David Kudla

David Kudla is President and Executive Editor of FIA Publishing, LLC, which publishes GM/Delphi 401k Investor and Ford/Visteon 401k Investor. He is also CEO and Chief Investment Strategist of Mainstay Capital Management, a fee-only, independent, Registered Investment Advisor with $1 billion under management. David is currently ranked by Barron’s as one of the “Top 100 Independent Advisors” in the country and Mainstay is recognized by Investment News as a “Top 30 Financial Planning Firm” nationwide. He has earned two postgraduate degrees, including a Masters Degree in Management at Stanford University. David holds a Certificate in Financial Planning and is an Accredited Asset Management Specialist^SM (AAMS^®), a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor^SM (CRPC^®), and a Chartered Mutual Fund Counselor^SM (CMFC^®). He is a contributing writer for Forbes and publishes articles on investments, the financial markets, and retirement planning. David regularly speaks at national conferences, conducts educational seminars, and advises thousands of retirement savings plan participants. His insights into investing, 401(k) plans, the financial markets, and the automotive industry have often been sought out by prominent media sources worldwide such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Forbes, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, USA TODAY, Detroit News & Free Press, Reuters, CNN, Bloomberg, FOX, and CNBC. He holds three U.S. patents and has a patent pending on Mainstay Capital Management’s proprietary Waypoint Retirement Planning System^TM.