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Deon Blaney is a financial advisor at Private Wealth Management LLC in Las Vegas, NV, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Private Wealth Management LLC since 2005. In addition to his advisory role, he is a self-employed life insurance agent. Private Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, focusing on a small client base with approximately $123 million in assets under management. The firm employs fundamental analysis and tailored portfolios, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs, using a combination of long-term, short-term, and active trading strategies.

Zachary Taylor is a CFP® professional with five years of industry experience. He currently serves as an advisor at West Ridge Advisors and previously worked at Arista Wealth Management. His background also includes roles in credit unions and education. West Ridge Advisors provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and retirement-plan sponsors. The firm employs a long-term, buy-and-hold investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, managing approximately $268 million in assets for about 398 clients.

Seth Gutierrez is a financial advisor at SG Financial Group, LLC with two years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked in the Clark County Financial Crimes Division since 2013. In addition to his advisory role, he practices law as an estate planning attorney, managing an affiliated law firm focused on wills, trusts, and probate. SG Financial Group, LLC provides portfolio management and investment advisory services to a small client base, utilizing a non-discretionary approach that combines fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and technical analysis to construct long-term portfolios with mutual funds, ETFs, equities, and fixed-income securities.

De Gao is the sole advisor at GAO Investments, holding a Series 65 designation with eight years of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Canopy Mortgage and Appliance Recycling Centers of America Inc, and he has been involved with Live Venture since 2012. GAO Investments provides portfolio management services to institutions and high-net-worth clients, employing both fundamental and technical analysis with active strategies including options and margin. The firm operates as a single-officer advisory entity and uses a performance-based compensation model billed by invoice rather than a percentage-of-assets fee.

Robert Lieberman is a financial advisor with Lal Ltd. in Las Vegas, NV, holding a Series 65 designation and 29 years of industry experience. He has been with Lal Ltd. since 1974. Lal Ltd. provides financial and investment advisory services to individual investors as well as a diverse range of organizational clients, including businesses, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, banking and insurance institutions, state and municipal governments, other investment advisers, and a sovereign wealth entity. The firm’s investment approach centers on fundamental analysis of equities and fixed income, supported by performance reviews over multiple time horizons and ongoing client consultations.

Diane Tuntland is a financial advisor at Fraser Asset Management with six years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Fraser Asset Management since 2018. Diane is also co-owner of Endowment Partners Foundation, a private foundation supporting charitable activities related to Endowment Partners, LLC. Fraser Asset Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning primarily for individual clients, using a blend of active and passive strategies alongside fundamental, technical, and charting analysis. The firm manages a small client base with personalized investment policy statements and incorporates option and derivatives strategies as part of its portfolio construction and risk management.