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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.
You don’t need to drive a pink rolls royce to benefit from The Rich Persons Pension, but you you do need to be a high income business owner.
Financial Advisor LA appears on the NBC with your Powerball Winning Guide. How to keep more of your winnings and minimize taxes.
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 …
If you are an Apple employee and do a good job, you will likely own way too much Apple stock as your career progresses. Good problem to have, right? I mean, Apple stock has performed amazingly well over the past …
I’m hoping someone you know WON THE $700 million dollar Powerball Lottery Jackpot. I’d still be excited if you won the small prizes of a million bucks or so. Still a pretty good day. Powerball Tips for any winner. As …
How to get the most tax benefits from a Roth Solo 401(k) for your small business. Who doesn’t love tax free income.
Stock Market Volatility , Global Unrest, Inflation, where is the stock market headxing? Financial Planner LA David Rae is on the CBS evening news with Jeff Vaughn and Pat Harvey
Citi Bank will be returning $330 million to 1.75 million of its customers. This breaks down to an average refund of around $190 per customer. Jo Ling Kent interviews financial planner David Rae on the Today Show discussing how to …
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