Truly Integrated Wealth Management
Investment Management • Tax Strategy • Risk Management • Asset and Estate Protection
Westridge Wealth Strategies helps Silicon Valley business owners, start-up workers, technology management and their families and its services are differentiated from Wall Street firms by:
- The evidence-based perspective offered to clients, backed by a quarter-century of financial markets experience.
- The breadth of comprehensive wealth management delivered with a focus on tax minimization.
- An investment philosophy of passive-based, low-cost core portfolio management supplemented by select private, non-traded investments. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria investing options available.
Helpful Content
Acres of Diamonds
In life it often happens that the answers to our most pressing questions are right in our own backyards.
Year-End Charitable Gifting and You
This article may help you maximize the benefits of your donation for your chosen charity.
Lots of Variables with Fixed-Rate Mortgages
When selecting a fixed-rate mortgage, a borrower has to determine how many years to finance the loan.
Social Security: The Elephant in the Room
Some people wonder if Social Security will remain financially sound enough to pay the benefits they are owed.
IRA Withdrawals that Escape the 10% Tax Penalty
The list of IRA withdrawals that may be taken without incurring a 10% early penalty has grown.
How Stocks Work
Understanding how a stock works is key to understanding your investments.
U.S. Personal Savings Rate
What can be learned from the savings rate?
Creative Ways to Motivate Your Employees
Five creative (and inexpensive) ideas for motivating your employees.
Do You Owe The AMT?
If you want to avoid potential surprises at tax time, it may make sense to know where you stand when it comes to the AMT.
View all articles 
What Is the Dividend Yield?
This calculator helps determine your pre-tax and after-tax dividend yield on a particular stock.
Can I Refinance My Mortgage?
This calculator can help determine whether it makes sense to refinance your mortgage.
Doubling Your Money
This calculator demonstrates the power of compound interest.
Roth 401(k) vs. Traditional 401(k)
This calculator compares employee contributions to a Roth 401(k) and a traditional 401(k).
Comparing Investments
This calculator compares the net gain of a taxable investment versus a tax-favored one.
Annuity Comparison
This calculator compares a hypothetical fixed annuity with an account where the interest is taxed each year.
View all calculators
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
View all presentations
The Rule of 72
Do you know how long it may take for your investments to double in value? The Rule of 72 is a quick way to figure it out.
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Lifestyle inflation can be the enemy of wealth building. What could happen if you invested instead of buying more stuff?
Social Security: By the Numbers
Here are five facts about Social Security that might surprise you.
Consider These 3 Things Before Driving Off the Lot
There are a few things to consider when buying or leasing your next vehicle.
An Arm and a Leg
A visit to the hospital can be painful, for both your body and your wallet. Don’t let it be more painful than it has to be.
Surprise! You’ve Got Money!
Here’s a quick guide to checking to see if you have unclaimed money.