- Commissions make financial consultants plan well
- Fee for advice makes financial planning costlier
I was minding my own business doing something important (like reviewing movies) and someone tagged me in a TikTok video talking about why commissions are better. This is a topic I absolutely hate talking about so naturally I made a 4-minute video in response. It’s doing pretty good numbers so here’s a written piece to accompany it:
Generally, I think the agent’s arguments can be boiled down into 2 main points: