Find a free Financial Planning Days event in your area
 
Lifelong Financial Strategies: 25 Personal Finance Tips over 25 Weeks
 
CFP® professionals address key personal finance and financial planning topics in this series of multimedia Webcasts
Find a free Financial Planning Days event in your area
Coming October 2010

CFP Board is teaming up with several national organizations to host "Financial Planning Days," free financial education and programming in numerous cities across the U.S. this October. The first-of-its kind effort is slated to involve thousands of financial planners and consumers through a series of clinics where qualified and experienced financial planners will provide free, no-strings-attached, financial advice and education. Learn more and find a Financial Planning Days event near you.
CFP Board's Consumer Advocate
Eleanor Blayney, CFP®, CFP Board’s Consumer Advocate, strongly believes that the financial world is too complex to shoulder alone and that everyone should have access to professional financial planning assistance. She makes financially complex ideas and strategies accessible and understandable. Learn more >
Know Where You Stand
Having a clear picture of your current financial situation is one of the first steps in creating a financial plan. CFP Board’s Personal Data Organizer tool will help you take a snapshot of your current financial situation, give you a sense of the types of questions a financial planner will ask, and prepare you for your first meeting with a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional.
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Ethics and the CFP® Certification
When you work with a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, you should expect to receive services that are conducted ethically, with integrity, objectivity, honesty and diligence. You deserve to have your interests placed ahead of the interests of your financial planner.
CFP Board takes seriously its obligation to enforce those standards and has established disciplinary procedures that provide a rigorous and fair process for investigating questionable matters and imposing discipline where appropriate. This video presentation provides an overview of CFP Boards ethical standards and disciplinary procedures.

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Financial Precautions Safeguard Family Future
Among the tragedies in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks of 2001 were the dire financial circumstances of many families whose breadwinners were killed or injured.
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Consider Financial Impact When Changing Jobs
Whether you’ve had a great offer at a hot new company or simply concluded that it’s time to move on, your decision to change jobs has financial implications for you and your future.
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