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September 30 3rdQ, 2016 Portfolio YTD Returns

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The Stock and Bond Markets are up again in the third quarter of 2016. Read how my portfolio has returned 6.7% after nine months. It’s really not complicated because my portfolio is straightforward. It’s constructed to gain when the core asset classes increase and loses value when the market goes down.
Losing is an important part of investing process, if not the most important part. The majority of people don’t understand it because they sell when their investment declines. Never sell, unless it is part of your plan, not because of bear market conditions. Have a plan and stick with it during ups and downs.

Investing Basics, Final Part 4

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Part 4: Putting It All Together In Part I we discussed what to ignore in the enormous and complex financial industry and what to focus on–stocks and bonds. The proverbial “needle” in the “needle in the haystack” is found easily. Knowledge of ignoring the financial world ‘s “haystack” is the trick to finding the needle. …

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A Do-It-Yourself Investor’s Powerful Insight

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Dan and I joined this local professional organization. The Desert Business Association (DBA) serves 300 members who are mostly LGBT locally-owned businesses. Our book designer, Mark, and a fiduciary financial adviser, Bob, told us about the DBA mixers hosted by different members at their place of business. This gives members and chance to talk about …

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Trust and Leadership. Nelson Mandela and John Bogle.

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Click here on our society’s problem about leadership and trust. There is probably not much that we already don’t know. But the author starts with the leadership model of Nelson Mandela. Who could possibly fill that great leader’s shoes? Click here to read what John Bogle (The financial world’s “Nelson Mandela”) says about leadership and …

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Los Angeles Unified School District 457(b) Plan Design Award!

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During the summer of 2014, the Los Angeles Unified School District won a Plan Design award for its low-cost, broadly diversified offerings of the 457(b) plan. This table shows the investment choices and the total costs (table updated January 2017).   To discover and learn more about this plan, watch this 10-minute video interview. Sandy …

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John Bogle Says….

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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 …

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Introduction to a new proposed Book

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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 …

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UTLA/LAUSD 403b/457b Investment Workshops-Sat. April 26

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Dan and I will be presenting for the third time! Come and enjoy the information from all the presenters with lite breakfast and lunch included for $5.00. We will be giving away information about evaluating financial advisers, fiduciary responsibility definition and the oath and the list of all LAUSD 403b/457b options.

Chapter 10: Our Committee Recommends a new TPA, a Genuine Fiduciary.

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ATTENTION Readers: This chapter is an early version of my new book just released, March, 2015. For an update of all the Chapters including this Chapter 10, go to the home page and scroll down. On the right are directions to get the full story in 11 Chapters and 17 appendices, resources, letters, books, podcasts …

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