Formal Education:
AS Engineering
BA Business (Accounting Major)
MS Finance
Post-grad, Financial Planning & Employee Benefits

Licenses & Certification (past & present)
NASD Series 7, 63, 65
Insurance: Health, Life & Disability

Day Job: CFO $30 mil / 120 empl mfg company

Credits: Designer & Administrator of:
$11 mil 401(k) plan.
(plan balance increase 450% in 5 years)
Self-insured Health Plan, $500 Deduc, 80/20
(premium savings $750k in 3 years)
$10 mil investment account
(goal: risk abatement, returns $500k/yr)

Happily married with two children.

Personal Vision: A Conscious humankind & an end to the egoic madness governing it.

Other:
US Navy 69-72
NLP Practitioner Certification
Spiritual Student & Teacher

My passion is ...

Learning

I know too much about ...

Too many things.

My parents always told me ...

To be good.

My childhood ambition ...

Air Force fighter pilot.

My favorite memory ...

Sitting in the Amazon jungle on a moonless night looking into the Milky Way

Why I write ...

No choice really. I get physically ill if I hold it inside.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Life.

My first job ...

Working as a farm hand.

My best moment ...

This one.

My inspiration ...

Jesus in the garden at Gethsemane

Personal Finance > Stock Market Investing in the stock market

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A sure fire way to make money investing, be guaranteed a risk free positive outcome, and receive a 10 to 20 percent return on your money is to pay off personal debt. However, if you are one of the rare individuals that already has a healthy 401(k) balance, three to six months in a cash savings account (your safety net) and no debt beyond a house, then maybe it's time for you to explore what the stock market has to offer. It can be satisfying if you approach it like any risky venture-cautiously.

How to invest is easy enough. Obviously you have access to the Internet. Type 'discount broke...

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