Financial Adviser Alexander Cruz

People Ignore My Advice?

Alexander Cruz is a financial adviser at SagePoint Financial in Los Angeles. Before participating in a panel on young Californians and retirement, he talked steak and mother-in-law’s tongue (the plant), Joan Rivers and scrap lumber in the Zócalo green room.

Personal Finance Columnist Liz Weston

On Learning the Piano, Eating Pepperoni Pizza, and Saving for Retirement

Liz Weston is a personal finance columnist whose “Money Talk” question-and-answer column appears in newspapers throughout the country and who writes a weekly column for Reuters. Before participating in a panel …

You Should Have Started Saving for Retirement Yesterday

A Lot of Obstacles Keep Us From Making Long-Term Investments. Luckily, There Are a Lot of Ways to Get Around Them.

Thinking about retirement is never easy. “We feel your pain,” financial writer Tom Petruno told an audience at MOCA Grand Avenue. “It’s very hard when you’re 25 to think about …

Wolf At the Door, No Money In the Cupboard

Millions Of Americans Have No Emergency Savings. Some Policy Tweaks Could Change That.

The 16-day government shutdown has come and gone. But amid the countdown clocks, panda cam panic, and happy hour deals for furloughed workers, there’s one crucial thing the media missed: …

The Stimulus-Sequester Seesaw

What Will Determine Whether Austerity Prevails?

Over the past year, the United States has seesawed from stimulus to sequester. Right now, we’re cutting spending in order to reduce the nation’s deficit, but in President Obama’s first …