Getting Started in Financial Consulting
Author: Edward J. Stone
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ISBN: 0471348147
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (31 March, 2000)
Sales Rank: 41,006
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent for Newbies
As a new person to the world of financial consulting, I was searching for a way to make sense of all the different certifications available, how to go about getting them, which would be the right certification for me, etc. This book gave me 100% of what I was looking for and more. In addition to certification information, the author discusses, in a highly readable manner, other nuts-and-bolts beginner's topics, such as legal/regulatory issues, marketing, and different services one could offer a client. I highly recommend this book to anyone starting out in the field, or to someone just wanting to explore whether financial planning might be for them.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Good stuff but bad writing style
Instead of filtering information and writing it appropriately, the author keeps quoting financial planners and their opinions about different topics. These opinions are often not well fundamented, repetitive, biased by self-experience or contradicting each other, in a way that it makes reading very difficult and boaring. It took me weeks to finish the book. It has useful (although basic) information for people thinking of starting in financial planning, but contend could be condensed in 20% of the pages.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent Overview
Great overview of the industry and how to enter into the Financial Planning profession. Highly recommended this book for those who want an insight into the job functions and roles of a typical FP. Similar Products
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