Gil Baumgarten is the Founder and President of Segment Wealth Management, a top-10 firm in Houston. He is a nine-time recipient of the Top 1,200 Financial Advisors distinction and has been ranked among the 35 best advisors in Texas. We spoke about Wall St – the good, the bad and the ugly and how to protect yourself from making costly mistakes.

“People tend to do what fish do just before they get caught: they are chasing flashy things. And investors tend to chase flashy things and they get caught up in the same problems."

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