Helping You Reach Your Financial Destination.
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I am Branden Rubasky, CFP®, a financial advisor in Torrance, California. My team and I work with a limited number of families in the South Bay to help them identify and achieve their financial goals and objectives. We will help you prepare for tomorrow by encouraging you to focus on what you can control today. Whether your goal is saving for retirement, college or something else important to you, our personalized service focuses on your specific situation.
Our team members have years of experience in financial planning. We look forward to building a long and successful financial planning relationship with you. Please call me directly at (310) 375-4847 or (310) 373-7351 .
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Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
Saving for College
This calculator can help you estimate how much you should be saving for college.
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Impact of Taxes and Inflation
Estimate the potential impact taxes and inflation can have on the purchasing power of an investment.
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Estimate the total cost in today's dollars of various mortgage alternatives.
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Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
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A New Way to Look at Your Bucket List
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