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Gary Michael Cowles

Advisor at LPL Financial — Rockport, MA Main St

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Credentials

ChFC®, Series 63

Experience

28 years

Location

Rockport, MA 01966

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LPL Financial

Institution

Total advisors

22,761

Across 10,463 offices

Clients per advisor

86 Typical

Avg AUM per client

$399,489 Typical

HNW client ratio

34% Very High

About

Gary Cowles is a financial advisor with LPL Financial and holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations. He has 28 years of industry experience, including previous roles at Cambridge Investment Research, Fortune Financial Services, and operating The Cowles Group. He serves as a board trustee for the Gloucester Pier Condominiums HOA. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, retirement plans, banks, and charitable organizations. The firm offers comprehensive financial planning, advisory programs, retirement plan consulting, and brokerage services through a national network of investment adviser representatives.

Client services

Based on LPL Financial

Financial planning Portfolio management Educational seminars or workshops
Consulting and other non-discretionary advisory services

Expertise

Based on LPL Financial

College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.)

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Fee options

Fixed

Flat fees negotiated between IAR and client for financial planning and consulting services.

Commissions

Commissions and trail fees on brokerage product sales and for insurance products sold by IARs.

Project-based

Hourly fees up to $500 per hour for financial planning and consulting services.

Other

Fee-only: Negotiated flat or hourly fees ranging from $0 to $15,000 or up to $500 per hour for financial planning and consulting services.

Location

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Rockport, MA Main St

124 Main St Unit 2

Rockport MA 01966

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

Massachusetts

Work history

28 years of industry experience

LPL Financial

2026 - Present • 1 year

Rockport, MA

Cambridge Investment Research, Inc

2019 - 2026 • 7 years

Fairfield, IA

Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc

2019 - 2026 • 7 years

Fairfield, IA

Fortune Financial Services, Inc.

2017 - 2019 • 2 years

Monaca, PA

The Cowles Group

2014 - 2024 • 10 years

Londonderry, NH

LPL Financial

2014 - 2017 • 3 years

Londonderry, NH

CapFinancial Securities, LLC.

2012 - 2014 • 2 years

Lighthouse Capital, LLC

2008 - 2012 • 4 years

Boston, MA

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

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Peter K

Series 65

Marblehead, MA

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Peter Kempthorne is the sole advisor at Kempthorne Analytics, Inc., an independent firm based in Marblehead, MA. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 19 years of industry experience. Kempthorne has been with Kempthorne Analytics since 1992. In addition to advisory work, he is involved in academic teaching and statistical expert consulting, including university lecturing and courtroom expert testimony. Kempthorne Analytics primarily serves individual investors, as well as corporations, trusts, and retirement plans. The firm employs quantitative and statistical methods for managing equity and fixed-income portfolios using ETFs, mutual funds, and common stocks, with an emphasis on modern portfolio theory. It offers discretionary investment supervisory services through two distinct programs tailored to individual risk tolerance, combining sector-based allocation and systematic multi-model diversification. The firm also maintains commodity futures regulatory registrations and qualifications, though it does not currently trade futures.

Active portfolio management Passive / index investing
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Charlise W

CFP®, Series 66

Manchester by the Sea, MA

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Multi-generational wealth transfer Concentrated stock management Charitable giving & philanthropy Equity compensation tax strategy Founder/Business Owner Executive Established Professionals

Kate C

CFP®

Salem, MA

Red Clover Wealth Management, LLC

Kate began her financial career in the trenches at Fidelity Investments, the fourth largest mutual fund and financial services group in the world. She quickly advanced into leadership positions, managing an operations team, working in problem resolution and navigating the 2000 and 2008 financial crises. Although she loved helping people work toward their financial dreams, she realized that just focusing on the investments wasn't enough. She wanted to provide a service that not only delivered investment results but helped clients with their entire financial picture including; insurance, benefits, debt, taxes, estate planning and retirement planning. To realize her vision and truly help clients, Kate established Red Clover. Kate begins each client engagement by first learning about what is important to her clients, their values, the essential elements they need to live their best life now and then she works with them to build the financial infrastructure to support that life. After all financial planning should be about you, not your money. She is adept at connecting all the dots for clients and asking the hard-hitting questions so that they fully understand and appreciate all the pieces and parts of their financial wellness equation. In short, Kate helps her clients find a balanced approach to living, spending, saving and investing that is true to them.

Wealth management Active portfolio management Government Employee Military & Veterans Gen X (Born 1965-1980)
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Diane P

Series 65

Gloucester, MA

Solutions For Divorce

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Divorce financial planning Retirement income strategy General tax planning Divorced
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Robert A

Series 65

Salem, MA

Abraham, Robert Ralph Jr.

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Wealth management Cash flow / budgeting
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Eric H

CFA®, Series 63

Salem, MA

Sail Loft Capital Management LLC

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Active portfolio management Options & derivatives strategies
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