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Ellen Lucie Kolks

Advisor at Cetera — Durango, CO

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

2 years

Location

Durango, CO 81301

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Cetera

Institution

Total advisors

10,217

Across 5,125 offices

Clients per advisor

78 Low

Avg AUM per client

$306,089 Low

HNW client ratio

10% Low

About

Ellen Kolks is a Series 66-licensed financial advisor with Cetera, based in Durango, CO, and has two years of industry experience. Prior to joining Cetera, she has been involved in various roles including ownership of Elk Wealth Builders LLC and operating Elle Resells, a business focused on selling used and vintage clothing to reduce clothing waste. She also serves as a board member for the City of Durango. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC is an SEC-registered firm that serves a broad client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients. The firm offers a multi-manager platform with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to third-party money managers.

Client services

Based on Cetera

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

Based on Cetera

Wealth management Tax-loss harvesting Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Business exit / sale strategy

Occupation focus

Based on Cetera

Founder/Business Owner Executive

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Fee options

Fixed

Flat fees may be charged for financial planning and consulting services as negotiated with advisor.

Percentage

$0 - $250,000: up to 2.90% $250,001 - $500,000: up to 2.90% $500,001 - $1,000,000: up to 2.70% $1,000,001 - $2,000,000: up to 2.00% $2,000,001+: up to 1.50%

Commissions

Advisors may be registered representatives and licensed insurance agents earning commissions on securities and insurance products.

Project-based

Consulting and financial planning services may be charged on an hourly rate basis, ranges not specifically stated.

Other

Account minimum: $5,000 Fee-only: Flat fees for financial planning and consulting services; hourly fees for financial planning and consulting according to client agreement; fees negotiated with advisor.

Location

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Durango, CO

410 Snowshoe Ln

Durango CO 81301

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

Colorado · Texas

Work history

2 years of industry experience

Elk Wealth Builders LLC

2024 - Present • 2 years

Durango, CO

Cetera

2024 - Present • 2 years

Schaumburg, IL

Cetera Wealth Services, LLC

2024 - Present • 2 years

El Segundo, CA

Unemployed

2023 - 2024 • 1 year

Durango, CO

Elle Resells

2022 - Present • 4 years

Durango, CO

Los Pinos Fire Protection District

2019 - 2023 • 4 years

Ignacio, CO

Mild to Wild Rafting

2014 - 2019 • 5 years

Durango, CO

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

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David B

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

Durango, CO

Summit Wealth Management

David Burgess Jr. is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Summit Capital Group LLC, where he has worked since 2024. Prior to this, he held roles at Secure American Insurance, LLC, Dearborn Street Advisors, LLC, and Mcalvany Wealth Management, LLP. In addition to his advisory work, Burgess is actively involved in insurance sales through Secure American Insurance. Summit Capital Group is a state-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and corporate entities. The firm employs a top-down investment process combining fundamental and technical analysis with a value-oriented focus, offering model portfolios ranging from conservative to aggressive growth and utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, and option strategies.

Options & derivatives strategies Tax-loss harvesting Active portfolio management Wealth management
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Travis C

Series 63, Series 66

Durango, CO

Ridgeline Asset Management, LLC

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Active portfolio management Options & derivatives strategies
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James B

CFP®, Series 65

Durango, CO

Intelligent Investment Management,Llp

James Brost is a CFP® professional with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Intelligent Investment Management, LLP since 2007. The firm provides personalized, fee-only investment management and financial planning services primarily to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. Intelligent Investment Management manages approximately $104 million on a discretionary basis for about 105 clients, employing a long-term, broadly diversified strategic asset-allocation approach combined with fundamental, technical, and cyclical research methods.

General retirement planning General tax planning Real estate investing Private / alternative investments
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Weldon N

Series 65

Durango, CO

Iron River Capital LLC

Weldon Neff is a financial advisor at Iron River Capital LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked for over two decades in the 11th Judicial District and Magistrate Courts. Iron River Capital serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, and retirement plans with portfolio management, account monitoring, and financial and estate planning services. The firm provides discretionary, long-term portfolio management emphasizing mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and other asset types, combining third-party manager selection with held-away asset management.

Annuities General estate planning guidance
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Shaun C

Series 66

Durango, CO

Iron River Capital LLC

Shaun Connolly is a financial advisor with Iron River Capital LLC in Durango, CO, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Regulus Advisors, LLC and has been involved with Connolly Financial LLC since 2009. Outside of advising, he hosts a radio show and serves as an independent licensed insurance producer. Iron River Capital serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, and retirement plans with discretionary, long-term portfolio management and financial planning. The firm combines third-party manager selection and held-away asset management with regular client communications.

Annuities General estate planning guidance
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Derek L

Series 63, Series 65

Durango, CO

RIA Wealth Advisors, LLC

Derek Levee is a financial advisor with RIA Wealth Advisors, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 25 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at firms such as DFPG Investments LLC, Integrated Advisors Network, and RIA Advisors. He operates other business activities under Advanced Wealth Strategies, a DBA for Levee Unlimited, Inc. and STA Capital Management LLC. RIA Wealth Advisors provides discretionary investment management and integrated financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation with a core focus on passive index and ETF funds, supplemented by selective active management and global diversification.

Wealth management Passive / index investing Active portfolio management Private / alternative investments
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