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Kelly John Joneson

Advisor at Optimum Wealth Management, LLC — Pierre, SD

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Credentials

CFP®, ChFC®, Series 63, Series 65

Experience

38 years

Location

Pierre, SD

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Optimum Wealth Management, LLC

Independent

Total advisors

1

Clients per advisor

21 Typical

Avg AUM per client

$866,510 High

HNW client ratio

24% Typical

About

Kelly Joneson is a CFP® and ChFC® with 38 years of industry experience. He is the founder of Optimum Wealth Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2016. In addition to his advisory role, Joneson owns and operates Optimum Insurance Solutions and runs a fishing guide service, Kelly Joneson Guide Service. Optimum Wealth Management, LLC is an independent, fee-based firm serving primarily individual clients and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $18.2 million across 21 relationships and offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and account aggregation services using model portfolios and third-party sub-advisors.

Client services

Based on Optimum Wealth Management, LLC

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

Expertise

Based on Optimum Wealth Management, LLC

Wealth management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) General estate planning guidance

Occupation focus

Based on Optimum Wealth Management, LLC

Founder/Business Owner

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Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $50,000: 1.40% $50,000.01 - $100,000: 1.35% $100,000.01 - $500,000: 1.15% $500,000.01 - $1,000,000: 1.00% $1,000,000.01 - $5,000,000: 0.70% $5,000,000.01+: 0.55%

Project-based

$150 per hour for financial planning

Location

Pierre, SD

Pierre SD

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

Iowa · Nebraska · South Dakota

Work history

38 years of industry experience

Optimum Wealth Management, LLC

2016 - Present • 10 years

Pierre, SD

Optimum Insurance Solutions

2014 - Present • 12 years

Omaha, NE

Disclosures

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Tobin M

Series 63, Series 66

Pierre, SD

Colliers Securities LLC

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Active portfolio management
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Kristy H

Series 65

Pierre, SD

Wealth Management

Kristy Hight is a Series 65-licensed advisor at Wealth Management with five years of industry experience. She has held roles at Acorn Trust Company since 2020, Rice & Associates, Inc. since 2019, and American Bank & Trust from 2014 to 2019. Outside of advisory work, she serves as a senior accountant at Clausen & Rice LLP, focusing on tax preparation, bookkeeping, consulting, and tax planning, and as a trust officer at Acorn Trust Company, managing trust administration and office operations. Wealth Management provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, corporations, and government entities. The firm’s investment approach centers on passive, no-load mutual funds and ETFs, applying Modern Portfolio Theory with a long-term, buy-and-hold strategy and periodic rebalancing.

Passive / index investing Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) General retirement planning General tax planning Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Daniel R

Series 65

Pierre, SD

Wealth Management

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Passive / index investing Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) General retirement planning General tax planning Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Robert G

Series 66

Pierre, SD

NEwEdge Advisors

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Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Nicole N

Series 63, Series 65

Pierre, SD

NEwEdge Advisors

Nicole Neal is a financial advisor at NewEdge Advisors with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and four years of industry experience. She has previously worked at Edward Jones Investments and LPL Financial. Neal also provides administrative support to NewEdge Advisors. NewEdge Advisors serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, trusts, pension plans, and corporations, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management through a wrap fee program that combines asset management with financial planning and consulting.

Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Matthew B

ChFC®, Series 63

Pierre, SD

Eagle Strategies (NY Life)

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