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Nathaniel Barton

Advisor at Simplicity wealth

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Location

Phoenix, AZ 85012

Credentials

Series 63, Series 65

Industry experience

16 years

About

Nathaniel Barton is a financial advisor with Simplicity Wealth and holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations. He has 16 years of industry experience and has worked at firms including Guardian Wealth Management and Brookstone Capital Management. Barton is also involved with Simplicity Group, serving as a senior planning advisor. Simplicity Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients as well as financial intermediaries, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory. The firm employs a model-driven, fund-of-funds investment approach and operates a technology platform providing managed account programs and back-office services to advisers and institutions.

Client services

Based on Simplicity wealth

Financial planning Portfolio management Selection of other advisers Newsletters or periodicals Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

Based on Simplicity wealth

Tax-loss harvesting ESG / Sustainable investing Passive / index investing Wealth management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k)

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Fee options

Fixed

Fixed fees for financial planning services; determined on case-by-case basis.

Percentage

$0+: 0.10% to 2.00% annually (advisory fees based on assets under management, range varies by client) $0+: 0.10% to 0.60% annually (Platform Fee for Managed Account Program, varies by selected services of Adviser) $0+: 0.00% to 1.00% annually (Model Manager Fee, varies by manager and strategy) $0+: 0.00% to 1.00% annually (Independent Manager Fee, varies by independent manager)

Commissions

Advisors may accept commissions for sales of insurance products independent of advisory services.

Project-based

Hourly fees for financial planning services; determined on case-by-case basis.

Other

Fee-only: Fixed or hourly fees for financial planning services; fees negotiable and based on case-by-case basis; typically paid in arrears.

Location

2929 N Central Avenue, Suite 1400

Phoenix, AZ 85012

Most active in

Arizona · New Hampshire · Vermont

Work history

Brownstone Financial

2025 - 2026 (1 year)

Simplicity Wealth, LLC

2021 - Present (5 years)

Guardian Wealth Management

2021 - 2023 (2 years)

Brookstone Capital Management, LLC

2017 - 2017 (1 year)

Simplicity Group

2016 - Present (10 years)

Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc

2015 - 2016 (1 year)

Annexus Distributors

2015 - 2016 (1 year)

Edelweiss, LLC

2012 - 2016 (4 years)

Disclosures

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