Originally Posted by
SideSticker
Paul Winkler, ChFC®, RFC®, CLU®, LUTCF, CASL®, AAMS®, RICP® is the President and founder of Paul Winkler, Inc.
Thats a lota bling behind his name, but conspicuously absent is the "CFP"-gold standard IMHO. Caveat emptor.
CFP is the gold standard of nothing. Aka "couldn't cut it in professional finance" or "scrambling for a job after partying through undergrad".
CFA and CPA are all that matter. Maybe CAIA if you're in some offbeat private equity profession. The rest are a joke.
Read "A random walk down wallstreet". It's all an airline pilots will ever need to know about investing.
-someone who worked in investment banking on wallstreet.