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Douglas Christopher Beam

Advisor at Creative Financial Designs, Inc. — Morganton, NC

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

13 years

Location

Morganton, NC

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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

Douglas Beam is a financial advisor at Creative Financial Designs, Inc. in Morganton, NC, with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at LPL Financial, LLC. Beam is also involved in independent insurance sales. Creative Financial Designs serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients with a range of investment management and financial planning services, employing asset-class model allocations and multiple risk objectives supported by an Executive Investment Committee.

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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Morganton, NC

Morganton NC

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

North Carolina

Work history

13 years of industry experience

Freedom High School

2026 - Present • 1 year

Morganton, NC

Creative Financial Designs, Inc

2017 - Present • 9 years

Kokomo, IN

cfd Investments, Inc

2017 - Present • 9 years

Kokomo, IN

LPL Financial, LLC

2014 - 2017 • 3 years

Asheville, NC

Disclosures

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Series 63, Series 65

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General estate planning guidance Charitable giving & philanthropy
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Series 63, Series 66

Granite Falls, NC

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Active portfolio management Passive / index investing Real estate investing
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Series 66

Granite Falls, NC

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Series 65

Valdese, NC

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Private / alternative investments Concentrated stock management Founder/Business Owner Executive
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CFP®, Series 63

Morganton, NC

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Series 63, Series 65

Lenoir, NC

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Tax-loss harvesting Options & derivatives strategies Private / alternative investments
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