Business Description
Our goal is to focus clients on the fact that their lives, and how they optimally want to live it, control their financial destiny even though that future may be guided by financial resources. We value highly collaborative relationships based upon mutual trust and respect with the key factor being the establishment, maintenance and nurturing of a long term relationship. If you've ever done a jig saw puzzle, then you understand that there are hundreds of "important" pieces. The components of a financial plan are representative of those pieces but in the final analysis, financial planning is truly "the picture on the front of the box" without which, there's little hope in completing the puzzle. In the truest sense, financial planning is all about the transitions that we face in our lives, not about the transactions.
General Information Gender:    Male CRD#:    12345 Firm CRD#:    12453 Name of Custodial Firm:    Charles Schwab States Licensed in:    NJ Years of Experience in Financial Services:    29 Number of Years with Current Firm:    13 I work with the following types of clients:    Individual Investors
Services Investment Types:    Bonds, Stocks, Annuities, Mutual Funds, Real Estate, Alternative Investments
Qualifications & Memberships Certifications, Accreditations & Designations:    CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Certificant Financial Organization Memberships:    Financial Planning Association (FPA)
Firm Information Number of Advisors in Office:    Up to 10 employees I work with clients as part of a team:    Yes Firm's Number of Clients:    62 Firm's Number of Planning Clients:    39 Firm's Number of Managed Clients:    39 Advisor's Number of Clients:    62 Advisor's Number of Managed Clients:    39 Advisor's Number of Planning Clients:    39 Assets Managed by Advisor:    $24,000,000
Compliance Registered Investment Advisor:    Yes Investment Advisor Representative:    Yes I am an acknowledged fiduciary:    Yes Compliance Disclosures in Last 5 years:    I have a clean record Criminal Disclosures in Last 5 years:    I have a clean record
Compensation & Fees I am a fee-only financial professional:    Yes Minimum Portfolio Size for New Managed Accounts:    $250,000 Compensation Methods:    Flat Fee Flat Fee Rate:    $2,500 Additional Details on Charges:    Our fees are billed on a flat fee basis, we do not accept commissions (we are no longer licensed to accept them) and we do not charge a percentage of assets under management as would likley be the industry norm. Minimum Fee Charged for Managed Accounts:    $2,500 Minimum Fee Charged for Hourly Planning Accounts:    $250 Minimum Fee Charged for Flat Fee Accounts:    $2,500
Prepared By:	Bob Barry
Most Recent Update:	07/03/2008

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Q.	Do you have a customer satisfaction or refund policy?
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