Diversified by design, not by default.
Low-cost, globally diversified portfolios, built on research rather than hunches and balanced around the risks you already carry. We keep costs down, pay for hands-on management only when it's worth it, and manage taxes all year, not just in December.
Six building blocks, one philosophy.
Every portfolio is built from the same parts. The mix changes with how much risk is right for you. The approach does not.
A balanced stock core
Your stocks follow where seven respected research firms agree the market is, instead of one person's guess about what wins next. Broad and balanced, with no big bet on any one style.
Global, not just American
We hold both U.S. and international companies in sensible proportions, so you own a slice of the whole world's economy instead of betting only on your home country.
A few careful leans
We lean slightly toward a handful of areas we believe in, but only a little, sized so that if we're wrong for a couple of years it's a disappointment, not damage.
Owning the stocks, not just a fund
In taxable accounts we can hold the actual stocks in an index instead of one fund. That captures tax savings through the year, lets us leave out companies you'd rather not own, and keeps taxes in view all year.
Active bonds, only where they pay off
For bonds, we pay for hands-on management only where it has actually beaten a simple index after fees. If the extra cost isn't buying something real, we skip it.
A different kind of cushion
A slice of investments that tend to move differently from stocks and bonds, so the whole portfolio holds up better in years when both drop together. We use more of it in more cautious portfolios.
The edge is risk reduction.
These portfolios aren't trying to beat the market in a boom. They're built to be steadier for the amount of risk you take: more diversified, with real cushioning, and better behaved when markets fall. In a year that hits both stocks and bonds, the alternatives are there to help soften it.
A portfolio designed to hold up better in the rough patches, instead of chasing whatever's hot.
Eleven models, one discipline.
We offer eleven portfolios, from all-stock growth to all-bond income. Each one is a set level of risk, not a guess. We match you to the one that fits your comfort with risk and everything else you own, then adjust it over time to keep it on track. We don't chase last year's winner to make a number look good.
A portfolio matched to your real risk, reviewed and adjusted over time, not a one-size-fits-all option sold to everyone.
Direct indexing, beyond the fund.
A direct-indexed sleeve owns the individual stocks of an index instead of a single fund. That one structural change does what a fund cannot: it harvests losses on individual names even when the index is up, excludes sectors or specific securities you do not want to hold, and moves a concentrated, low-basis position into a diversified portfolio on a tax budget you set. It runs in the background, and you keep full oversight.
More of your return kept after tax, and a portfolio shaped to your holdings and your values rather than a one-size fund.
Managed for what you keep.
Taxes are one of the few investing costs you can actually control, so we manage them all year, not just in December. Owning the individual stocks (above) gives us the flexibility, and careful tax work puts it to use. Before every trade we weigh the tax cost, we capture losses as they appear to offset gains elsewhere, and you see the impact in plain reports instead of a surprise at filing time. Tax-heavy holdings sit in the accounts where they cost you the least, and any big change follows a schedule you set.
More of what you earn kept after taxes, with the tax impact tracked and visible all year.
Alternatives, everyday and private.
Stocks and bonds can drop at the same time, and 2022 was a good example. Alternatives are meant to behave differently. We use them in two forms.
Everyday cushioning
A slice in every portfolio that you can sell any day, and that we use more of as risk goes down. It spreads across things like commodities, gold, and several hedge-style strategies chosen because they tend not to move with stocks and bonds. Its job is to hold up when both fall together, worth its higher cost for the extra diversification.
Private investments, if you qualify
If you qualify, you can add private investments like private equity, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure from well-known managers such as Blackstone, Apollo, KKR, and JPMorgan. These used to be reserved for the largest investors. Here they sit alongside the rest of your portfolio in one place, set up online instead of with a stack of paperwork. They can't be sold quickly and are only available to clients who meet the requirements.
Diversification that doesn't rise and fall with the market, in whatever form fits your situation.
Balanced around what you already own.
If most of your wealth is tied up in one company, a standard portfolio quietly piles more risk on top of the risk you already have. We do the opposite: we build a diversified base that accounts for that one big holding, gives you cash flow without forcing a sale, and keeps taxes in view at every step. When a large single-stock position needs to be unwound, owning the individual stocks lets us do it gradually and tax-smartly instead of all at once.
A portfolio that knows where the rest of your wealth sits, and balances around it instead of ignoring it.
We pay for active management only where it's worth it.
The growth-focused portfolio costs about as much as a basic index fund. The overall cost only rises as you add the active bonds and alternatives that are there to lower your risk, and you see that trade-off in plain numbers. Costs are illustrative and subject to change.
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