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I'm always leery--make that downright skeptical--of people wanting to help me with my money and who claim to be unbiased and only want to see me do better. This company is located in Redwood City, CA the reps are pushing me to let them have a look at my retirement accounts in the hopes that...

I just returned from opthamologist where they checked me for cataracts and retinal neuropathy since I have diabetes. I received a thorough check-up that lasted nearly 4 hours with the dilation. It was well worth the time and found eyes were in great shape. But I was told I need glasses. After...

I have decided to start using the computer to buy and sell stocks. I have always used Scottrade with a face-to-face broker. But I am finding the costs of this luxury are becoming too great. Besides, being retired I now have more time to devote to stock picking. What on-line brokerage house...

Happy 4th everyone!!!! It is a day of celebration with good friends and good food (and good drink, too). We go with the traditional hamburgs & hot dogs & sausage with potato salad & macaroni salad and blueberries and strwberries with whipped topping for dessert. Plenty of lemonade and beer...

We have never been there and need info and suggestions on where to stay (reasonable & clean) and where to eat. Also some of the tourist-y things to see and do. We may consider this as our possible retirement destination as FL has been officially crossed off our list due to sinkholes, storms...

Hi All-- I hope you can provide some advice. I have my traditional IRAs with Edward Jones and my FP has insisted I maintain a Hartford Short Duration Bond Fund (HSDAX) as part of my asset allocations. It is, I believe, a dog, and I'd really like to dump it for individual stocks that could...

OK, I'm nearly 65 and I know my health isn't as great as when I was a young man. I never took medicine and I never went to the doctor--but about 50 I hit a brick wall!!!!! Today I suffer from high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes as well as a host of other ailments. It seems every time I go...

We live in a relatively nice neighborhood that has one sore spot. When we first bought our home, the people next to us were wonderful neighbors. They both passed on in the same year and their ne'r-do-well son inherited the house--free and clear. Since then, it has become a haven for unsavory...

Hello Everyone-- I recently joined this group and I am blown away by the knowledge and honesty I find here. So I am asking for your honest help and opinions on a San Francisco based firm called Personal Capital Advisors. They appear to be a fee-only operation and l like that they are not in...