Our Partners

Charles Schwab Custodial Services

Charles Schwab Custodial Services

  • Minimal fees: Schwab’s Schwab One Custodial Account has no maintenance fees, no commissions for online stock and exchange-traded Funds (ETFs), and no minimum opening deposit required.
  • Industry experience: Schwab has been in the industry for a long time and has more assets under management than any other custodian.
  • Community: Schwab offers a learning community of over 15,000 firms
  • Strong customer support: Schwab offers 24/7 service and support.

Dimensional Fund Advisors Mutual Funds

  • Accessible only through an approved financial advisor
  • Provides tax-advantaged no-load funds
  • Value and small-cap tilt strategies, along with strategic trading, based on Nobel-prize research by E. Fama and K. French
  • Outperform comparable no-load mutual funds by about 1% in most asset classes over the past 20 years.

A Deeper Look At The Performance

XY Planning Network (XYPN)

  • Network of fee-only financial advisors
    • CFP® certification
    • Fee-only, no sales commissions, fiduciaries
    • Virtual Services not limited by location
  • Referrals for financial professionals through the cumulative experience of hundreds of independent advisors
  • Networking and educational resource knowledge base
  • XYPN’s Find Your Fee-Only Advisor” search portal.

National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA)

  • A network of advisors who meet extremely high standards:
    • Requires double the ongoing continuing education (CE) coursework of CFP®certificants (60 hours every 2 years, instead of 30 hours)
    • CFP® certification
    • Fee-only, meaning advisors receive compensation solely from the client — no broker commissions, rebates, awards, finder’s fees, bonuses, “fee-offset” arrangements, 12b-1 fees, insurance rebates, wrap fee arrangements or other compensation from the sale of financial products.
    • Fiduciary — legally bound to put clients’ best interests first, at all times
    • Free of disciplinary and legal events, which can be certified by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (www.finra.org)
  • A broad range of member resources
    • Network opportunities and resource groups with highly skilled financial advisors
    • Extensive CE courses in subjects such as tax strategies, retirement, estate, financial planning, ethics, financial planning, insurance, accounting, economics, strategic thinking, and technology
  • NAPFA’s highly recommended Find-an-Advisorsearch portal