Ron Alan Rhoades
Advisor at XYPN Sapphire — Bowling Green, KY
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Credentials
CFP®, JD
Experience Industry experience
23 years
Location
Bowling Green, KY
XYPN Sapphire
Multi-team
Ron is an Associate Professor of Finance, and Director of the Personal Financial Planning Program, at Western Kentucky University. For his teaching excellence, he has received several awards, including the Gordon Ford College of Business Faculty Fellow Award (2023) and the Faculty Award for Teaching (2020). He teaches, or has taught, courses in Personal Finance, Applied Investments, Advanced Investments, Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, Money & Banking, Principles of Finance, Business Law I and II, Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Personal Financial Planning, and Financial Plan Development (capstone).
Ron has been an investment adviser since 2001, and a Certified Financial Planner since 2005. He currently serves (as of mid-2023) approximately 20 clients (plus family members) and advises upon approximately $25 million of financial assets.
Dr. Rhoades is the author of several books, as well as hundreds of articles and blog posts. His blog can be found at: https://ronrhoades.com/. Ron has spoken at numerous conferences of financial and investment advisers.
Ron also serves as an estate planning and tax attorney (Member, The Florida Bar) for a select group of clients.
Ron is also a nationally known expert on fiduciary law as applied to financial services. He is frequently quoted in national media. He has received awards for his advocacy in Washington, DC, including the "Tamar Frankel Fiduciary Award" from the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard (2020) and the "Fiduciary of the Year Award" from The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard (2011).
Ron's fee-only, fiduciary investment advisory firm, Scholar Financial, is now accepting new clients. To learn more, please visit https://scholarfinancial.com.
Based on XYPN Sapphire
0.8%
0.8% on the first $2 million 0.6% on the next $2m to $6 million 0.4% on the amounts thereafter
Bowling Green, KY
Bowling Green KY
Advisors at this office
2
Kentucky
23 years of industry experience
XY Investment Solutions, LLC
2024 - Present • 2 years
Bowling Green, KY
Scholar Financial, LLC
2023 - Present • 3 years
Bowling Green, KY
ARGI Investment Services, LLC
2021 - 2023 • 2 years
Louisville, KY
Ron A. Rhoades d/b/a Scholar Financial
2017 - 2021 • 4 years
Bowling Green, KY
Garrett Investment Advisors, LLC d/b/a Scholar Financial
2016 - 2017 • 1 year
Bowling Green, KY
Western Kentucky University
2015 - Present • 11 years
Bowling Green, KY
Ron A. Rhoades, Esq., Attorney-at-Law
2012 - Present • 14 years
Bowling Green, KY
Ron A. Rhoades, Sole Proprietor
2003 - Present • 23 years
Bowling Green, KY
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