Truly Integrated Wealth Management
Investment Management • Tax Strategy • Risk Management • Asset and Estate Protection
Westridge Wealth Strategies helps business owners, start-up workers, technology management and their families in both the Silicon Valley and North Shore Chicago regions. WWS services are differentiated from Wall Street firms by:
- The evidence-based perspective offered to clients, backed by more than 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
Retirement Plan Detectives
A couple become Retirement Plan Detectives, searching records from old employers.
Pay Yourself First
It sounds simple, but paying yourself first can really pay off.
Annuity Comparison
This calculator compares a hypothetical fixed annuity with an account where the interest is taxed each year.
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.
5 Key Financial Steps for Women Business Owners of Color
Women of color have collectively taken an important seat at the table of business ownership. While the number of women-owned businesses in the U.S. grew by 58% from 2007 to 2018, those owned by women of color grew by almost three times that amount (163%) in the same time period.
The Big Picture– Cracking Open a Six Pack
Knowing your risks is essential when making investment decisions and exit decisions.
A House Divided
By understanding a few key concepts during a divorce, you may be able to avoid common pitfalls.
Revising Estate Strategy Assumptions
Estate tax exemptions rules appear to be stabilizing, prompting many to reconsider conventional estate strategies.
How Will You Be Remembered?
How are you protecting your own memory through adequate legacy planning that will pass your gains safely on to your family.
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Saving for College
This calculator can help you estimate how much you should be saving for college.
What Is the Dividend Yield?
This calculator helps determine your pre-tax and after-tax dividend yield on a particular stock.
Social Security Taxes
Estimate how much of your Social Security benefit may be considered taxable.
A Look at Systematic Withdrawals
This calculator may help you estimate how long funds may last given regular withdrawals.
What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
Taxable vs. Tax-Deferred Savings
Use this calculator to compare the future value of investments with different tax consequences.
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Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
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Perception vs. Reality
There’s an alarming difference between perception and reality for current and future retirees.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Rightsizing for Retirement
What does your home really cost?
Video: A Time to be Thankful
This Thanksgiving, replace internal fears with external gratitude.
Should I Invest in Gold?
Learning more about gold and its history may help you decide whether it has a place in your portfolio.
Bridging the Confidence Gap
In the world of finance, the effects of the "confidence gap" can be especially apparent.