Working with Charles

Thank you for coming to my personal site where I aim to educate those nearing or in retirement on financial topics useful to them.

If you have enjoyed what you have read and wish to take the next steps towards exploring a working relationship, please see below!

I specialize in working with retirees and people within a few years of retirement who want an ongoing advisor to help manage their investments and make smart financial decisions throughout retirement.

Most of my clients have $1 million or more invested and have reached a point where they would rather have a trusted professional helping oversee their financial life than continue managing everything on their own.

Here are a few examples of what I would help you with:

✅ Managing and rebalancing your investment portfolio

✅ Determining where your retirement income should come from

✅ Planning for tax-efficient withdrawals and Roth conversions (if appropriate)

✅ Evaluating the optimal Social Security timing

✅ Maintaining appropriate cash reserves

✅ Planning around RMDs and charitable giving

✅ Reviewing estate and beneficiary decisions

✅ Coordinating with your CPA, estate attorney, and other professionals

✅ Helping you work through financial decisions as your life changes

Throughout the year, we’ll meet for dedicated review meetings to revisit your retirement picture, life happenings, portfolio, and any planning opportunities that may present themselves. But our work isn’t limited to those meetings.

I’m also available in between when questions come up, circumstances change, or we’re actively working through the financial to-dos that come with retirement.


My Typical Clients

  • Late-career professionals within 5 years of retirement.

  • Retirees.

  • Diligent savers with greater than $1,000,000 in retirement and non-retirement investment assets.

  • People who value professional advice because they have a certain degree of financial complexity and retirement is just too important to not get right.

I specialize in working with retirees or near-retirees who want a fiduciary advisor to partner with for ongoing tax-smart financial planning and investment management.
They typically are:

Our fee structure for ongoing advice is based on the assets we manage for you:

  • 1.10% fee on assets from $0 - $1,000,000

  • 1.00% fee on assets from $1,000,000 - $2,000,000

  • 0.80% fee on assets from $2,000,000 - $5,000,000

  • 0.60% fee on assets from $5,000,000 - $10,000,000

  • 0.40% fee on assets from $10,000,000 - $20,000,000


Fee Structure

Want to explore a long-term advisory relationship?