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Michael Cave is the sole advisor at CAVE, INC. in Augusta, GA, holding the ChFC® designation and a Series 65 license with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with CAVE, INC. since 1993. He is also a licensed insurance agent and counselor, dedicating part of his time to those roles. CAVE, INC. provides financial planning and investment advisory services primarily to individual clients, including retirement accounts. The firm employs a discretionary investment strategy focused on market timing with ETFs and individual stocks, emphasizing capital conservation and incorporating insurance expertise in evaluating life insurance and annuity contracts.

Sylvester Larkins is a financial advisor with Larkins & Associates Financial Services, LLC in Augusta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and over 30 years of industry experience. He has worked at Cetera and Cetera Financial Specialists LLC since 2002 and serves as treasurer for First Shiloh Baptist Church, managing its financial transactions and consulting on financial matters. Larkins & Associates Financial Services provides personalized financial planning and investment consultation to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm offers comprehensive planning, retirement and estate planning, tax preparation, and pension consulting, delivering advice on a primarily non-discretionary basis while combining advisory services with broker-dealer and insurance activities.

Carolyn Lumley is a CFP® professional with 30 years of experience in financial advising. She has worked at A to Z Asset Advisors, LLC since 2008 and previously at Private Client Services LLC from 2014 to 2017. A to Z Asset Advisors, LLC provides personalized financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, families, small businesses, trusts, and estates. The firm manages approximately $15.75 million across about 71 client households and employs an income-focused investment strategy using preferred stocks, closed-end funds, and ETFs, combined with comprehensive financial planning services.

Victor Onate is a financial advisor at Prometheus Wealth Management, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been working at Prometheus Wealth Management since 2015. In addition to his advisory role, he is co-owner of a non-institutional lending business, Vic-To Enterprises. Prometheus Wealth Management provides portfolio management, financial planning, and hourly planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a long-term trading approach that combines fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis with modern portfolio theory, primarily recommending equities and ETFs.

Ethan Andrews is the sole advisor at Andrews Investment Management in Augusta, GA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 20 years of industry experience. He has worked concurrently at Andrews Investment Management and Wackenhut Services Inc. since 2006. Outside of his advisory work, Andrews and his wife own and operate a local laundromat business. Andrews Investment Management provides discretionary, fee-based portfolio management primarily for individual clients, managing about $15 million across approximately 50 accounts. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and implements portfolios mainly through exchange-traded funds, while also utilizing a range of securities including mutual funds, OTC and foreign securities, corporate debt, certificates of deposit, U.S. government securities, and options.

Barry Wheeler is a financial advisor with InvestmentPost Advisory, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 42 years of industry experience. He has worked with InvestmentPost Advisory since 1999, and previously spent 17 years at WM. Burnside. Outside of his advisory role, he is a joint owner of MYHEROCARD.COM, a discount products and services membership business. InvestmentPost Advisory provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management to individuals, trusts, pension plans, and other entities. The firm employs asset-allocation models combined with value-oriented strategies and market timing, serving a small client base with portfolios consisting of stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, and variable insurance products.