On April 24th, four members of the Apriem team had the pleasure of attending the first ever “Wealth Management Symposium”, put on by the CFA Society of Orange County. The event was held at the exquisite Pacific Club and featured topics including the four phases of retirement, what it looks like to lead a
By Christpher Whitaker, CFP, AIF ‘Tis the season! The tryptophan from overloading on turkey is finally wearing off, holiday decorations are getting lugged in from the garage and your annual planner is nearing the last page of the year. It also happens to be the season for some end-of-year tax planning! One of the
By Chris Whitaker, CFP® Apriem Advisors had the privilege of sponsoring the 7th annual Jessie Rees Foundation Gala. Driven by the mission to ensure every child fighting cancer has the support and resources to Never Ever Give Up (NEGU), the foundation focuses on the care of children in need. “We will care until there is a
Recently, our Apriem Cares team dedicated an afternoon to one of our philanthropic partners, Working Wardrobes. We volunteered stuffing Payday Pails to support VetNet, a program that provides career training services for veterans through the Working Wardrobes Career Services Network. VetNet is a safety net for veterans focused on transitioning at-risk veterans into the civilian
By Chris Whitaker, CFP® The year is 1948. Your friend Roger, who is wearing a plaid sport shirt tucked in near his belly button, excitedly tells you that the BBQ place on West 14th Street has now re-opened as a burger place called “McDonalds.” You park your Chevy Fleetmaster, and walk up to a
By Jennifer Olson, CFA, CFP Senior Financial Analyst The Apriem Advisors team attended the Schwab IMPACT 2017 conference last week in Chicago and got to see some of the world’s greatest influencers in economics, politics, technology, philanthropy and entertainment. David Cameron, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, spoke about U.S. politics, regulation, immigration and
For Apriem’s October WOW event we looked to our own Chief Investment Officer, Benjamin Lau and Senior Financial Analyst Jennifer N. Olson to tackle the topic of Women and Investing. Benjamin and Jennifer highlighted the unique strengths and skills women have as investors and savers and reviewed what tools are available to assist women in
Team Apriem prepared hundreds of art packs for kids in distress situations through Art 4 Kids, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to serving children through dozens of social services agencies and hospitals. Thank you to our team for serving to the highest degree professionally and personally and thank you to Art 4 Kids, Inc.
Money is an essential part of life, but the paradox is no one wants to talk about it. A study conducted by Wells Fargo revealed that personal finance (44%) was more difficult of a topic to discuss than death (38%), politics (35%), religion (32%), taxes (21%), and personal health (20%). One explanation for this
Picture personal finance as a game of chess. We are all forced to play the game, and the problem is most people only know how to move the pawns! Only when you have all of the pieces working in unison do you have a powerful, winning strategy. Our habits move our pieces on the