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Farren Caraway Nilsson

Advisor at STIFEL — Lewiston, ID

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

< 1 year

Location

Lewiston, ID 83501

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STIFEL

Institution

Total advisors

3,358

Across 472 offices

Clients per advisor

69 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$773,556 Very High

HNW client ratio

32% High

About

Farren Nilsson is a financial advisor at Stifel in Lewiston, Idaho, holding a Series 66 designation with eight years of experience at the firm. Prior to joining Stifel, Nilsson spent two years in homemaking. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, institutional clients, charitable organizations, and municipal entities, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is based on a proprietary methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group, providing asset allocation and planning analyses that support client decision-making.

Client services

Based on STIFEL

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

Expertise

Based on STIFEL

General retirement planning Income planning

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Minimum fee: Up to $5,000 for fee-based financial planning services, negotiable depending on complexity and scope Fee-only: Fee-based financial planning services charged as a fixed fee up to $5,000

Location

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Lewiston, ID

Bollinger Financial Center 301 D Street, Suite C

Lewiston ID 83501

Advisors at this office

4

Most active in

Idaho · Texas

Work history

< 1 year of industry experience

STIFEL

2018 - Present • 8 years

Lewiston, ID

Homemaking

2016 - 2018 • 2 years

Lewiston, ID

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Business activities & affiliations

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Robert C

Series 63, Series 66

Lewiston, ID

Clearwater Financial Planning

Robert Clifford is a financial advisor with Clearwater Financial Planning in Lewiston, Idaho, holding the Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Arbor Point Advisors, Securities America, and Kms Financial Services. He serves on the board of the Lewis Clark State College Foundation, where he monitors investments recommended by the foundation’s manager. Clearwater Financial Planning is an independent investment adviser serving individuals, families, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and non-profits. The firm offers discretionary wealth management and financial consulting, including retirement planning, with an investment approach based on portfolio construction and monitoring across a broad range of securities and analytical methods.

Wealth management Options & derivatives strategies Real estate investing
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Daniel M

Series 66

Lewiston, ID

Clearwater Financial Planning

Daniel Matoske is a financial advisor at Clearwater Financial Planning with 19 years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. His career includes roles at firms such as Osaic Advisory Services, Arbor Point Advisors, Securities America, KMS Financial Services, and Wells Fargo Advisors. He also assists as an associate advisor with CA Financial Services, LLC. Clearwater Financial Planning is a newly registered independent investment adviser serving individuals, families, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, non-profits, and other business entities. The firm provides discretionary investment management and financial planning using a broad range of securities and analytical methods, emphasizing portfolio construction, monitoring, and rebalancing.

Wealth management Options & derivatives strategies Real estate investing
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Ryan S

Series 63, Series 66

Lewiston, ID

Elite Financial, Inc.

Ryan Skinner is a financial advisor with Elite Financial, Inc. in Lewiston, ID, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 24 years of industry experience. He worked at LPL Financial LLC from 2009 to 2017 before joining Elite Financial. Outside of advising, he is involved in building a commercial property that includes his office space and leased commercial units. Elite Financial serves individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities, providing discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting. The firm emphasizes tailored portfolios using mutual funds and ETFs, combining quantitative and qualitative analysis with modern portfolio theory, and manages a large asset base and client roster per advisor.

Tax-loss harvesting Cash flow / budgeting Wealth management
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Jerry V

Series 66

Lewiston, ID

Clearwater Financial Planning

Jerry Van Ausdle is a financial advisor at Clearwater Financial Planning with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at firms including Osaic Advisory Services, Arbor Point Advisors, Securities America, and KMS Financial Services. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed insurance agent assisting clients with risk management and insurance product selection. Clearwater Financial Planning is a newly registered independent adviser serving individuals, families, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other entities. The firm offers discretionary investment management alongside financial and retirement planning, employing a diversified approach that incorporates quantitative and qualitative analysis as well as modern portfolio theory.

Wealth management Options & derivatives strategies Real estate investing
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Sarah B

CFP®, Series 65

Colton, WA

Boldin Advisors

Sarah Busch is a CFP® with four years of industry experience currently serving at Boldin Advisors. Her prior work includes positions at NewRetirement Advisors LLC and Northstar Financial Management, Inc., along with seven years at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. She is a 50% owner of a farming operation, Busch Family Farms, LLC. Boldin Advisors provides financial planning and consulting services to individuals, high net worth clients, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm offers investment consultations grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, recommending diversified, low-cost index mutual funds and ETFs within a long-term, buy-and-hold framework.

General retirement planning Income planning Passive / index investing
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Jeremy N

Series 66

Lewiston, ID

D.A. Davidson & Co.

Jeremy Nesset is a financial advisor with D.A. Davidson & Co. in Lewiston, ID. He holds a Series 66 designation and has 20 years of industry experience, all with D.A. Davidson & Co. Since 2012, he has served as a district chairman for Ducks Unlimited, a nonprofit organization. D.A. Davidson & Co. provides investment advisory and brokerage services to a diverse client base including employer-sponsored retirement plans, individual and high-net-worth investors, charitable organizations, and corporate clients. The firm offers a range of services from retirement plan advisory to comprehensive financial planning and private wealth management, operating under fiduciary standards and utilizing both qualitative and quantitative analyses.

Wealth management Retirement income strategy Founder/Business Owner Executive HENRY (High Earners, Not Rich Yet) Established Professionals
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