Qualities of a good financial planner

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A good financial planner should be attentive to the individual needs of his or her clients. A good financial planner should be able to provide valuable insights and advice on a wide range of topics, such as budgeting, investing, insurance, and retirement. A good financial planner should be proactive rather than reactive. They should help clients work towards their personal goals and timelines by taking into account the client's current situation and future goals. The end goal is to identify ways for clients to maximize their potential for future wealth creation through well-informed decisions about expenditures today.

A good financial planner is also an important business partner that should take into account his or her client's individual needs and concerns in making decisions. A good financial planner should understand how to balance risk versus reward within a client's financial portfolio. They should be able to provide recommendations that are aligned with the client's current lifestyle, objectives, and goals.

A good financial planner provides unbiased advice and information on investing by clearly understanding the differences between securities, mutual funds, investment trusts, bonds, and stocks. The financial planner then makes recommendations based on available information about those different types of investments and other important factors such as correlations, historical returns, volatility or beta.
 
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