Service
Wealth & Investment Management
Active portfolios at institutional expense.
We build portfolios the way an in-house institutional desk would: actively managed, low internal expense, income-engineered, with curated alternatives where they fit. Then we run them so you don't have to.
The expense math, in dollars
About
$0
a year, handed back.On a $1,000,000 portfolio, the gap between a typical 0.50% internal expense and our roughly 0.04% is real money, every year, before you count what a decade of compounding does to it left invested.
Roughly one-tenth of what most cookie-cutter portfolios quietly pass through. We simply don’t take it, and we show it to you on every statement.
Built like an in-house institutional desk.
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What we do
Actively managed equity sleeves built on conviction, not closet indexing: real positions we can defend, not a benchmark hugged for safety. Internal expense ratios from 0.03% to 0.05%, roughly one-tenth of what most cookie-cutter portfolios quietly pass through. Income sleeves engineered around the cash flow you actually need, so a down market never forces your hand. And tax-aware rebalancing, loss harvesting, and asset location coordinated with the rest of your plan, not bolted on at year-end.
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How we build your portfolio
It starts with a discovery conversation about what your wealth actually has to do: fund a retirement, carry a family, bridge a business exit. From there we design an architecture across equity, fixed income, real estate, private credit, and cash, sized to your time horizon and your real tolerance for risk. Then we run it. You always see what we hold and why, and we talk before anything meaningful changes, not after.
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The expense math, in dollars
Fees sound abstract until you compound them. On a $1,000,000 portfolio, the gap between a typical 0.50% internal expense and our roughly 0.04% is about $4,600 every year, before you count what that money earns over the next decade left invested. Nobody at a big brokerage hands that back to you. We simply don't take it in the first place, and we show it to you on every statement.
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Active management, actually active
'Active' gets thrown around loosely. For us it means concentrated conviction positions, real in-house research, and a willingness to look different from the index when the situation warrants, paired with the discipline not to trade for its own sake. The goal was never activity. It's owning the right things, at the right size, with the tax and income consequences engineered in from day one.
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Who it's for
Families and business owners with $500,000 or more in investable assets who've outgrown one-size-fits-all advice. Pre-retirees who need income stability, not just a rising number on a statement. Investors who want the access and pricing big institutions get, without being treated like a number.
Common questions
What are your fees?
Advice-first and fee-based on assets we manage. We don't take fund kickbacks, soft dollars, or rebates. Specific fee schedule is shared on the consult call.
Where are assets custodied?
Charles Schwab. Your statements, logins, and tax documents come from Schwab directly.
How often do we meet?
Quarterly by default for active clients; more often during planning events (Roth conversion windows, business sales, retirement transitions). And we pick up the phone when you call.
Do you charge separately for financial planning?
No. Planning is included in the management relationship. There's no separate planning fee or hourly billing.
Related
Adjacent work that often runs alongside this.
Service
Tax Strategy & Preparation →
Engineering (and soon, filing) under one roof.
Service
Retirement Income Planning →
Income that shows up whether the market is up or down.
Service
Alternative Investments Access →
Private credit and real estate, where you qualify.
Strategy
Direct Indexing →
Indexing that harvests losses for years, not minutes.
Strategy
Income-Engineered Portfolios →
A ~6% income sleeve so you never sell stock at the wrong time.
Most clients leave their first call with something their last advisor never gave them: a plan.
Thirty minutes. No prep needed. We'll walk through your situation and tell you what we'd do differently.