You know you want to make a plan for your financial future. Between your assets, charitable giving, estate, and other needs in your life, you want to entrust someone with the right credentials to help you prepare for the years and life events to come. Instead of settling on just any financial planner, make sure you’re doing your research to find a CFP® professional you can trust. Here are three key benefits of choosing someone with the right certification to help you with your plan.

The Federal Reserve (Fed) and Biden Administration cautioned earlier this year that rising inflation was to be expected and that it was transitory in nature. While they did not choose to provide guidance for what constitutes a transitory period, it is, by definition, not to be thought of as permanent. As the months and quarters tick by, it is clear the inflation we are experiencing extends beyond a purely transitory rebasing of prices and disrupted supply chain phenomenon.