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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I was a psych major, and I was surprised that a financial related article was published in their popular magazine, Psychology Today. It was so good I wrote the following response. But first read their article: Click here. We live in Palm Springs and we see widows that are left with a bundle of money and …
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I have listened to Index Fund Adviser’s podcast for years and offer excellent financial information on their website too. I wanted to show you their latest video podcast. Wow! It’s great for beginning and seasoned investors. Consider this, if your grandfather invested $1000 for 70 years from 1942 and ending in 2011 with three different …
Attention: This post is an early version of Chapter 9 in my book Fighting Powerful Interests. You can download the entire book for free by clicking here. Chapter 9 2006-2011 Alexander the Great untied the Gordian Knot with his sword. Previous attempts to solve the impossible entanglement by conventional approaches were unsuccessful. Whoever unraveled the …
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AIG went Bankrupt Facebook readers: For the full article click here. In the wee hours of Monday morning September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest investment bank, declared bankruptcy. Lehman’s event was reported to have triggered the 2008-2009 financial meltdown. In the ensuing months the entire country and the world experienced the greatest economic …
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PART 9 (out of 10) SST Talks to LAUSD’s Chief Financial Officer In a desperate attempt to get things moving, our lead consultant talked to the CFO. She told her to respond to the committee motions. The consultant might have scared the bejesus out of her by threatening that as the fiduciary she could be …
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PART 8 (out of 10) Not so fast. First the New Chair Not everyone accepted SST Consultants with open arms. Along with a new consultant LAUSD appointed a new Chair. According to the Bylaws our committee Chair was the LAUSD Benefits Administrator. David moved to another position and his assistant was appointed. A “fight” between …
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PART 7 (out of 10) Victory for the Employees At the next meeting, one of our bright and savvy committee members, Alan, brought a 401k lawsuit that was in the mainstream news. He started talking about the article and how the lack of transparency, especially revenue sharing, had precipitated a lawsuit against the sponsoring company. …
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Part 6 (Out of 10) Suggested replacement funds were in the asset class to accommodate the diversification requirement of the Investment Policy Statement. We made it clear the total costs above 1% were too high. These alternatives cost less than 1% total. With the amount of expected assets coming from thousands of potential LAUSD customers, …
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PART 5 (out of 10) Most Expensive Funds The remaining eight funds were too expensive, in my opinion. All five Lifecylce T. Row Price funds, Turner Mid-Cap Growth, Janus Mid-Cap Value and Davis NY Venture A cost over 1.0% total cost. At 1.35% Turner Mid-Cap Growth, the highest cost fund, would grow in somebody else’s …
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