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Daniel West

Advisor at West Financial Planning

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Location

Cherry Valley, NY

Credentials

CFP®, Series 65

Industry experience

4 years

About

Daniel West is a CFP® with four years of industry experience, operating as the sole advisor at West Financial Planning in Cherry Valley, NY. His prior work includes positions at H&R Block and the United States Postal Service. West Financial Planning is an independent, fee-only advisory serving individuals, families, and occasionally small businesses. The firm focuses on comprehensive written financial plans, ongoing monitoring, and portfolio management using a Modern Portfolio Theory approach with diversified passive ETFs and periodic rebalancing, maintaining non-discretionary client consent for trade execution.

Client services

Based on West Financial Planning

Financial planning Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on West Financial Planning

Passive / index investing Cash flow / budgeting

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Percentage

1.2% annually

Other

Fee-only: Annual fee of 1.2% of market value of all managed investable assets

Location

Cherry Valley, NY

Most active in

New York

Work history

H&R Block

2020 - 2021 (1 year)

United States Postal Service

2012 - 2021 (9 years)

West Financial Planning

2008 - Present (18 years)

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