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A wealth manager is preparing a 3-minute portfolio review narrative. They have four numbers, three fund names, and a benchmark comparison ready. What should they decide before walking into the meeting?

Practice question from Advanced B1S7 — bank. The correct answer is highlighted below with a full explanation.

Options

  1. A

    Which fund to recommend as a replacement

  2. The one next step they will ask the client to take

    Correct answer

  3. C

    How to explain XIRR in simple terms

  4. D

    Whether to show the data on screen or on paper

Why this is the answer

A narrative without a clear ending has no direction. Knowing the ask before the meeting starts ensures that everything in the conversation — the situation, the gap, the insight — points toward a single, specific action. Multiple possible endings dilute the impact of everything that came before.

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