Question: Why would anybody use a retirement plan that generates the most customer complaints according to a federal watch dog, FINRA? Answer: Complaints or not, my profession, prek-12 teachers, sign up with tax shelter annuities by the tens of thousands because the they don’t know of the high costs, that annuities are inappropriate retirement plans …
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National Association of Governmental Defined Contribution Administrators (NAGDCA) NAGDCA released their annual Leadership award recipients for 2014. Los Angeles Unified School District won in the 457(b) “Plan Design” category! Why did we win? Very easy, LAUSD has one of the lowest costs retirement plans in the country. Take a look at the fees in the …
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Hi, We have not provided an update to our portfolio since we published our book 1.5 years ago. In the last two years, our portfolio has performed so well, we finished remodeling our house with new AC and a master bath and our portfolio has remained the same! Our purpose now is to show how …
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The future of the financial system will be smaller, leaner, low-cost, and less complex (thank goodness!). Currently, the vast majority of retirement plans (403b, 401k, 457b*) are big, fat, high-cost and way too complex. Retirement planning should be about as difficult to discover and learn as our first day on the job. For teachers it …
Hi READERS, Notice to readers. These chapters are an early version of my new book without the 17 appendices, glossary, financial pod casts and other information in the 2nd half of the book. For the finished and completed published book, go to the home page and obtain the free pdf. DO NOT GO TO AMAZON! …
Los Angeles Unified School District’s 403(b)/457(b) A List of All Vendors
Stock Market Reaching New Highs! Isn’t the stock market going crazy! Our portfolio has made up about a 30% of the cost of purchasing our new Tesla electric car since we bought it two months ago. That’s how wealth building works with investments that grow with the economy (annuities don’t). If the market continues to …
Subtitle: Educators Challenged Tax-sheltered Annuities and WIN! Notice to readers. These chapters are an early version of this book without the 17 appendices, glossary, financial pod casts and other information in the 2nd half of the book. For the finished and completed published book, go to the home page and obtain the free pdf, click …
Continuing the discussion, locating a financial adviser who looks after your best interest Choosing a financial adviser is one of life’s major decisions that could cost you thousands of dollars in investment fees over many years, if you don’t do your due diligence. As you know Dan and I have our money in Vanguard because …
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Hello, Below is information we gave out to the participants at the last financial workshop. The first is a list of compiled comments I have heard over the years from financial sales pitches versus objective information from a fiduciary. If you have additional comments you heard from financial sale force, please post what you heard …
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