Impressed with Your Presentation of the Ten-Step Financial Planning Process

question 3

Essay

Impressed with your presentation of the ten-step financial planning process (A to J), John Client signs a contract and writes a check for $2,500 (half of the planning fee). He then makes the following comment: "I am a very busy person. I don't care to see a written plan and don't want to know if you religiously follow the six-step planning process. I will be satisfied if you just tell me what to do." How should you as John's financial planner handle this situation?

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Definitions:

Adam Smith

An 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher, best known for his works "The Wealth of Nations," which lays the foundations of classical economics.

Karl Marx

A 19th-century philosopher, economist, and political theorist known for his critical theories about capitalism and his influence on the development of socialist economic and political theory.

Classical Economists

Early economic theorists, primarily in the 18th and 19th centuries, who focused on the role of free markets in promoting economic growth and believed in minimal government intervention.

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