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Investment management services focused on disciplined strategy, intentional asset allocation, and continuous oversight.
Markets fluctuate. Emotions follow. Our role is to provide steady financial investment advice that aligns with your long term goals, risk tolerance, and income needs. We focus on managing risk, preserving capital, and building wealth alongside structured financial planning strategies.
Review My PortfolioFive principles guide every portfolio decision we make.
Taxes and investment costs directly reduce returns. While markets are hard to predict, costs can be controlled. We minimize expense ratios, transaction costs, and tax drag wherever possible.
The economy expands and contracts, and certain sectors outperform at different points in the cycle. A portion of the portfolio is positioned to reflect where we are in that cycle.
Investment decisions are driven by sound fundamental analysis and portfolio theory, not news, noise, or market sentiment. Math and reason, not fear and greed.
Cash feels safe, but it carries purchasing power risk. As inflation rises, the real value of idle cash erodes. Being too conservative is its own kind of risk.
Complicated strategies and fancy funds introduce more that can go wrong. We favor clarity, discipline, and straightforward approaches that are easy to understand and stick to.
Every portfolio is built systematically, starting with the plan and working outward to ensure every decision serves your goals.
Your objectives, circumstances, and financial plan determine your risk targets and investment strategy. Return objectives, risk tolerance, liquidity, taxes, and constraints are all defined in the Investment Policy Statement.
We use 10-year forward-looking capital market assumptions to determine which asset classes to diversify across and in what proportions.
We primarily use low-cost passively managed funds for the core portfolio. When appropriate, we may employ actively managed funds with reputable managers or individual securities within the rotational sleeve.
Different accounts carry different tax implications. We keep tax-efficient vehicles in taxable accounts and tax-inefficient vehicles in tax-advantaged accounts, maximizing after-tax returns.
| Service | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Client Communication | ||
| Quarterly Investment Report | Written report on the 6 - 18 month market and economic outlook. Samuel Resultan's own thoughts on what he sees and what that means for your retirement portfolio. (Written in plain English) | |
| Annual Portfolio Review | We meet annually to answer questions and discuss portfolio changes. | |
| Ongoing Correspondence | Answering your phone calls and communicating with you as we navigate market uncertainty. | |
| Due Diligence and Research | ||
| Fund Manager Due Diligence | We conduct fund manager due diligence to evaluate investment teams, operational infrastructure, and strategy execution. Through granular attribution analysis, we identify and qualify institutional managers. | |
| Investment Analysis | We use top-down fundamental analysis to gauge broader macroeconomic health, identify our position in the business cycle, and overweight the highest-conviction sectors. | |
| Investment Strategy | ||
| Tax Loss Harvesting | Intentionally selling investments at a loss to offset short-term or long-term capital gains. | |
| Direct Indexing | Owning the individual stocks within an index, instead of an index ETF, for precise tax loss harvesting. | |
| Tactical Allocation | Deviating slightly from the investment strategy to capitalize on short-term opportunities or mitigate risk. | |
| Asset Location | Placing tax-favored investments in taxable accounts and tax-inefficient vehicles in tax-efficient accounts. | |
| Portfolio Maintenance | ||
| Annual Rebalancing | Bringing the portfolio back within target weights while keeping capital gains in mind. | |
| Portfolio Optimization | Allocating asset class weights using forward-looking Capital Market Assumptions and Mean Variance Optimization. | |
| Cash Management | Replenishing and managing cash reserves. | |
| Securities-Based Lending | On-demand liquidity without triggering capital gains tax. | |
Take the first step towards financial freedom. We'll get to know your goals, answer your specific questions, and determine whether our fee-only approach is the right fit for you. No cost, no obligation.
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