Matthew V. Pixa is the President and founder of My Portfolio Guide, LLC. Matt Pixa grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and at a very young age learned from a World War II Veteran father who grew up in the Great Depression that money and resources are to be managed prudently. Matt's curiosity and passion for investing was further sparked during the stock market crash of 1987. Being a new investor without any guidance and coupled with the dramatic events of that period, an interest and passion for becoming a student of the markets was born.
Matt later studied Economics and earned a Bachelor's degree while also competing as a student-athlete for California State University Long Beach. After advancing his career he decided to return to graduate school and further his business and finance education by earning an MBA from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Matt then completed his Personal Financial Planning studies for the CFP designation through UCLA. He is a member of the FPA (Financial Planning Assocation) and NAPFA (National Association of Personal Financial Advisors).
Matt was trained and worked as an investment advisor for several of the largest and most widely respected brokerage firms on Wall Street as well as one of the most eminent private wealth management firms in the nation. Early on in his financial career, he learned that most "advisors" are actually not trained to give unbiased investment advice. Many simply get licensed and then are employed as salespeople to pitch products or build a book of business that is only scalable by outsourcing the relationship to others. It becomes a numbers game and what typically gets left behind is the best interest of the client. Along with his extensive background in finance, Matt's time working at Deloitte enabled him to understand the demands of maintaining independence requirements for Partners and executives from the Big Four accounting and consulting firms. This in turn created a niche in serving this type of time strapped and compliance constrained professional.
Matt Pixa lives in Seal Beach, CA with his wife Cecilia, daughter Isabel, and son Lance. As a family the Pixa's are involved in several Orange County charities, through their church at Saint Joseph, and with several non-profits such as Care for the Poor and Taller San Jose. This past year Matt was also elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce. Lastly, he enjoys coaching youth sports for his children's teams and also competes in Ironman triathlons as a way to stay fit, disciplined, and blow off any left over energy.