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Published: March 21st, 2025

Published: March 21st, 2025

Reading Time: 6 Min

Reading Time: 6 Min

Written by: The Zoe Team

Written by: The Zoe Team

Managing wealth involves more than just investing—it requires careful planning, strategic decision-making, and a long-term vision. A financial advisor can help navigate the complexities of wealth management, from tax considerations to estate planning and retirement strategies.

Managing wealth involves more than just investing—it requires careful planning, strategic decision-making, and a long-term vision. A financial advisor can help navigate the complexities of wealth management, from tax considerations to estate planning and retirement strategies.

Whether you’re preparing for a liquidity event, structuring your investments for long-term growth, or ensuring your family’s financial security, an advisor can provide guidance tailored to your needs.

In this blog, we’ll break down the role of financial advisors, when you might consider working with one, and how they can support your financial goals.

Whether you’re preparing for a liquidity event, structuring your investments for long-term growth, or ensuring your family’s financial security, an advisor can provide guidance tailored to your needs.

In this blog, we’ll break down the role of financial advisors, when you might consider working with one, and how they can support your financial goals.

What Does a Financial Advisor Do?

What Does a Financial
Advisor Do?

A financial advisor provides personalized guidance to help manage and grow your wealth. Their role extends beyond investment management—they can help with:

A financial advisor provides personalized guidance to help manage and grow your wealth. Their role extends beyond investment management—they can help with:

  • Retirement Planning: Structuring your assets to support your desired lifestyle.

  • Tax Considerations: Identifying strategies to optimize your tax situation.

  • Estate Planning: Ensuring your wealth is passed on according to your wishes.

  • Risk Management: Protecting assets from unforeseen events.

  • Major Life Transitions: Navigating liquidity events, business exits, or career changes.

  • Retirement Planning: Structuring your assets to support your desired lifestyle.

  • Tax Considerations: Identifying strategies to optimize your tax situation.

  • Estate Planning: Ensuring your wealth is passed on according to your wishes.

  • Risk Management: Protecting assets from unforeseen events.

  • Major Life Transitions: Navigating liquidity events, business exits, or career changes.

Depending on your needs, a financial advisor can provide a comprehensive strategy that aligns with your long-term financial goals.

Depending on your needs, a financial advisor can provide a comprehensive strategy that aligns with your long-term financial goals.

How a Financial Advisor Can Add Value

How a Financial Advisor Can Add Value

A financial advisor provides more than just advice—they offer perspective, structure, and strategic planning.
Their role includes:

A financial advisor provides more than just advice—they offer perspective, structure, and strategic planning.
Their role includes:

  • Providing accountability – Keeping you focused on long-term goals.

  • Offering behavioral guidance – Helping you make informed decisions during market shifts.

  • Delivering customized strategies – Aligning your financial plan with your lifestyle and aspirations.

  • Providing accountability – Keeping you focused on long-term goals.

  • Offering behavioral guidance – Helping you make informed decisions during market shifts.

  • Delivering customized strategies – Aligning your financial plan with your lifestyle and aspirations.

Whether you’re structuring your wealth for the future, optimizing investments, or preparing for a financial milestone, working with a financial advisor can help you make informed decisions at every stage.

Whether you’re structuring your wealth for the future, optimizing investments, or preparing for a financial milestone, working with a financial advisor can help you make informed decisions at every stage.

Disclosure: This page is not investment advice and should not be relied on for such advice or as a substitute for consultation with professional accounting, tax, legal or financial advisors. The observations of industry trends should not be read as recommendations for stocks or sectors.

Disclosure: This page is not investment advice and should not be relied on for such advice or as a substitute for consultation with professional accounting, tax, legal or financial advisors. The observations of industry trends should not be read as recommendations for stocks or sectors.

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Disclosure: This page is not investment advice and should not be relied on for such advice or as a substitute for consultation with professional accounting, tax, legal or financial advisors. The observations of industry trends should not be read as recommendations for stocks or sectors.


Investment advisory services are provided by Zoe Financial, Inc. (Zoe Financial), an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Learn more about Zoe Financial on the SEC’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website. Brokerage services are provided by Zoe Securities LLC and Apex Clearing Corporation, members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA) and Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Learn more about Zoe Securities and Apex on FINRA’s BrokerCheck website.

The information in the visuals above is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent an actual user's account, balance, or return. Zoe Financial does not provide tax or legal advice.

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Disclosure: This page is not investment advice and should not be relied on for such advice or as a substitute for consultation with professional accounting, tax, legal or financial advisors. The observations of industry trends should not be read as recommendations for stocks or sectors.


Investment advisory services are provided by Zoe Financial, Inc. (Zoe Financial), an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Learn more about Zoe Financial on the SEC’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website. Brokerage services are provided by Zoe Securities LLC and Apex Clearing Corporation, members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA) and Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Learn more about Zoe Securities and Apex on FINRA’s BrokerCheck website.

The information in the visuals above is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent an actual user's account, balance, or return. Zoe Financial does not provide tax or legal advice.

(646) 680-9244

support@zoefin.com

666 Third Ave, 6th Floor
New York, NY, 10017

Disclosure: This page is not investment advice and should not be relied on for such advice or as a substitute for consultation with professional accounting, tax, legal or financial advisors. The observations of industry trends should not be read as recommendations for stocks or sectors.


Investment advisory services are provided by Zoe Financial, Inc. (Zoe Financial), an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Learn more about Zoe Financial on the SEC’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website. Brokerage services are provided by Zoe Securities LLC and Apex Clearing Corporation, members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA) and Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Learn more about Zoe Securities and Apex on FINRA’s BrokerCheck website.

The information in the visuals above is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent an actual user's account, balance, or return. Zoe Financial does not provide tax or legal advice.

(646) 680-9244

support@zoefin.com

666 Third Ave, 6th Floor
New York, NY, 10017