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AutoBahned
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Greater Metropolitan Nimrod, Orygun
Posts: 55,993
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both Fidelity & Vanguard offer 'robo-advisors' - they are more generic than a human (but you may need to watch out for humans...)
with a human planner or advisor, be sure to watch out for them selling high fee funds - I tried out a free session with one and got some pamphlets for their funds - flipped to the back and looked at the expenses - 7% for a bond fund; the woman flipped out and sputtered when I mentioned it to her and that I had immediately recycled her brochures
I've seen other people actually use financial advisors and it seems to be mostly hand-holding
so, I look at it like the WAF in stereo systems or sports cars - how much would you pay to have an advisor do some hand-holding with a wife?
.. assuming you don't take DonDavis's advice, above
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