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Timothy Quinn Braunfeld

Advisor at Empower Advisory Group — Beacon, NY

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Credentials

Series 66, Series 63

Experience

1 year

Location

Beacon, NY

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Empower Advisory Group

Enterprise

Total advisors

1,962

Across 1,066 offices

Clients per advisor

150 Very High

Avg AUM per client

$565,063 High

HNW client ratio

7% Low

About

Timothy Braunfeld is a financial advisor with Empower Advisory Group in Beacon, NY, holding Series 66 and Series 63 licenses and having one year of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Rhinebeck Bank, The Bank of Greene County, and Firstbank. Earlier in his career, he operated a music gear business called Chris's Music Exchange DBA Gravity Music Gear. Empower Advisory Group primarily serves employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, offering financial planning and investment management integrated with Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms. The firm emphasizes long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing in its financial planning service and operates at a large scale with a high client-to-advisor ratio.

Client services

Based on Empower Advisory Group

Financial planning Portfolio management Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

Based on Empower Advisory Group

General retirement planning Retirement income strategy Social Security optimization Debt management College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.)

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Fee options

Fixed

One-time fees: $199, $299, $399, or $499 depending on enrollment and plan; Monthly subscription fees: $15 or $29 depending on enrollment

Subscriptions

Monthly subscription fees of $15 or $29 depending on enrollment; One-time fees as noted above

Location

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Beacon, NY

Beacon NY

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

New York

Work history

1 year of industry experience

Empower Advisory Group

2025 - Present • 1 year

Greenwood Village, CO

Empower Financial Services, inc

2024 - Present • 2 years

Greenwood Village, CO

Rhinebeck Bank

2022 - 2024 • 2 years

Poughkeepsie, NY

THe Bank of Greene County

2018 - 2021 • 3 years

Woodstock, NY

Firstbank

2017 - 2018 • 1 year

Lakewood, CO

Chris's Music Exchange DBA Gravity Music Gear

2014 - 2017 • 3 years

Denver, CO

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