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Joseph Richard Mc Bride

Advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC — Westport, CT Post Rd W

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

5 years

Location

Westport, CT 06880

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Focus Partners Wealth, LLC

Enterprise

Total advisors

1,038

Across 257 offices

Clients per advisor

59 Typical

Avg AUM per client

$2,557,933 Very High

HNW client ratio

49% Very High

About

Joseph Mc Bride is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Morgan Stanley and UBS Financial Services. Before entering the financial industry, he spent 13 years in full-time education. Focus Partners serves individuals, high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients with a variety of wealth management and advisory services. The firm uses a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines active and passive strategies within an enhanced open architecture framework.

Client services

Based on Focus Partners Wealth, LLC

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Newsletters or periodicals Educational seminars or workshops
Tax prep. srvcs, dispute resolution srvcs, family office srvcs, bus. mgmt. srvcs, ins. solutions, credit & cash mgmt solutions.

Expertise

Based on Focus Partners Wealth, LLC

Options & derivatives strategies Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Business sale tax planning

Occupation focus

Based on Focus Partners Wealth, LLC

Dentist Founder/Business Owner Executive Retired

Demographic focus

Based on Focus Partners Wealth, LLC

Established Professionals Approaching retirement Values-based investing

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Fee options

Fixed

Financial counseling, divorce planning, aging life care planning, practice integrated wealth management (generally $150-$825/month), family budget services ($3,000 to $6,000 fixed monthly fees), business solutions ($5,000 to $50,000 fixed fees), aging life care planning ($1,500 upfront plus $250/hour for additional meetings)

Percentage

$0 - $25,000,000: Up to 1.25%, negotiable and based on client factors $25,000,000+: Negotiable and varying based on client relationship and assets

Project-based

Financial counseling (sometimes), family office services ($95 to $275/hour), business management ($80 to $375/hour), dispute resolution services ($250 to $300/hour)

Performance-based

Performance-based fees charged for certain Private Funds and private accounts; e.g., carried interest on private equity funds, 10%-15% of distributions after hurdle for TCP fund.

Subscriptions

Subscription fee for The Prudent Speculator newsletter: $33/month, $325-$375/year, or $595-$695/2 years.

Other

Account minimum: $5,000 Minimum fee: Typically subject to a minimum fee of $5,000 Fee-only: Financial counseling fees generally annual/fixed billed quarterly; family office fees quarterly or hourly rates $95-$275/hr; family budget fees fixed monthly fees $3,000-$6,000 or higher; business management hourly rates $80-$375; dispute resolution hourly rates $250-$300; tax compliance fees variable.

Location

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Westport, CT Post Rd W

55 Post Rd W, Suite 300

Westport CT 06880

Advisors at this office

17

Most active in

Connecticut

Work history

5 years of industry experience

Morgan Stanley

2022 - Present • 4 years

New York, NY

UBS Financial Services

2018 - 2022 • 4 years

Stamford, CT

Unemployed

2018 - 2018 • 1 year

Trumbull, CT

Full-Time Education

2005 - 2018 • 13 years

Trumbull, CT

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

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Charles S

Series 66

Westport, CT

Blue Keel Financial Planning

Charles Shipman is a financial advisor at Blue Keel Financial Planning in Westport, CT, with 20+ years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Blue Keel Financial Planning since 2014. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in a music royalty business, Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd, since 2006. Blue Keel Financial Planning serves small business owners in Fairfield County, CT, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and business consultation. The firm employs a Core + Satellite investment approach, combining low-cost indexed core holdings with actively managed satellite positions tailored to client goals and risk tolerance, and provides educational workshops and business consulting services alongside its investment offerings.

Cash flow / budgeting Retirement withdrawal strategies College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) General estate planning guidance Active portfolio management Financial Professional Established Professionals Mid-Career Professionals Approaching retirement Women Business Owners
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Stephen T

CFA®, Series 65

Ridgefield, CT

Granite Hill Capital Management, LLC

Stephen Tanner is the sole advisor at Granite Hill Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2005. He holds the CFA® designation and a Series 65 license, with 20 years of industry experience. Granite Hill Capital Management provides financial planning, portfolio management, and limited-scope investment consultations primarily to individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm follows an evidence-based investment approach grounded in modern portfolio theory, focusing on strategic asset allocation and tax efficiency, and delivers personalized service through a small client base.

Income planning General retirement planning Tax-loss harvesting
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Brian L

Series 65, Series 63

Stamford, CT

Euclid Harding, LLC

Brian Lasher is a financial advisor at Euclid Harding, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and previously worked at CIG Capital Advisors, CIG Asset Management Inc., CIG Securities, and Rueone Investments. Outside of his advisory role, he engages in fixed insurance sales and service as a sole proprietor on a limited basis. Euclid Harding provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation approach using diversified investment vehicles and offers specialized services such as illiquid asset management, retirement-plan advisory under ERISA 3(21), and business advisory support.

Divorce financial planning Business exit / sale strategy Real estate investing Options & derivatives strategies
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Gabriel N

CFA®

Stamford, CT

Tadpole Investments LLC

Gabriel Nardi is a CFA® charterholder based in Stamford, CT, currently serving as the sole advisor at Tadpole Investments LLC. He has prior experience at Third Avenue Management and BlazeRidge LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he is the founder of a software company developing a web-based application to assist book authors. Tadpole Investments LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs cyclical, fundamental, and quantitative analysis with a range of trading strategies, including performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients.

Options & derivatives strategies
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Lawrence H

Series 65

Redding, CT

HarborAdvisors, LLC

Lawrence Hatheway is a financial advisor at HarborAdvisors, LLC with five years of industry experience. He previously worked at GAM Investments for four years and co-founded Jackson Hole Economics, a nonprofit research forum focused on economics, politics, and policy. Hatheway also serves as an adjunct professor of economics at Fairfield University and the University of Wyoming. HarborAdvisors, LLC provides macroeconomic and market consulting and model-provision services primarily to institutional and non-U.S. clients, using fundamental, technical, and cyclical economic analysis tailored through individually negotiated agreements. The firm focuses on multi-asset portfolio analysis under varying economic and policy scenarios and offers performance-based fee arrangements without holding custody of client assets.

Wealth management Consultant
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Norman K

Series 65

Westport, CT

Norman Kramer Investments, Inc.

Norman Kramer is the principal of Norman Kramer Investments, Inc. in Westport, CT, holding a Series 65 designation with 20 years of industry experience. He has led his own firm since 2001 and previously worked at Gilshire Corp. for over four decades. Norman Kramer Investments, Inc. is an independent registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm constructs portfolios using a range of securities and trading strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, focusing on a relatively small client base with concentrated assets under management.

Active portfolio management Options & derivatives strategies
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