Our Partners

TD Ameritrade Custodial Services

  • TD Ameritrade provides minimal transaction costs
  • FDIC and SIPC insured, additional supplemental coverage provided by London insurers, plus TD Ameritrade asset protection guarantee.
  • Secure on-line account information
  • Access to GainsKeeper® for prompt tax accounting
  • Automatic cash balance sweep into money market funds or an FDIC insured deposit account
  • Free check writing

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