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 …
Fee-only Fiduciary Financial Advisers, discussion continues. Read More »
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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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.
Let’s face facts folks, you cannot attain wealth without frugal living. Oh no, not again!, you might be lamenting. Please don’t leave without taking a look at how Mr. Money Mustache lives it. I wrote in my journal this morning about his incredible blog and the creator, Mr. Money Mustach, aka “MMM:” MMM writes like …
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 …
Chapter 10: Our Committee Recommends a new TPA, a Genuine Fiduciary. Read More »
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 …
Psychology Today Magazine Published a Wonderful Personal Finance Article! Read More »
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 …
Saving and Investing in Your 30s and 40s By Guest Author Michael Vincent If you spent your 20s having fun and not taking your finances seriously, you should start being more proactive in managing your finances in your 30s or even 40s. This is because you’re at that point in your life that you should …
Sensible Plan for Retirement–Starting in Your 30s or 40s. Yikes! Are we too late? Read More »