Advisor at Element Squared Private Wealth — Minneapolis, MN
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Credentials
ChFC®, CLU®
Experience Industry experience
23 years
Location
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Element Squared Private Wealth
Team
Total advisors
6Clients per advisor
80 HighAvg AUM per client
$425,696 Very LowHNW client ratio
17% LowMy father was a financial advisor so I saw the impact he made as a child growing up. That lit the fire for me to follow in his footsteps. My goal is to make the complex simple for people.
Chad Rusten is Chief Financial Planner at Element Squared Private Wealth in Minneapolis, MN, holding the ChFC®, CLU®, CASL®, and CLTC designations along with Series 66 licenses. He has 23 years of industry experience, with prior roles at Park Avenue Securities, Guardian Life Insurance, Eagle Strategies (NY Life), and Nylife Securities. He also operates as a sole proprietor in insurance sales and services, dedicating approximately 5% of his time to this activity.
Element Squared Private Wealth provides discretionary asset management and integrated financial planning to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and charting analysis to construct diversified portfolios tailored to client objectives, offering financial planning as part of its advisory services.
$0 - $499,999: 1.7% annually $500,000 - $999,999: 1.5% annually $1,000,000 - $2,499,999: 1.25% annually $2,500,000+: 1.0% annually
Account minimum: $50,000
Minneapolis, MN
60 South Sixth Street, Suite 2900
Minneapolis MN 55402
Advisors at this office
6
Minnesota · Texas
23 years of industry experience
Sole Proprietor
2021 - Present • 5 years
Minneapolis, MN
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2021 - Present • 5 years
Minneapolis, MN
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Guardian Life Insurance
2019 - 2021 • 2 years
Minneapolis, MN
Eagle Strategies (NY Life)
2017 - 2019 • 2 years
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NYLIFE Securities LLc
2014 - 2019 • 5 years
Edina, MN
Thrivent Investment Management
2004 - 2014 • 10 years
Golden Valley, MN
Ids Life Insurance Company
1997 - 1997 • 1 year
Minneapolis, MN
American Express Financial Advisors Inc.
1997 - 1997 • 1 year
Minneapolis, MN
Olde Discount Corporation
1995 - 1995 • 1 year
Detroit, MI
Pruco Securities Corporation
1993 - 1994 • 1 year
Newark, NJ
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