EMG-LLC Investment Management & Financial Planning: What to Expect
Our services are based on the individual needs of the client. Prior to the initial interview, we ask clients to complete a questionnaire regarding information that is central to their current and future financial well-being. Clients can manually update their financial circumstances through the Personal Wealth Management Portal provided by EMG-LLC. Based on the questionnaire and other information gathered from the client, we will develop recommendations that may help them better utilize their financial resources, plan for intermediate and long-term goals, and improve their investment strategies.
For example, if the client is a corporation, we will work with the Board to be certain that they have a clearly defined and dynamic Investment Policy Statement that outlines the organization’s near-term and long-term financial goals, and their investment strategies to help attain those goals.
For individual clients, we discuss their current estate plan, provisions for emergency funds and appropriate insurance, their retirement plans, their home and mortgage information, and any significant anticipated financial changes. We then develop an investment plan designed to attain their financial goals.
We ask our clients to review the information they have provided us at least annually, and any time there has been a significant change in their financial circumstances. If there have been significant changes, it is the client’s responsibility to notify EMG-LLC of those changes. We encourage our clients to call us any time during normal business hours to discuss any matter relating to their account, financial situation and plans, or investment needs.
Does EMG-LLC custodian my brokerage accounts while under management?
EMG-LLC does not maintain custody of clients’ assets. We require that custody be provided by independent custodians. Most of our clients’ accounts are held at Fidelity Brokerage Services, but oftentimes EMG-LLC is able to manage your existing brokerage accounts at almost any custodian. Clients will receive from the custodian of their account timely confirmations and at least quarterly statements containing a description of all transactions and all account activity. The client will retain all rights of ownership of securities and funds in the account to the same extent as if the client held the securities and funds without using EMG-LLC’s services. In addition to statements from the custodian, Equity Management Group, LLC sends quarterly reports to the client.
EMG-LLC is only compensated by fees based on investment assets managed, as follows:
A. All accounts, 0.0025 (0.25%) of average weekly account balance of the previous calendar quarter (1% per year). The annual fee is reduced 0.10% for each $1,000,000 increment over the first $2,000,000, with a minimum incremental rate of 0.5%. Minimum account is $100,000 unless prior arrangements are made. Accounts may be structured using any combination of individual stocks, mutual funds, or other securities, depending on account size. Fees are negotiable, and some clients will be charged lower fees than outlined above. Both lower and higher fees may be found for similar services from other advisors. Fees are payable after each calendar quarter, and are prorated for partial quarters. Either party may immediately terminate management contract by written notice. Fees will be prorated to the next business day, unless client terminates within five business days of entering contract, in which case no fees are charged.
B. Clients may pay fees directly or may authorize the custodian holding client funds and securities to deduct EMG-LLC’s advisory fees direct from the client account in accordance with statements prepared and submitted simultaneously to the client and custodian by EMG-LLC. The custodian will provide periodic account statements to the client. Such statements will reflect any fee withdrawals by EMG-LLC. It is the client’s responsibility to verify the accuracy of the fee calculation. The custodian will not determine whether the fee is properly calculated. EMG-LLC’s quarterly statements provide the steps involved in calculating individual client’s fees.
C. EMG-LLC has no agreements with any person or company to pay or receive any form of compensation for referrals.
EMG-LLC purchases independent research from several sources. We also utilize independent research that provides comparative analyses of research products available from various research companies. Additionally, our own analysis includes fundamental and proprietary technical studies.
EMG-LLC builds investment portfolios in line with customers’ investment goals and risk tolerance.
There are four primary objectives clients can choose from:
Aggressive Growth,
Growth,
Growth and Income, and
Conservative Growth and Income.
Clients may use a combination of the four to further refine their risk tolerance and investment goals. Client portfolios can vary individually based on the client’s short- and long-term goals, and investment risk tolerance.
In our investment account supervision, Equity Management Group, LLC utilizes various securities such as stocks, mutual funds, Exchange Traded Funds (ETF), U.S. Government and corporate bonds, option contracts on securities, and Master Limited Partnerships. All investments involve at least some element of risk. While there is risk in all investments, some carry a greater degree of risk or higher costs. There is no guarantee that the investment strategy selected for the client will result in the client’s goals being met, nor is there any guarantee of profit or protection from loss. While our strategies cannot guarantee that future performance will be identical to past performance, nor can they eliminate the possibility of loss of principal, we have a high degree of confidence in their importance to our money management techniques.
Stocks are issued as evidence of part ownership of a company. A stockowner shares in the profits or losses of a company. As measured by the Standard and Poor’s index of the 500 U.S. largest companies, stocks have provided an annual return of approximately 9.8% over the past 90 years.
Bonds are considered to have less risk (uncertainty) than stocks, and are evidence of money loaned to a company or government agency. Over the past 90 years, bonds have returned approximately 5.4% per year.
A mutual fund is a company that receives money from a large group and invests that money in various types of stocks, bonds, and other securities. Different mutual funds will have different objectives and strategies, including aggressive, conservative, international, income, and so forth. The advantage of mutual funds for most investors is the ability to diversify a relatively small amount of money in a large pool of securities. An Exchange Traded Fund is similar to a mutual fund, but its shares trade continuously during stock market hours, rather than at the end of the day. Both mutual funds and Exchange Traded Funds carry the risks of their underlying securities.
We may utilize options on securities in some accounts to modify risk or generate income.
Master limited partnerships invest in real estate, natural resources or commodities. They are publicly traded (like most stocks and bonds), and have certain tax advantages. owever, like all investments there is no guarantee of profit or protection from loss in these securities.
All information shared with Equity Management Group, either verbally or in any written form is strictly confidential and will not be shared with anyone (i.e. CPA, family members, attorney) unless specified in writing.