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Joo Hong Kim is a financial advisor at Solomon Investment Consulting, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, with 25 years of industry experience. He has held roles at the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center and the Pacific Business Exchange Golf Club. Kim holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Solomon Investment Consulting is a fee-only, single-advisor registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $27.8 million across about ten client relationships, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management and financial planning based on valuation and fundamental analysis, with a performance-based fee option available to qualified clients.

Dominic Waechter is a financial advisor at MDW Capital Management Corp. in Los Angeles, holding a Series 65 designation with three years of industry experience. He has worked at Hammelman Capital Management LLC and currently maintains roles in accounting at DLD Accountancy, LLP, and in real estate brokerage and property management. In addition to his advisory work, Waechter is a licensed life insurance agent. MDW Capital Management Corp serves individual and high-net-worth clients through a single-advisor practice that oversees approximately $12.5 million in assets. The firm employs a referral and oversight model, matching clients with third-party discretionary managers and monitoring those externally managed portfolios without directly trading client accounts.

Joseph Longo is a financial advisor based in Santa Monica, CA, operating under the independent firm Joseph C. Longo, Attorney At Law. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 14 years of experience in the financial industry. In addition to providing investment advisory services, he is an attorney specializing in sports, tax, litigation, and estate planning, with over 20 years in legal practice. The firm offers investment advisory services to individual clients through a referral relationship with a broker-dealer, focusing on customized asset allocation recommendations without exercising discretionary management. Day-to-day portfolio decisions and trade execution are handled by the broker-dealer, while Joseph Longo consults with clients on strategy and restrictions.

Ryan Miyamoto is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Derive Wealth, where he has worked since 2016. Prior to this, he was with USAA Financial Advisors Inc. for six years and StashClass LLC for two years. Derive Wealth provides comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, families, high-net-worth clients, and small businesses. The firm employs a Core + Satellite investment approach using low-cost indexed funds combined with targeted sector or passive satellite holdings and offers a fixed advisory fee model without transaction commissions or performance-based fees.

Robert Terrell is a financial advisor at R.H. Dinel Investment Counsel, Inc. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been in the industry since 2022, with prior experience at Karlin Asset Management from 2008 to 2025. R.H. Dinel Investment Counsel, Inc. provides customized, discretionary investment management and consultative services to individuals, retirement accounts, trusts, pensions, and foundations. The firm emphasizes in-depth research on individual stocks, prefers long holding periods with growth companies, and tailors portfolios to client needs, managing approximately $169 million in assets with a small, concentrated client roster.

George Guttman is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience. He has been the principal advisor at Guttman Financial Planning since 2016 and also manages financial analysis and budgeting for self-storage facilities and athletic clubs through Laaco Limited. Guttman Financial Planning serves primarily individual clients with comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management, focusing on retirement, college funding, tax and estate issues, divorce planning, and investment consultation. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach with diversified allocations and offers periodic educational workshops on personal finance and investing.