All Things Financial Planning Blog

About: Ara Oghoorian

Website

Details

Ara Oghoorian, CFA, CFP®, is the founder and president of ACap Asset Management, Inc., a boutique wealth management firm located in Los Angeles, CA. ACap provides comprehensive investment management and financial planning services with a niche in advising physicians and medical professionals. Ara began his professional career 20 years ago at Wells Fargo Bank in Huntington Beach, CA piloting new supermarket banks. He then moved to San Francisco to obtain a degree in finance and worked full time at the Federal Reserve Bank. Ara spent nearly nine years there as a bank examiner where he audited U.S. banks, bank holding companies, and foreign institutions from Japan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, United Kingdom and France. In 2005, Ara accepted a prestigious position with the US Department of the Treasury as the resident advisor to the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Republic of Armenia. He was responsible for advising the top officials of the Republic of Armenia on how to transition from a centralized audit function to a decentralized system. Upon his return to the US, Ara worked for a wealth management firm in the Washington DC area advising and managing the personal wealth of CEOs from Fortune 500 companies. Ara has spent his entire career in finance and as a result, he has a firm grasp of financial markets, economics, and their interactions. He is a member of the CFA Institute, CFA Society of Los Angeles, Financial Planning Association of Los Angeles, NAPFA, and Toastmasters International. In addition to his work in finance, Ara also sits on the board of the World Children’s Transplant Fund where he also chairs the annual Global Partners’ Dinner. Ara is a frequent speaker at local medical schools, medical societies, professional organizations, and private businesses. He has a degree in finance from San Francisco State University, is a Commissioned Bank Examiner through the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, Certified Financial Planner designation, and holds the Series 65 license. Ara currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.

Posts by Ara Oghoorian:

• April 18, 2013 How Do Options Work?

• March 22, 2013 Don’t Pay-Off Your Student Loans

• December 21, 2012 Want to Avoid Capital Gains and Get a Tax Deduction?

• November 15, 2012 How A Six-Year-Old Saves For Retirement

• October 18, 2012 How the Fed Sets Interest Rates

• August 23, 2012 Location, location, location

• July 19, 2012 How to Buy Commodities

• June 21, 2012 How Sharpe is Your Portfolio?

• May 17, 2012 Don’t Put All Your Apples in One Basket