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Alberto Escobedo

Advisor at Merrill

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Location

Merced, CA 95340

Credentials

Series 66

Industry experience

1 year

About

Alberto Escobedo is a financial advisor at Merrill with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citi Bank, Morgan Stanley, and JP Morgan Chase. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a board member of the City of Merced Building and Housing Board of Appeals. Merrill serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and institutional clients, by providing managed account programs, third-party manager selection, discretionary portfolio management, and brokerage execution and custody services. The firm emphasizes manager selection and tax-efficient strategies and leverages its affiliation with Bank of America for integrated banking and capital markets support.

Client services

Based on Merrill

Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops
Performance measurement reports, allocation modeling, ips, research reports and services, see schedule d

Expertise

Based on Merrill

Tax-loss harvesting Active portfolio management

Occupation focus

Based on Merrill

Executive Founder/Business Owner

Demographic focus

Based on Merrill

Mid-Career Professionals HENRY (High Earners, Not Rich Yet)

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Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $2,000,000: 1.10% (for Managed Strategy with MFSA under $2 million) $2,000,000+: 1.00% (for Managed Strategy with MFSA at and above $2 million)

Other

Account minimum: $2,000,000 minimum to qualify for Premium Access Strategy per SEC data and Merrill brochure context; no other firm-wide minimum clearly stated

Location

710 W Main Street

Merced, CA 95340

Most active in

California · Texas

Work history

Bank of America, N.A.

2025 - Present (1 year)

Merrill

2024 - Present (2 years)

Wells Fargo

2024 - 2024 (1 year)

Citi Bank

2023 - 2023 (1 year)

Morgan Stanley

2023 - 2023 (1 year)

JP Morgan Chase

2021 - 2023 (2 years)

NorthCentral University

2021 - 2023 (2 years)

Coldwell Banker

2016 - 2022 (6 years)

UC Merced

2015 - 2019 (4 years)

Disclosures

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