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Mark Hugh Rutledge

Advisor at Insight Folios — Helena, AL

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Credentials

ChFC®, Series 63

Experience

13 years

Location

Helena, AL

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Insight Folios

Team

Total advisors

18

Across 12 offices

Clients per advisor

68 High

Avg AUM per client

$269,762 Very Low

HNW client ratio

6% Very Low

About

Mark Rutledge is a financial advisor at Insight Folios with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations. Prior to joining Insight Folios in 2025, he worked at Brookstone Capital Management and Specialized Advisors LLC, among other firms. Rutledge is also an independent insurance agent through JD Mellberg LLC. Insight Folios provides portfolio management and financial planning services primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, while also offering ERISA plan consulting and sub-advisory services to other registered investment advisers. The firm uses a team-of-advisers approach combined with proprietary planning software and artificial intelligence tools to support its investment and planning process.

Client services

Based on Insight Folios

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers

Expertise

Based on Insight Folios

Tax-loss harvesting Retirement income strategy Annuities Wealth management

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Fee options

Fixed

Financial planning fixed fees typically range from $2,500 to $5,000

Percentage

$0 - $999,999: 2.59% $1,000,000 - $1,999,999: 2.45% $2,000,000 - $4,999,999: 2.30% $5,000,000+: Negotiated

Commissions

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Project-based

Typically $250 per hour for financial planning services

Other

Minimum fee: Financial Planning fixed fees typically range from $2,500 to $5,000; hourly fee is $250/hour

Location

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Helena, AL

Helena AL

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

Alabama

Work history

13 years of industry experience

Insight Folios

2025 - Present • 1 year

Charlotte, NC

Brookstone Capital Management

2019 - 2025 • 6 years

Wheaton, IL

Specialized Advisors LLC

2019 - 2019 • 1 year

Dallas, TX

JD Mellberg LLC

2019 - Present • 7 years

Tucson, AZ

Blackwater Financial, LLC

2016 - Present • 10 years

Jasper, AL

Blackwater Advisory Group LLC

2016 - 2019 • 3 years

Jasper, AL

Byars & Associates, Inc

2006 - 2019 • 13 years

Jasper, AL

The Mortgage Center Inc

2004 - 2019 • 15 years

Cullman, AL

Osaic FA, Inc.

2001 - 2004 • 3 years

Birmingham, AL

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Series 63, Series 65

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Series 65

Vestavia Hills, AL

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Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management
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