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John Michael Malarik

Advisor at Simplicity wealth — Chardon, OH

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Credentials

Series 65

Experience

< 1 year

Location

Chardon, OH 44024

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Simplicity wealth

Multi-team

Total advisors

202

Across 142 offices

Clients per advisor

42 Low

Avg AUM per client

$202,617 Very Low

HNW client ratio

8% Low

About

John Malarik is a financial advisor at Simplicity Wealth with a Series 65 designation and three years of consulting and financial services experience. His prior work includes a year at The Siegfried Group and seven years at Preformed Line Products. Simplicity Wealth serves a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, corporations, and other financial firms. The firm employs a fund-of-funds approach using ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities, offering discretionary and non-discretionary services, model portfolios, and technology solutions such as a private-label asset management software program and a third-party managed account platform.

Client services

Based on Simplicity wealth

Financial planning Portfolio management Selection of other advisers Newsletters or periodicals Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

Based on Simplicity wealth

Tax-loss harvesting ESG / Sustainable investing Passive / index investing Wealth management

Occupation focus

Based on Simplicity wealth

Retired Founder/Business Owner

Demographic focus

Based on Simplicity wealth

Values-based investing

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Location

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Chardon, OH

401 South St. Bldg. 1 A

Chardon OH 44024

Advisors at this office

2

Most active in

Ohio

Work history

< 1 year of industry experience

Simplicity Wealth

2026 - Present • 1 year

Summit, NJ

Jack Malarik Financial Services Inc

2026 - Present • 1 year

Chardon, OH

John Malarik - Consulting

2023 - Present • 3 years

Cleveland, OH

Malarik Financial Services

2023 - Present • 3 years

Chardon, OH

The Siegfried Group

2022 - 2023 • 1 year

Cleveland, OH

Preformed Line Products

2016 - 2023 • 7 years

Mayfield Village, OH

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Wealth management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Tax-loss harvesting General tax planning Founder/Business Owner Retired
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Series 66

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CFP®, Series 66, Series 63

Mentor, OH

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Active portfolio management Options & derivatives strategies Real estate investing
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