Ronald Douglas Coltrane Jr

Advisor at Merrill — Mountain Top, PA

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

14 years

Location

Mountain Top, PA

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Total advisors

25,562

Across 3,167 offices

Clients per advisor

70 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$860,085 Very High

HNW client ratio

29% High

About

Ronald Coltrane Jr serves as the Resident Director for Merrill's Wilkes-Barre Office. With over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, he specializes in wealth management, banking, financing, and private placement investment management. As a Senior Financial Advisor and qualified Portfolio Manager, Ronald focuses on goals-based planning to help clients achieve their financial objectives through personalized wealth management strategies, including family wealth management, retirement planning, portfolio management, and tax minimization.

Ronald holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership at Wilkes University. He maintains the designation of Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). Committed to community involvement, Ronald actively participates in local organizations and values spending time with his family.

Client services

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Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops
Performance measurement reports, allocation modeling, ips, research reports and services, see schedule d

Expertise

Wealth management Retirement income strategy General retirement planning Tax-loss harvesting

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Location

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Mountain Top, PA

Mountain Top PA

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

Pennsylvania · Texas

Work history

14 years of industry experience

Bank of America N.A.

2020 - Present • 6 years

Scranton, PA

Merrill

2020 - Present • 6 years

Scranton, PA

PNC Bank

2016 - 2020 • 4 years

Scranton, PA

PNC Investments

2016 - 2018 • 2 years

Pittsburgh, PA

OSAIC Institutions, inc.

2011 - 2015 • 4 years

PA

Invest Financial Corporation

2009 - 2011 • 2 years

Dunmore, PA

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Series 65

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