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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011Take a Hike, Monique!
Friday, April 1st, 2011It’s a Hike, It’s a Fundraiser, & It’s a Farewell Party for Monique Pilie Saturday, April 2, 2011 Join us for a 5K morning hike through the lush Couterie Forest and rugged undeveloped east-west City Park Golf course. Following the hike, there will be a post-hike party with food, refreshments, and music. We will wish Monique[…] Read More
Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Finances
Friday, April 1st, 2011By Fortier Financial Each year as tax season comes to a close, I receive questions from clients resolved to make a fresh start by “cleaning up their finances.” In response, I have developed three spring cleaning tips for people eager to tidy up and for those that require a little more prodding to get their finances[…] Read More
Fortier Financial Opens Office in Lakeview
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011Fortier Financial has relocated to Lakeview. Our new address is 230 Polk Street, Suite A, New Orleans, LA 70124. Once we’re settled, feel free to come by, say hello and have a cup of coffee. View Larger Map
Fortier Financial Supports the Arts
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011We know the importance of the literary arts, and we jumped on the opportunity to support the NolaVie Creative Writing Competition. Entries are now being accepted. Entrants may submit a maximum of five original pieces of writing in three categories: short fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry. For more information, visit http://nolavie.com/ NolaVie is a new section on[…] Read More
Market Watch: Resolve to watch less TV, spend less and set goals
Friday, December 31st, 2010Published by Market Watch For many working parents, the daily day-care drop-off can be fraught not only with the imminent anxieties of the day — will I make it to work on time? Will my child cry when I leave? Is that runny nose bad enough that I should keep her home? — but also[…] Read More
Banking on Bonds? The Fed is using your tax dollars to make sure that doesn’t pay
Friday, December 10th, 2010Amid worries of deflation and the sluggish pace of the economic recovery, the Federal Reserve announced a second round of quantitative easing, commonly referred to as QE2. At a time when the prospects for another fiscal stimulus are dim, QE2 will pump $600 billion into the long-term treasury bond market in an effort to raise[…] Read More
Fortier Financial President Earns CEP® Credential
Monday, October 18th, 2010Brad Fortier, CFP®, CEP®, president of Fortier Financial, has earned the highly respected Certified Estate Planner™ credential. A CEP®, or Certified Estate Planner™, is a financial, legal, or tax professional who has earned a distinctive educational certification through the National Institute of Certified Estate Planners (NICEP). As a Certified Estate Planner™, Fortier will help individuals[…] Read More
Financial Advisor Magazine: Gulf of Uncertainty for Advisors
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Published in Financial Advisor Magazine Brad Fortier, a financial planner affiliated with LPL Financial Inc. in New Orleans, says the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster reaffirms the point that the nation’s reliance on oil has a price. “We in southern Louisiana know it as much as anyone, and that price is drilling risks and the potential[…] Read More
BP Stock Slide May Affect Your Investment Portfolio (Video)
Thursday, June 17th, 2010View this interview at: WDSU
