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Retirement, income, and tax planning for East Bay professionals

Cadence Capital Investments publishes educational articles on retirement income planning, employer benefit plan decisions, and how to evaluate a financial advisor. Nothing here is a ranking, a recommendation, or personalized advice.

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Where these articles connect to our work

Each article sits alongside a service page that explains how we approach the same subject with clients.

Retirement income planning

Coordinating Social Security timing, withdrawal sequencing, and pension elections into one income plan.

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Chevron benefit decisions

ESIP, the Chevron Retirement Plan pension election, company stock concentration, and retiree medical timing.

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Investment management

Portfolio structure built around risk tolerance and the years of income a retirement plan needs to support.

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Insurance and protection

Insurance, annuity, and income protection options offered through licensed affiliates and reviewed as part of a wider plan.

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Working with an advisor

What a fiduciary standard covers, how advisors are compensated, and how to verify a background before you engage.

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The East Bay

Local context across Contra Costa and Alameda counties, from the I-680 corridor to the Tri-Valley.

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About these insights

Is anything on this page personalized financial advice?

No. These articles are educational and general in nature. They do not account for your income, tax situation, plan documents, health, or goals, and they are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security or insurance product. Personalized advice requires a conversation about your specific circumstances.

Do these articles rank or endorse any advisor or firm?

No. Cadence Capital Investments does not publish rankings of financial advisors and does not participate in any ranking discussed in these articles. Where an article describes evaluation criteria, those criteria are offered so you can form your own comparison, not as a scored list.

Are the employer benefit plan details in these articles current?

Plan provisions change, sometimes annually. Every description of an employer plan in these articles is general and drawn from publicly available information as of the publication date. Confirm current terms with your plan administrator, your summary plan description, and your employer's human resources service center before acting.

Is Cadence Capital Investments affiliated with the employers named in these articles?

No. Cadence Capital Investments is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise connected to Chevron Corporation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, or any other employer named in these articles. Company and plan names are used only to identify the benefit programs being discussed and remain the property of their respective owners.

Do these articles constitute tax or legal advice?

No. Tax and estate concepts appear throughout, including Roth conversions, Net Unrealized Appreciation, required minimum distributions, and beneficiary designations. None of it is tax or legal advice. Consult your CPA or attorney about your individual situation before you act on any of it.

Is Cadence Capital Investments fee-only or fee-based?

Fee-based. Investment advisory services are offered through Prosperity Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor, which acts in a fiduciary capacity with respect to the advisory services it provides. Securities are offered through Fortune Financial Services, LLC, a Registered Broker/Dealer and member FINRA and SIPC. Insurance and annuity products are offered through licensed affiliates and agents, and because an affiliate may earn commissions on certain products, the firm is fee-based rather than fee-only. The full structure is described in our Form CRS.

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The articles published here are for general informational and educational purposes only. They are not intended as, and should not be relied upon as, individualized investment, tax, or legal advice, and they are not an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security or insurance product. Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Advisory services offered through Prosperity Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor. Securities offered through Fortune Financial Services, LLC, a Registered Broker/Dealer, member FINRA / SIPC. Insurance and annuity products are offered through licensed affiliates and agents; product guarantees are subject to the claims-paying ability of the issuing company. Because an affiliate may earn commissions on certain products, Cadence Capital Investments is fee-based rather than fee-only.

Cadence Capital Investments is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any employer, plan sponsor, plan administrator, or government agency named in these articles. All company, plan, and product names are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification purposes only. Photographs are illustrative and do not depict actual clients.