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CFP Study Shows Its Advisers Linked to Stronger Financial Outcomes

By Judy Faust Hartnett February 20, 2026 PlanAdviser

CFP Board’s decade long Financial Planning Longitudinal Study shows that households working with CFP® professionals report stronger financial outcomes, higher confidence in reaching their goals, and greater overall preparedness. Nearly all such households feel confident about achieving financial goals, and a significantly higher share maintain at least three months of emergency savings compared with those working with other advisers or managing finances on their own.

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Judy Faust Hartnett
February 20, 2026