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How to Use a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) to Save on Taxes
If you have a traditional IRA and are age 73 or older, you’re likely familiar with required minimum distributions (RMDs). These are the annual IRA withdrawals the IRS mandates once you reach a certain age. These withdrawals are based on… Read Now >>
The American Dream: The “WHY” Behind the Market
February 11, 2016Matt 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, 2016The 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, 2016We 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, 2016We 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, 2016Matt 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, 2016Here’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, 2016Some 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, 2016A 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 >>
The American Dream January 2nd, 2016
January 5, 2016Matt Rinkey was on Craig Sewing’s the American Dream to talk about how to the recent Federal Reserve Board interest rate hike may affect your portfolio and overall financial life. Matt discusses how the pace of interest rates hikes affect the… Read Now >>
December 2015: Reward Yourself
December 9, 2015Did you get all of your gift shopping done on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and what some retailers are now calling Cyber Week? We thought we should wait until all of the sales e-mails were cleared out of your inbox… Read Now >>
