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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 …
Financial Savvy: Investment Risk vs. Stock Market Volatility When the stock market goes crazy, people go nuts. The ensuing insecurity has them thinking that stashing their money in a mattress at home is safer than investing it anywhere with anyone. …
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
When will the next recession hit? Will Donald Trump cause the next great recession? Should you even care if a recession is coming. This post from Financial Planner LA covers all you need to know.
This is the LGBT Early Retirement guide whether rich or poor can help you get on track for Financial Freedom. Plan ahead so your only option for the “good life” doesn’t require you to live in a trailer park. Gay early retirement doesn’t have to mean a life of miserly living.
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 …
Here is a clip from an early episode of the show Me Time with Frangela airing on Raycom stations across the country. Check your local listing for times and channels. If you have grown children still living at home you …
Could you handle a Retirement like Grace and Frankie? Even with gay ex-husbands and straight ex-wives to deal with, growing older can still be filled with adventure and possibility . . . as long as you’ve got the wherewithal to …
Kathy Griffin is widely known for her self-deprecating humor about her life on the D-List. That is why some may be shocked to learn that the A-List comedienne is amazing with money. You might even be shocked by the net …
Unless you enjoy wasting your family’s time, energy, and money, you should look to avoid Probate here in California. This is a hassle you don’t want to put your heirs through.
Housing prices in Los Angeles have skyrocked over the past few years. Is the Los Angeles real estate headed fora crash? Financial Planner LA tells you what you need to know.
At least once every few months a long-term client brings in a retirement account statement and says, “I forgot I had this retirement account. Can you help me with it?” Sometimes these accounts are tiny but other times they hold …
Gay Financial Planning can be fun and fabulous. It can also help you become a more financially savvy gay. Keep reading the post from the gay CFP David Rae.
Waiting for that big tax refund to hit your bank account? You aren’t alone. An estimated 74% of people received a tax refund in 2017 and, according to the IRS, those refunds averaged about $3,000 per filer. Should you blow …
Filing your taxes doesn’t have to be so stressful. Los Angeles Financial Planner David Rae shares some tax advice with Inside the Issue with Alex Cohen.
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