
About this episode
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and CFP designation. He is passionate about opening up information to help everyone prepare better for financial certification exams. This episode covers content for the Series 6 Exam.
In this episode you will learn:
- Learn the key differences between retail communications, correspondence, and institutional communications.
- Understand the strict principal pre-approval rule for all retail communications.
- Discover the separate filing obligations with FINRA for new firms and specific investment products.
- Identify prohibited claims and exaggerated language that are frequent exam traps.
- Master a simple mnemonic to remember the "25 investor" rule for communication classification.
For more resources visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ and connect on LinkedIn at https://linkedin.com/in/chenran818
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