions - Your Dedicated Fiduciary\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Financial advisors struggle to align with a client ahead of a wealth management partnership. 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