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Hi, and welcome to the Longview. I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning for Morning Star.

And I'm Jeff Battack, Chief Ratings Officer for Morning Star Research Services.

Today on the podcast, we welcome back Michael Kitsis, who was one of our first guests on the Longview.

Michael is the head of planning strategy for Buckingham Wealth Partners.

In addition, he is a co-founder of the XY Planning Network, Advice, Michael is the head of planning strategy for Buckingham Wealth Partners.

In addition, he is a co-founder of the XY Planning Network, Advice Pay, new planner recruiting,

FP Pathfinder, and F.A. B. Counters.

Michael also oversees the leading industry blog for financial advisors, nerds eye view at

kitsas.com, which reaches more than 250,000 readers

each month. Michael also has two podcasts, Financial Advisor's Success, and Kitsas and Carl, the latter

of which he produces with Carl Richards. He has received numerous financial planning designations,

including the certified financial planner,

chartered financial consultant, and chartered life underwriter designations. He received his bachelor's

degree in psychology from Bates College and subsequently earned master's degrees in taxation and

financial planning. Michael, welcome to the Longview. Thank you. It's great to be

here. I appreciate the opportunity to come back. I was trying to remember. It's been a few years.

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