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By The Skilled Investor, February 5, 2008, 11:39 am
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Even if you actually are getting good financial advice, paying your investment advisor via a sales load charge is just one of several potential compensation methods.
A sales load might be the method that you prefer to compensate your broker or advisor. If your advisor is truly competent and ethical, he may be able to manage […]

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By The Skilled Investor, January 28, 2008, 8:53 am
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There are three primary types of third party or commission-based compensation: commission-only, fee-based commission, and fee-offset commission.
How an advisor is compensated can be a very important issue. With commission-only advisors, there is no direct cost to the client for planning and advice. The advice appears to be free, but it is not. Most clients find […]

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