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Marion Ann Watkins

Advisor at LPL Enterprise — Cambridge, NY

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Credentials

Series 63, Series 65

Experience

25 years

Location

Cambridge, NY 12816

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LPL Enterprise

Institution

Total advisors

3,118

Across 855 offices

Clients per advisor

33 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$239,757 Very Low

HNW client ratio

22% Typical

About

Marion Watkins is a financial advisor with LPL Enterprise, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and bringing 25 years of industry experience. Prior to joining LPL Enterprise in 2024, Watkins was associated with Prudential Insurance Company of America and Pruco Securities, LLC for over two decades. Their other activities include acting as a fiduciary trustee and power of attorney for multiple family trusts. LPL Enterprise serves a diverse client base, including individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and corporations, offering financial planning, consulting, and access to model portfolios and third-party asset management. The firm combines advisory and brokerage services through an integrated platform that includes insurance products and a collateralized lending program.

Client services

Based on LPL Enterprise

Financial planning Portfolio management Educational seminars or workshops
Consulting and other non-discretionary advisory services

Expertise

Based on LPL Enterprise

General retirement planning Tax-loss harvesting

Occupation focus

Based on LPL Enterprise

Self-Employed Founder/Business Owner

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Fee options

Fixed

Financial planning and consulting services flat fees typically range from $0 to $15,000, negotiated per client agreement.

Commissions

Commission-based compensation is received through insurance sales and broker-dealer services, including commissions and trails on insurance products and brokerage transactions.

Project-based

Financial planning and consulting services fees can be hourly, typically up to $500 per hour.

Other

Fee-only: Financial planning and consulting services offered for flat fees ranging from $0 up to $15,000 or hourly fees up to $500 per hour, fees negotiated.

Location

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Cambridge, NY

55 East Main Street

Cambridge NY 12816

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

New York · Texas

Work history

25 years of industry experience

LPL Enterprise

2024 - Present • 2 years

Cambridge, NY

Prudential Insurance Company of America

2001 - Present • 25 years

Buskirk, NY

Pruco Securities, LLC.

2001 - 2024 • 23 years

Buskirk, NY

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

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Mitsuo L

Series 63, Series 65

Cambridge, NY

Cambridge Wealth Management, LLC

Mitsuo Lockrow is a financial advisor at Cambridge Wealth Management, LLC with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Mutual Securities, Inc. from 2014 to 2018. Outside of his advisory role, he operates an independent insurance agency. Cambridge Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, estates, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a holistic planning approach with strategic asset allocation, tactical investment ideas, and active portfolio tools, serving a small client base including institutional and retirement-plan clients.

Tax-loss harvesting Options & derivatives strategies Retirement income strategy General estate planning guidance College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.)
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James W

CFP®, Series 63, Series 66

North Bennington, VT

Williams Financial, LLC

James Williams is a CFP® professional with 19 years of experience, currently serving at Williams Financial, LLC since 2005. He has worked as an adjunct professor at Hudson Valley Community College since 2011, teaching online courses. Williams Financial, LLC provides fee-only financial planning, investment management, pension consulting, and digital portfolio services to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm combines a long-term investment approach with tactical asset allocation and various analytical methods, offering clients both integrated wealth management and investment-only options.

General retirement planning Tax strategies for small businesses Charitable giving & philanthropy Cash flow / budgeting
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Michael M

Series 63, Series 66

Bennington, VT

Bennington Financial Planning Group

Michael Mckenna is a financial advisor at Bennington Financial Planning Group with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has been with Bennington Financial Planning Group since 1995. In addition to his advisory role, he provides tax preparation services. Bennington Financial Planning Group offers portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and government clients. The firm utilizes fundamental analysis complemented by technical and cyclical methods, employing both long- and short-term trading strategies including covered-call writing, and maintains a dual registration structure with an affiliated broker-dealer.

College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.)
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Meredith P

Series 65

North Bennington, VT

Williams Financial, LLC

Meredith Phippen is a financial advisor at Williams Financial, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has worked at Williams Financial since 2019. Prior to her current role, she had brief engagements at Bennington College and Renee J. Jacobs, CPA, and spent six years at Evan Wilson Studios. Williams Financial, LLC provides fee-only financial planning, investment management, and pension consulting for individuals, families, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm operates as a fiduciary, combining fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with modern portfolio theory to deliver tailored investment strategies and offers additional in-house accounting, tax preparation, and bookkeeping services.

General retirement planning Tax strategies for small businesses Charitable giving & philanthropy Cash flow / budgeting
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Donald M

CFP®, Series 63

Bennington, VT

Bennington Financial Planning Group

Donald Mckenna is a CFP® with 44 years of industry experience. He has been with Bennington Financial Planning Group since 1995 and is also the president and owner of D.B. Mckenna & Co., Inc., a broker-dealer firm. In addition, he owns a small real estate firm and provides tax preparation services. Bennington Financial Planning Group offers portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and government clients. The firm uses fundamental analysis supplemented by technical and cyclical analysis, employs both long- and short-term trading strategies including covered-call writing, and maintains a distinctive operational model with an affiliated broker-dealer.

College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.)
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Tyler C

CFP®, Series 66, Series 65

North Bennington, VT

Williams Financial, LLC

Tyler Cinelli is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience. He has worked at Williams Financial, LLC since 2017 and previously held roles at LT Trust and America's Best 401k. Williams Financial, LLC offers fee-only financial planning, investment management, pension consulting, and digital portfolio services to individuals, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm uses a long-term investment approach combined with tactical asset allocation and employs low-cost mutual funds and ETFs across diversified allocation models.

General retirement planning Tax strategies for small businesses Charitable giving & philanthropy Cash flow / budgeting
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