No two clients are alike, so our solution for each client is unique.
Every client relationship starts with a detailed financial plan. This takes about a month and involves multiple discussions with you and in-depth review of several dozen documents like brokerage statements, wills, tax returns and insurance policies.
We create a draft financial plan, revise it based on your feedback, and then implement it, working with you and specialists like your CPA, estate-planning attorney or insurance agent.
But that’s just the start. As life happens, we’ll revise the plan and help you respond to changes in your financial situation.
For more, see What We Do.
At Old Peak, we’re on our client’s side.
Client fees are our only compensation. Our only incentive is to recommend what’s best for you.
We take no commissions or revenue shares and we have no in-house products. So, we face none of the conflicts of interest that plague our industry.
By contrast, most of the big banks have multiple sources of revenue from high-margin products that may not be in a client’s interest.
Our on-going advice focuses on six areas:
- Your financial goals: determining how you can afford the retirement you want, plus other goals such as kids’ college, a vacation home, charitable giving or leaving a legacy
- Investments: creating and managing a mix of stocks, bonds and other investments that fits your risk profile and allows you to achieve your goals
- Insurance: identifying insurance needs and assisting you in buying the right policy — or in eliminating unnecessary coverage
- Estate planning: creating an estate plan – trusts, wills, powers of attorney and related documents — that meets your needs, working with an experienced attorney
- Tax: identifying opportunities to minimize your estimated lifetime tax expense
- Liability management: helping you decide whether to borrow, pay-off or re-finance loans
We invest the way sophisticated institutions invest.
We use research that won a Nobel Prize in economics to maximize potential investment returns.
We primarily use mutual funds available only to institutions and financial advisors. Although there are no guarantees in investing, a century of data suggests our strategies are superior to the high-fee, stock-picking approach most individuals and advisors follow.
Our philosophy is different in four critical ways. First, we use rigorous, academic research based on decades of market data. Second, we take a long-term view. Third, we keep fees low by not paying expensive analysts to pick stocks and bonds. Finally, by limiting trading, our clients typically owe less tax.
Click here to learn more about our investing philosophy.
