Secrets of the CFP Exam Study Guide: CFP® Test Review for the Certified Financial Planner Exam (Mometrix Secrets Study Guides) - Softcover

CFP® Exam Secrets Test Prep Team

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1609713141 ISBN 13: 9781609713140

Publisher: Mometrix Media LLC, 2013

Synopsis

***Includes Practice Test Questions***

Get the test prep help you need to be successful on the CFP test.

The CFP Exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. CFP Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the CFP Exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the CFP Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

CFP Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A detailed overview of the Certified Financial Planner Exam
• An analysis of general principles of financial planning
• An examination of insurance planning and risk management
• A guide to employee benefits planning
• An extensive review of investment planning
• A breakdown of income tax planning
• An in-depth look at retirement planning
• A thorough review of estate planning
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. (CFP Board) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The General Principles of Financial Planning section covers:

• Financial planning process
• Code of ethics and professional responsibility
• Bankruptcy code
• Financial services industry

The Insurance Planning and Risk Management section covers:

• Risk exposure
• Life insurance
• Insurance company selection

The Employee Benefits Planning section covers:

• Group medical insurance
• Incentive stock options
• Nonqualified deferred compensation

The Investment Planning section covers:

• Investment vehicles
• Common stock
• Technical analysis
• Taxation

The Income Tax Planning section covers:

• Tax compliance
• Income tax fundamentals
• Tax consequences of gain or loss on sale of assets
• Charitable contributions and deductions

The Retirement Planning section covers:

• Social security
• Qualified retirement plans
• Retirement plans

The Estate Planning section covers:

• Probate process
• Gifting
• Trusts
• Postmortem planning techniques
• GSTT

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the CFP Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.

Any test prep guide is only as good as its practice questions and answers, and that's another area where our guide stands out. Our test designers have provided scores of test questions that will prepare you for what to expect on the actual CFP Exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear.

We've helped thousands of people pass standardized tests and achieve their education and career goals. We've done this by setting high standards for our test preparation guides, and our CFP Exam Secrets Study Guide is no exception. It's an excellent investment in your future.

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Our Study Guide for the CFP® Test Is Unlike Any Other

If you'd like to get the CFP® test score you deserve, to quit worrying about whether your score on the CFP® test is "good enough," and to beat the test taking game so you can become a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP) Professional, then this might be the most important message you read this year.

Our comprehensive study guide for the CFP® Test is written by our CFP® test experts, who painstakingly researched the topics and the concepts that you need to know to do your best on the CFP® test. Our original research into the Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP) Certification Examination, offered by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. (CFP Board), reveals the specific content areas and the essential skills that are critical for you to know on the CFP® test. We've taken the information and developed a study guide that is guaranteed to help you be successful on the CFP® test.

One reason some test takers do well on the day of the test is that they have made the critical connection between the material they learned and how to use the material to succeed on the CFP® test.

Most test takers already have a general knowledge of the material that will be covered on the exam.

One reason some test takers do well on the day of the test is that they have made the critical connection between the material they learned and how to use the material to succeed on the CFP® test.

Our guide addresses the difference between merely knowing the material and knowing how to use the material to perform on test day.

You're going to save time, money, and aggravation. You'll learn to avoid the mistakes and the bad strategies that you've been vulnerable to. --Just for starters, here are some ways our product can help your score on the CFP® test...

The Exclusive Test Taking Techniques

• Keys to questions that "give away" the wrong (or right) answers- You get credit for some of the questions without really even knowing anything about them
• Get quick, customized help for the questions you have- just send us a quick email and we'll get back to you promptly with the answer.
• Details the EXACT STUDY PLAN for the CFP® test that we believe gives the most results in the least time- No matter if you're studying for a week or a month, you won't waste the precious study time you have on useless activities
• Our researchers are more than just academic theoreticians who understand the technical nature of standardized tests, but are also experts on test taking itself- they reveal the exact skills and the information you'll need to perform under pressure during the test.
• A systematic analysis and the best breakdown into "plain language" of how to deconstruct and master the toughest problems- You turn the problems that most of the test takers will stumble over to your advantage
• Learn why, when, and how to guess to your advantage. Many test takers use exactly the wrong strategy, but you can avoid the pitfalls with the help of our standardized test experts
• Includes instructions detailing the best way for you to get started with your preparation efforts so you can begin the path of improving your scores immediately
• The most efficient and accurate method for picking the right answer every time- You won't be scratching your head trying to read the mind of the test question writer, but will instead know exactly what to look for to pick the best answer
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• The research of our team of test experts is 100% independent and original
• Our exclusive "calibration strategy" to help you never go too fast OR too slow when answering even the toughest questions
• The 5-step process we've developed, what we call the "phased" approach, concerning the use of the various study aids and practice tests
• How the problem of procrastination can kill your chance of success, and the most important thing you can do about it
• How to know when you've studied as much as you need to for the exam- and the reason why we think some people should spend LESS time studying for the test
• The Top 20 things you should take care of within 24 hours of taking the test- use the list we provide as a checklist to make sure you've taken care of the "little things" in addition to studying hard
• How to predict the right answer before you see the answer choices- and how to prevent the wrong answers from "polluting" your mind and tempting you into a trap designed by the test writers
• Why answers that "sound" correct are often the very ones that are wrong- and how to tell the difference between the right answer and the many clever-sounding traps set for you by the test writers
• Our "benchmark" method for deciding which of the answer choices you should pick
• How some of the random bits of information in a question often "give away" the right answer choice
• How to "milk the question" for clues to the right answer even if you have no idea what the question is asking about
• How to avoid panicking when you don't know the answer to a question- we offer a systematic method that will serve as the "lifeline" you need to minimize the time wasted on the test questions that leave you stumped --
• What to do about the tough questions that you have no clue how to answer- don't just give up, use the advice we offer to make sure you give yourself the best chance of getting the right answer
  
  
• How to use our brainstorming method to get "inside the question" and reveal the hard-to-find clues and some of the subtle things you didn't realize you knew
• Do you know what a "hedge phrase" is? Learn why looking for the key "weasel words" in the question can help identify the correct answer
• Why "new information" in the answer choices almost always means that the answer choice is wrong- and the way to avoid this trick planted by the clever test writers
• Learn to avoid this time-draining mistake on the test - why the technical terms you don't know can be a major stumbling block and waste precious time, and the way that you can work around them
• The secret to using the contextual clues in the questions and the answer choices to make important distinctions between the right and the wrong answer choices
• The two situations where you should NOT check your answers thoroughly
• How to avoid careless mistakes by using the quick "double check" system. It will more than pay for itself relative to the time it will take you
• Test writers will often quote directly from the question in an answer- learn whether this is something you should trust or avoid
• Why "extreme statements" in the answer choices are dead giveaways for wrong answers- find out how to detect the subtle differences between reasonable answers and the answers that are almost always wrong
• Learn how to group your answer choices into "families" that often narrows down the pool of correct answers- this is a quick way to immediately eliminate one or two of the answer choices and increase your odds of getting the question right

Now, you're probably wondering how and why we can do all the things we claim.

Let us explain.

Before we go any further, let us clarify what Secrets of the CFP® Exam is not. It is not a stale rehash of all of the things you have already learned in the past.

Secrets of the CFP® Exam is our exclusive collection of the tips and the information that we have specially selected to give you the best results on the CFP® test for the least time spent studying. It's written in everyday language and is easy to use.

We cover the 5 essential skills necessary to do well on the CFP® test, plus comprehensive reviews covering all of the essential test sections individually.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Mometrix Media LLC
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1609713141
• ISBN 13: 9781609713140
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 188