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Cole Elliot Silva

Advisor at Creative Financial Designs, Inc. — Hollister, CA

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

3 years

Location

Hollister, CA 95023

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Creative Financial Designs, Inc.

Multi-team

Total advisors

161

Across 83 offices

Clients per advisor

65 High

Avg AUM per client

$275,989 Very Low

HNW client ratio

4% Very Low

About

Cole Silva is a financial advisor at Creative Financial Designs, Inc. with three years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has prior work experience with firms including Cotari and cfd Investments. Outside of finance, Silva serves as a substitute job coach for Hope Services, a nonprofit social services organization. Creative Financial Designs serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients across various wealth levels, providing investment management and financial planning using asset-class model allocations aligned with five risk objectives. The firm offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management, including Biblically Responsible Investing strategies, supported by an Executive Investment Committee and a range of client-focused operational features.

Client services

Based on Creative Financial Designs, Inc.

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Newsletters or periodicals Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

Based on Creative Financial Designs, Inc.

ESG / Sustainable investing Options & derivatives strategies

Demographic focus

Based on Creative Financial Designs, Inc.

Religious/faith focused

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Fee options

Percentage

$0+: Starting at 0.50% annually up to 2.00% annually for Brokerage Management platform $0+: Starting at 0.50% annually up to 1.50% annually for Self-Directed Management platform $0+: Starting at 0.50% annually up to 1.50% annually for Variable Annuity Management platform $0+: Starting at 0.50% annually up to 1.50% annually for Non-Discretionary Advisory Services

Project-based

Hourly fee up to $350 per hour, negotiable

Subscriptions

Retainer fees from $25 per month up to $3,500 per month, negotiable

Other

Account minimum: $7,000 Minimum fee: Custodial fee charged by cfd Investments for accounts at NFS: $8 monthly minimum fee Fee-only: Advisory fees negotiated between 0.50% and 2.00% annually depending on service and platform

Location

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Hollister, CA

650 San Benito St, Ste 130

Hollister CA 95023

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

California

Work history

3 years of industry experience

Creative Financial Designs

2024 - Present • 2 years

Kokomo, IN

cfd Investments

2023 - Present • 3 years

Kokomo, IN

Cotari

2023 - 2024 • 1 year

Gilroy, CA

Hope Services

2022 - Present • 4 years

Hollister/Gilroy, CA

Java Express

2020 - 2021 • 1 year

Hollister, CA

Sakata Seed

2018 - 2018 • 1 year

Morgan Hill, CA

Hollister Downtown Association

2017 - 2019 • 2 years

Hollister, CA

Thomas Edison State University

2017 - 2022 • 5 years

Trent, NJ

The Grove by Leal

2016 - 2019 • 3 years

Hollister, CA

Teen Force

2016 - 2017 • 1 year

Morgan Hill, CA

Disclosures

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Hollister, CA

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Series 63, Series 65

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