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Karen Heltzel

Advisor at STIFEL

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Location

York, PA 17402

Credentials

Series 66

Industry experience

10 years

About

Karen Heltzel is a financial advisor at Stifel with 10 years of industry experience and a Series 66 designation. She has been with Stifel since 2014. Outside of her advisory role, she is a member of Leave a Legacy York County, where she assists nonprofits in promoting planned gifts, and participates in the Hayshire Elementary PTO, helping organize school community events. Stifel serves a broad client base including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is based on a proprietary methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group, which uses forward-looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling to inform asset allocation and planning analyses.

Client services

Based on STIFEL

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

Based on STIFEL

General retirement planning Income planning

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Commissions

Commissions applicable when implementing securities transactions via brokerage accounts; separate and not included in financial planning fees

Other

Minimum fee: Up to $5,000 for fee-based financial planning services, negotiable depending on complexity and scope Fee-only: Fee-based financial planning services charged as a fixed fee up to $5,000

Location

235 St. Charles Way, Suite 100

York, PA 17402

Most active in

Pennsylvania · Texas

Work history

Stifel

2014 - Present (12 years)

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