Randy Allen Schmidt

My job is to make personal finances boring. I'm not in the game of the newest and greatest ideas. I target results and proven time tested ways of doing it. My job is to be your personal trainer for finances. Not only giving guidance but behavioral help on how to truly make lasting impacts.

Jerome Matecun is a financial advisor at Compound Value Advisers, LLC in Sparta, MI, holding a Series 65 designation with 16 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Exit Strategies Group Inc. from 2013 to 2019 and has been with Compound Value Advisers since 2013. Compound Value Advisers provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, trusts, estates, and corporate plan sponsors. The firm manages approximately $24.8 million across a small number of client accounts, employing a strategic asset allocation framework with diversified low-cost index funds and ETFs, discretionary portfolio management, and additional services including business valuations and retirement plan advisory.

Derrin Leigh is the sole advisor at Derrin Leigh LLC, an independent firm based in Pierson, MI. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 15 years of industry experience, including prior work at Financial Architechs. Before founding his current practice in 2018, he founded and sold a larger wealth-management business. Derrin Leigh LLC provides comprehensive investment advisory services and financial planning primarily for individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals and small business owners. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis in its investment approach and regularly employs short-term trading and covered-call option strategies alongside longer-term positions.

Andrew Wentworth is a CFA® charterholder with nine years of industry experience. He is the principal advisor at Wentworth Wealth Group in Rockford, MI, having previously worked at Northwestern Mutual, Empower, and TD Ameritrade. Wentworth Wealth Group provides individualized portfolio management and advisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative methods to construct long-term, ETF-based portfolios tailored to clients' goals and risk tolerance.

Andrew Howard is the principal of Howard Fiduciary Investments in Rockford, MI, holding a Series 65 designation with nine years of industry experience. He previously worked for Fiduciary Financial Advisors for ten years and held a position at Van Andel Research Institute for five years. Outside of advisory services, he is involved in a separate equity investment entity and operates a business coaching venture. Howard Fiduciary Investments offers discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, families, trusts, estates, retirement accounts, business entities, and nonprofit organizations. The firm employs a multi-method analysis framework and manages portfolios using diversified ETF and rules-based trend-following strategies, tailoring allocations to each client’s objectives, risk tolerance, time horizon, and tax situation.

Mitchell Lyons is the sole advisor at Mitch Lyons Wealth LLC, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses with 19 years of industry experience. He has worked at several firms including Global Financial Private Capital, LLC and Lyons Kitzrow Wealth Management. Lyons is also an independent licensed insurance agent and owner of Mitch Lyons Wealth LLC. Mitch Lyons Wealth LLC provides portfolio management services for individual and high-net-worth clients, employing multiple analysis methods such as fundamental, technical, quantitative analysis, and modern portfolio theory. The firm implements long-term strategies alongside options trading and utilizes third-party model portfolios through AE Wealth Management.