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Phil Cannella’s Crash Proof Retirement System: Al Butikis

Phil Cannella Protects Another Consumer’s Future The Crash Proof Retirement System, created by Phil Cannella, has helped thousands of people to secure their retirement futures. Today, we focus the Crash Proof Retirement Spotlight on Al Butikis of South Philadelphia. Al is a retired welder who spent years investing his retirement nest egg. Al had some more traditional investments as well, such as savings and checking accounts and CDs. But in all those cases, Al’s returns weren’t providing him with peace of mind about his future. Read More +

Phil Cannella Interviews Leading Advocate

The Crash Proof Retirement Show This past week on The Crash Proof Retirement Show, Phil Cannella had the opportunity to interview Barbara Roper, the Director of Investor Protection for the Consumer Federation of America. Ms. Roper’s appearance on The Crash Proof Retirement Show was a natural fit, as she has spent her career thoroughly dedicated to consumer advocacy causes, including those that benefit older Americans and specifically, people in or near retirement as a member of AARP’s “Money-After-50” program. As the nation’s leading consumer spokesperson Read More +

Phil Cannella Reports On Municipal Bond Crisis on Crash Proof Retirement Show

On last weekend’s Crash Proof Retirement Show, Phil Cannella and co-host Joann Small reported on the recent crisis in the Windy City of Chicago. Research from Retirement Media Inc. found that Moody’s, a leading provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, has downgraded the credit rating of America’s 3rd-largest city to junk-bond levels. Moody’s rating system, which grades bonds from Aaa to C, makes a distinction between investment-grade and junk level bonds between Baa and Ba, the exact fall-off that Chicago’s credit experienced. This Read More +

Phil Cannella Focuses On Women In Retirement

Phil Cannella and Joann Small commemorated Mother’s Day on last week’s Crash Proof Retirement Show by paying special tribute to the most important woman in all of our lives. “It was a very wise man who once said, ‘God can’t be everywhere; therefore, let there be moms!’” said Phil Cannella. With everything our mothers do for us throughout our lifetimes, we all want to see them enjoy their golden years to their fullest extent. Part of that is spending time with the grandchildren, but an Read More +

Phil Cannella’s Quest For Truth And Logic

Phil Cannella’s quest to bring Truth to the American Retiree reached a turning point back in 2011, when he secured an exclusive interview with then-Inspector general of the SEC, H. David Kotz. In the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, Phil Cannella founded The Crash Proof Retirement Show, heard on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT each weekend. The show started to further Phil’s mission of bringing Truth to the American Retiree. This was accomplished through news, research and honest analysis from Phil Cannella himself. But Read More +

Phil Cannella Continues The Fight For Accountability

Each day, Phil Cannella furthers the cause of mandating fiduciary responsibility across the financial industry. The financial crisis of 2008-2009 brought to light the rampant wrongdoing that permeates Wall Street. Industry professionals seek to take advantage of unwitting and gullible consumers. Insiders are working primarily for their own financial gain over those of the people they serve. This is unfortunately the state of affairs within the financial services sector, but it is one that Phil Cannella diametrically opposes and in contrast to this, holds himself Read More +

Phil Cannella: The Epitome of Consumer Advocacy in the Financial Industry

Phil Cannella welcomes each and every challenge he faces throughout his efforts to make sweeping reforms in the financial services industry. The battle over fiduciary duty, and Phil’s commitment to upholding the highest standard of consumer advocacy, may be his greatest victory to date. The Wall Street environment is a perfect example of the ‘every man for himself’ approach. Financial professionals are all too willing to take advantage of oblivious consumers, while industry insiders are work solely for their own personal financial gain, with little regard for Read More +

Phil Cannella Asks The Tough Questions

“My name is Phil Cannella, and I say the financial industry is stacked against you, the everyday American investor.” Chances are that if you’ve been to a Crash Proof Retirement Educational Event, you’ve heard those words. At or near the beginning of the session, Phil Cannella makes this strong, declarative statement to the hundreds of attendees. As Crash Proof Retirement Founder, Phil Cannella travels throughout the tri-state area to educate people in or near retirement on safe alternatives available outside of Wall Street. Each Crash Proof Retirement Read More +

Phil Cannella Crusades Against Media Misinformation

Since founding Retirement Media Inc. in 2012, Phil Cannella has been on a mission to free the everyday American from the misinformation and biased commentary of the mainstream media. When it comes to retirement-specific advice, Phil Cannella has found the research and information put forth by such media outlets to be lacking, misleading and just plain wrong. Phil Cannella discussed the latest example of this glaring shortcoming on last weekend’s Crash Proof Retirement Show. “The mainstream media is confused,” Cannella told the listening audience as Read More +

Phil Cannella Educates Retirees On Safe Alternatives

Phil Cannella explained the wonders that the Crash Proof Retirement System can perform for people in or near retired years on Saturday’s Crash Proof Retirement Show —then welcomed some Crash Proof clients to prove it! “As consumer advocates, Joann Small and I are determined to educate people in or near retired years,” Phil Cannella told the listening audience. “The Crash Proof Retirement System is guaranteed to protect your retirement nest egg against a market crash or downturn—yet it still allows for the potential of double-digit Read More +

Phil Cannella and Crash Proof Consumers Respond To NY Post Attack

This past week on The Crash Proof Retirement Show, we addressed an unfounded attack against First Senior Financial Group and The Crash Proof Retirement System. On February 15, New York Post columnist John Crudele attempted to assess the Crash Proof Retirement System through his “Dear John” column in the Sunday edition of the newspaper. He did this in response to a letter written by “M.B.” of Princeton, N.J., a regular listener to The Crash Proof Retirement Show. Unfortunately, Crudele and his source, Jeffrey Golden of Circle Advisers failed to do adequate research Read More +

Phil Cannella Joins Forces with Dick Morris to Enhance Education of Retirees

Phil Cannella has spent his whole career educating retirees on the financial landscape of our country. He’s taught them about the inner workings of Wall Street, shielded them from corrupt or ill-advised investments, and protected their nest eggs through Crash Proof vehicles. But this past summer, Phil Cannella added another weapon to his arsenal in the form of internationally-renowned political insider Dick Morris. Morris’ expertise and experience on Capitol Hill brings an additional layer of expertise to Crash Proof Retirement educational events. Since July, Dick Read More +