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LA Certified Financial Planner® helping friends of the LGBT Community Retire Happier Healthier and Wealthier

David Rae has been helping people achieve financial security as a Los Angeles Certified Financial Planner® and Accredited Investment Fiduciary® with DRM Wealth Management since 2003. Based in Los Angeles, Financial Planner David Rae advises his clients and their families on getting their financial houses in order, developing investment strategies to meet their goals and planning for their retirement. He has also built a strong reputation as a financial planning specialist serving the needs of individuals, couples, and families in and around the LGBT community. While his financial planning practice is based in LA, he has clients across the country, and throughout Southern California. More About David Rae
How valuable is a great financial advisor? A new study from Russell Investments puts a number to it.
Millennial Retirement: How many Millions will you need? Millennials Seeking Millions. According to a recent article in USA Today, older Millennials (DOBs in the 80s) might need to save $1.8 million for retirement, while inflation-plagued younger Millennials (DOBs in the …
Investing Mistakes to Avoid. 3 big investing mistakes to avoid, if you don’t it will cost you a bundle. I’m extremely lucky to have a smart and successful group of clients, many of whom came to me after falling victim …
What is you level of financial independence. What you need to know to have financial freedom and retire early.
Investment risk and stock market volatility are not the same thing. You may earn below-average stock market returns when the markets are calm. Or perhaps you make outsized returns when the stock market appears scary times of extreme volatility. Financial …
How to get the most tax benefits from a Roth Solo 401(k) for your small business. Who doesn’t love tax free income.
The Golden Girls Retirement Plan. Could this beloved 80’s sitcom hold the solution to the impending retirement crisis facing America’s workforce? Or even provide some much-needed help over a few financial planning hurdles for the LGBTQI community? Living like the …
Do you make too much for a ROTH IRA? The Rich People ROTH may be the answer. For love or money . . . and maybe even a tax break, Cash Value life insurance may be the key to financial …
Are you lucky enough to have incentive stock options? Want to know more about this valuable employee benefits? Read this post about stock options.
Tax Day is April 15,2019. Tax Expert David Rae is on Good Day LA with some last minute tax tips. Video from Fox 11 with Araksya Karapetyan and Tony McEwing.
My Stock Market Dream- How to Invest your Money Smarter in Stocks and Bonds. In my humble opinion, there is no better way to build wealth over time than investing in the stock market. Even just “average” stock market returns …
Is it possible to be too smart to invest well? A UCLA professor highlights how even a genius can screw up investing for the future.
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