Wade Dokken (born March 3, 1960) is an American financial writer and

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. Wade Dokken was raised in rural

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and attended the

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, where he studied

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and

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. After graduating, Dokken became an account executive at

Paine Webber PaineWebber & Co. was an American investment bank and stock brokerage firm that was acquired by the Swiss bank UBS in 2000. The company was founded in 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, by William Alfred Paine and Wallace G. Webber. Operating with t ...

. Gaining knowledge and expertise in

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, Dokken went on to become the National Sales Manager at American

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. After being named CEO of American

in 2000, Dokken partnered with Goldman Sachs to guide the sale of the company to

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in 2003 for $1.2 billion. Dokken now lives in Bozeman, Montana, where he serves as President of Wealthvest, a financial services marketing and distribution firm specializing in fixed- and fixed-index annuities from many high-quality insurance companies. Wade Dokken is the author of ''New Century, New Deal: How to Turn Your Wages into Wealth through Social Security Choice''. The book criticizes the

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system for being unsustainable and suggests individuals invest in private accounts such as

, stocks, and bonds.

Publications

''New Century, New Deal: How to Turn Your Wages into Wealth through Social Security Choice'' (Regnery Publishing, 2000). ()

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dokken, Wade American financial businesspeople American financial writers 1960 births Living people University of North Dakota alumni