Tailored Financial
Planning Services
The partners at Gradient are students of finance. We have a passion for exploring the nuances of a decision. We enjoy tackling a challenge, asking questions and assessing the possibilities.
Your financial plan benefits from our inquiring nature.
- We take the time to get to know you, your financial situation, your challenges and life goals.
- We evaluate how successful your current portfolio strategy has been.
- We assess fees and their impact on your returns.
- We discuss our recommendations in depth, offering contrasting viewpoints and potential opportunities.
- We pride ourselves on staying current — on your life path as well as economic, political and market events.
A Comprehensive Financial Plan Takes Into Account:
Current Income & Liquidity Needs
Asset Allocation & Investment Management
Tax Minimization & Debt Utilization
Education & Retirement Funding
Asset Protection
Specialized Strategies (i.e., Executive Compensation, Concentrated Stock)
Business Succession, Estate Planning & Charitable Giving
At Gradient, financial planning is an active and evolving process, designed to minimize risk and capitalize on opportunities as they arise.
A Considered Approach to Customizing Portfolios
As disciplined investors, our goal is to protect and grow your wealth prudently
and intelligently. Managing investments, financing an education, securing retirement, leaving a legacy — these are significant and time-consuming responsibilities. Your financial security is important, and we embrace this responsibility, customizing portfolios using key strategies.
Asset Allocation
Academic research has shown that how investments are allocated between various asset classes drives portfolio returns more than market timing or stock picking can.
Active/Passive Managers
The investment world has long debated whether a passive or active strategy is more effective; we believe there are benefits to pairing the two.
Our Equity Investment Process
Your equity allocation will be predicated upon your personal financial goals, life stage, risk tolerance and time horizon.
Our Fixed-Income Investment Process
Our approach to fixed income allocation is to provide additional diversfication with an eye on tax efficiency, while taking a conservative posture to temper portfolio volatility.