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Maximize Your Retirement Savings: 5 Steps to Take Before 2024 Ends

Time flies, and your retirement is now one year closer. As the December 31 deadline approaches, there’s still a window of opportunity to take steps that will help you strengthen your company’s retirement funding strategy before 2024 comes to an… Read Now >>

Net Worth: One Number to Monitor your Finances

March 10, 2016

Are you overwhelmed by all the different numbers you have to think about when it comes to your personal finances?  How much do you need to save?  How much should you contribute to your 401k?  Is your credit score good enough?  Are… Read Now >>


The American Dream: Does Your Financial Advisor Sit on Your Side of the Table?

March 10, 2016

Matt Rinkey talks to Craig Sewing on The American Dream TV show about getting good financial advice. Does your financial advisor sit on the same side of the table as you? Do you know how your advisor is investing your… Read Now >>


The American Dream: The “WHY” Behind the Market

February 11, 2016

Matt Rinkey joined Craig Sewing on The American Dream TV show to explain the volatility we’re experiencing in the stock market. Watch the show to find out how to manage your risk in this market.


February 2016: Empowering Great Decisions

February 3, 2016

The financial markets got off to a rough start in 2016. Many people are wondering what impact it might have on them and if they should be doing anything different. At Illumination Wealth, we help our clients understand how the… Read Now >>


Webinar: Financial Market Outlook

February 3, 2016

We recently hosted a webinar for our clients. Watch the webinar to hear our perspective on the recent behavior of the financial markets.


FIVE STAR Wealth Manager Award

February 3, 2016

We were honored this month to be recognized by Five Star Professional in San Diego Magazine to be in the top 5% of San Diego based wealth management firms with exceptional customer satisfaction.   The award is offered to a select… Read Now >>


The American Dream: The Market Report with Matt Rinkey

February 3, 2016

Matt Rinkey appeared on The American Dream TV show to talk about bear markets, the recent volatility and how to manage your investments to weather all of the markets temporary declines. Do you know what the average intra-year stock market… Read Now >>


Matt on The Craig Sewing Show – January 20th, 2016

January 22, 2016

Here’s Matt’s January, 20th 2016 appearance on The Craig Sewing show discussing the volatile stock market and the outlook for the rest of 2016.    


Matt Rinkey featured at Bankrate.com on Gold

January 14, 2016

Some conspiracy theorists speculate that humans were put on Earth to mine gold for aliens. That would partly explain people’s fervent obsession with the stuff, including investing in gold. As jewelry, gold shines. But as an investment, the track record… Read Now >>


Illumination’s January 2016 Insights for the New Year

January 11, 2016

A lot happened in 2015 in all of our financial lives: career changes, retirement, new children, marriage, new homes. Beyond that, the U.S. stock market experienced a correction which we haven’t seen in a while, and the Fed increased interest… Read Now >>