Investment Advisor
CurrentI help professionals and business owners develop a sound financial strategy for achieving life goals such as retirement, education, philanthropy, estate planning, saving/deferring taxes, and business succession planning. My process starts with discussing and defining goals, creating a plan for achieving them, and creating an Investment Policy Statement to serve as a road map for portfolio design, decision making, and defining specific mandates.Drawing on more than 30-years financial industry experience, including 15 years with institutional investors as clients, as well as my CFA charter, my process offers clients a unique perspective on how to design portfolios with ideal risk/reward trade-offs. I also take a guidance-based approach that encourages clients to understand the role of each investment in a portfolio, including understanding how their portfolio is likely to behave in up and down markets. My goal is to make them “smarter and better informed investors”.The portfolio construction process is flexible enough to incorporate stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and self-managed accounts (SMAs).As a CFA charterholder, I share the principle of fiduciary duty, putting client interests ahead of my own. Fees are visible and agreed upon before becoming a client, which ensures that the investment selection process is always objective.
