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Troy D Simonson

Advisor at Gradient Advisors, LLC — Portage, WI

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Credentials

Series 65

Experience

9 years

Location

Portage, WI 53901

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Gradient Advisors, LLC

Multi-team

Total advisors

185

Across 153 offices

Clients per advisor

12 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$134,534 Very Low

HNW client ratio

2% Very Low

About

Troy Simonson is a financial advisor at Gradient Advisors, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Questar Asset Management from 2016 to 2019. Outside of advising, Simonson volunteers for Portage Youth Softball, supporting youth fastpitch softball programs. Gradient Advisors provides investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm operates primarily through a network of Investment Advisor Representatives and third-party money managers, employing a largely non-discretionary model with tools such as the Color of Money Risk Analysis.

Client services

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Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers

Expertise

Based on Gradient Advisors, LLC

Retirement income strategy General tax planning

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Location

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Portage, WI

118 W. Collins St

Portage WI 53901

Advisors at this office

2

Most active in

Wisconsin

Work history

9 years of industry experience

Gradient Advisors LLC

2019 - Present • 7 years

Arden Hills, MN

Questar Asset Management

2016 - 2019 • 3 years

Minneapolis, MN

Miller Simonson Insurance

1997 - Present • 29 years

Portage, WI

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Series 63, Series 65

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Series 63, Series 65

Portage, WI

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Series 66

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Series 63, Series 66

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Series 66

Endeavor, WI

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