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Are You and Your Family Prepared?

We’ve recently seen news about intentional power outages in Northern California due to high winds creating a potential fire hazard. These Santa Ana winds often…

Do You Really Need a Financial Planner?

Recently at a social event, one of our advisors was asked, “do only the ultra-wealthy need a financial planner?” The short answer is, “no.” We…

College Planning for the Student

So you are headed off to college? This is an exciting time in anyone’s life, but it often comes with unforeseen challenges. Moving out of…

Kim’s LEAD Impact Experience

Being part of the 2019 LEAD Impact class of San Diego was a unique experience that I will never forget!  After having lived in San…

Are you ready to get married… financially?

Are you ready to get married… financially? The decision to get married brings up many questions.  Mostly, you are trying to figure out if this…

Nine Pointers to Prepare for a Successful Retirement

  Your mid-fifties is the ideal time to start planning for life after work, sometimes called “retirement”. At CCMI, we prefer to call the years…

The New Tax Return

As the 2018 tax season is now behind most of us, the outcomes ranged from being pleasantly surprised with a lighter tax bill, to paying…

What to Keep & What to Toss

  Now that Tax Day has come and gone, it’s a good idea to take a look at the ever-increasing stack of paper that inevitably…

What to Keep/What to Toss

Now that Tax Day has come and gone, it’s a good idea to take a look at the ever-increasing stack of paper that inevitably invades…

Six Behavioral Traits that Can Influence Your Investments

Your success as an investor can be linked to your behavior as an investor. Success isn’t always based on picking the right stock, bond, region,…