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Finally together in one place, a comprehensive step-by-step process to launching a career as a financial planner. Here is everything you need to know -- from getting the right credentials to getting the right clients. Over the next few decades, billions of dollars will be changing hands as millions of Baby Boomers retire. Learn how you can play an important role in ensuring the financial health of future generations. 		 Book Cover
So You Want to Be a Financial Planner
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