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James Christopher Trudden

Advisor at The Pinnacle Financial Group — Gilgo Beach, NY

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Credentials

Series 63

Experience

38 years

Location

Gilgo Beach, NY

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The Pinnacle Financial Group

Multi-team

Total advisors

43

Across 18 offices

Clients per advisor

73 High

Avg AUM per client

$413,149 Low

HNW client ratio

40% High

About

James Trudden is a financial advisor with The Pinnacle Financial Group and holds a Series 63 designation. He has 38 years of industry experience, including roles at LPL Financial and Wells Fargo Clearing. The Pinnacle Financial Group provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and pension consulting services to a diverse client base that includes individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm uses a combination of fundamental analysis and various trading strategies, managing portfolios typically on a discretionary basis with regular monitoring.

Client services

Based on The Pinnacle Financial Group

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers

Expertise

Based on The Pinnacle Financial Group

Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Annuities Options & derivatives strategies Real estate investing

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Fee options

Fixed

Financial planning fixed fees ranging from $1,500 to $10,000

Percentage

0.0% to 2.50% (negotiable, varies based on assets and other considerations)

Commissions

Certain representatives earn commissions as registered representatives of LPL Financial for securities and insurance product sales; no commissions earned on advisory accounts

Other

Fee-only: Financial planning fixed fees ranging from $1,500 to $10,000, negotiable at discretion of TPFG

Location

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Gilgo Beach, NY

Gilgo Beach NY

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

New York

Work history

38 years of industry experience

The Pinnacle Financial Group

2020 - Present • 6 years

New York, NY

LPL Financial, LLC

2018 - 2021 • 3 years

Gilgo Beach, NY

Wells Fargo Clearing

2016 - 2018 • 2 years

Garden City, NY

Wells Fargo Clearing

2011 - 2013 • 2 years

NY

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

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Kadri A

Series 65

Farmingdale, NY

Financial Gym Advisors

Kadri Augustin is a Series 65-licensed advisor with two years of industry experience, currently serving at Connective Wealth Partners, LLC. Prior to joining Connective Wealth Partners in 2025, Kadri worked at FG Advisory Services, LLC and The Financial Gym, Inc., among other roles. Kadri maintains a temporary dual registration with FG Advisory Services, LLC during the transition to Connective Wealth Partners. Connective Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered advisory firm that provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm’s investment approach is based on fundamental analysis with a long-term orientation, offering diversified portfolios that include ETFs, equities, bonds, mutual funds, and alternative investments.

Private / alternative investments
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Tina H

Series 65

Farmingdale, NY

Financial Gym Advisors

Tina Hang is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor with Connective Wealth Partners, LLC, bringing two years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at FG Advisory Services, LLC, MBO Professional Services Inc, The Financial Gym, and PwC. Outside her advisory work, she consults on tax return reviews through MBO Professional Services Inc. Connective Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered advisory that provides discretionary wealth management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm employs a fundamental analysis-driven investment process with a long-term orientation and constructs portfolios from a diverse range of asset classes while managing client risk and objectives through discretionary management and oversight of third-party managers.

Private / alternative investments
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Paul B

Series 63, Series 65, Series 66

Melville, NY

BIGGIN, INC.

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Options & derivatives strategies
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Michael R

Series 66

Melville, NY

Mountain Creek Capital, LLC

Michael Reidlinger is a financial advisor at Mountain Creek Capital, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He has held the Series 66 designation and previously worked at Axa Advisors, LLC from 2010 to 2018 before founding Mountain Creek Capital in 2018. Mountain Creek Capital provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and economic analysis to tailor portfolios, incorporating equities, bonds, mutual funds, limited partnerships, and options strategies, with integrated risk management and regular account reviews.

Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management
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Jonathan F

Series 63, Series 66, Series 65

Garden City, NY

Fischer Advisors LLC

Jonathan Fischer is the principal of Fischer Advisors LLC, an independent advisory firm based in Garden City, NY. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and has 10 years of industry experience, including prior roles at Credit Suisse and S3 Partners. Fischer Advisors LLC provides portfolio management and one-time financial planning services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm’s investment approach is based on modern portfolio theory, focusing on equities and incorporating mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and, when suitable, private placements and venture capital.

Wealth management
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Siegfried H

Series 65

Albertson, NY

HF Advisory Services, LLC

Siegfried Huhn is the principal of HF Advisory Services, LLC, an independent advisory firm. He holds a Series 65 designation and has four years of industry experience, while operating HF Advisory Services since 1999. In addition to providing investment advice, he is a Certified Public Accountant offering tax preparation and accounting services. HF Advisory Services provides investment advisory services to individual and corporate clients, including pension plans, managing accounts on both a discretionary and non-discretionary basis. The firm employs a bottoms-up security selection process, utilizing mutual funds, fixed income securities, and individual equities, and offers clients flexibility in portfolio allocation.

Active portfolio management
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