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Erin Guilfoil

Advisor at Bookends Financial Planning

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Location

Smithfield, KY

Credentials

Series 65

Industry experience

1 year

About

Erin Guilfoil is a financial advisor at Bookends Financial Planning with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Bookends Financial Planning, Erin worked at Dow Chemical for 18 years. Bookends Financial Planning serves individual, retirement plan, and corporate clients, managing approximately $288 million for around 500 clients through a six-person advisory team. The firm combines multiple analytical approaches in its investment advice and offers discretionary portfolio management, written financial plans, and access to various managed account programs.

Client services

Based on Bookends Financial Planning

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Newsletters or periodicals Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

Based on Bookends Financial Planning

Options & derivatives strategies Elder care planning

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Fixed

Financial planning fees typically range from $1,500 to $10,000

Percentage

$0 - $1,999,999.99: 1.3% $2,000,000 - $9,999,999.99: 1.0% $10,000,000+: 0.75%

Commissions

Insurance product commissions as customary

Project-based

$350 per hour

Location

Smithfield, KY

Most active in

Kentucky

Work history

Bookends Financial Planning

2024 - Present (2 years)

Dow Chemical

2006 - 2024 (18 years)

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