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Joel Baker

Advisor at The J R Baker Group

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Location

Buellton, CA

Credentials

Series 63

Industry experience

27 years

About

Joel Baker is a financial advisor with The J R Baker Group in Buellton, California, holding a Series 63 license and over 27 years of industry experience. He has worked at Mutual Securities, Inc. from 2013 to 2020 and has been with his own firm since 1996. Outside of his advisory work, he manages a professional polo and horse ranch and serves as a polo coach with the United States Polo Association. The J R Baker Group provides investment management, financial planning, and estate planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, corporations, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm acts as a fiduciary, employing fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis within an asset-allocation framework, often implementing strategies through third-party managers while conducting ongoing due diligence and client account reviews.

Client services

Based on The J R Baker Group

Financial planning Portfolio management Selection of other advisers

Expertise

Based on The J R Baker Group

Wealth management Options & derivatives strategies Charitable giving & philanthropy

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Fee options

Fixed

Financial planning fees negotiated between $100 and $100,000.

Other

Account minimum: $20,000

Location

Buellton, CA

Most active in

California · Texas

Work history

Mutual Securities, Inc

2013 - 2020 (7 years)

FFR Financial & Insurance Services, LLC/J.R.. Baker Group

1996 - Present (30 years)

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