Raul Velazquez is a financial advisor at Cenador Financial Advisers LLC in New York, NY, holding the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses, with 5 years of industry experience. He is also President and CEO of Velazquez Ventures LLC, a consulting firm, and Senior Managing Director at Cenador Capital LLC, focusing on alternative business opportunities. Cenador Financial Advisers LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and limited consulting services primarily to individual clients using a fee-only structure. The firm offers public educational seminars and builds portfolios based on client objectives and risk tolerance, employing a variety of investment strategies including mutual funds, ETFs, options, short sales, and allocations to independent managers.

Charles Carmona is a financial advisor at Westmore Asset Management with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at Torino Capital LLC and Rena Advisors LLC. Westmore Asset Management serves a small, primarily high-net-worth client base, managing approximately $54.5 million across seven accounts. The firm provides investment supervisory services alongside limited business strategy consulting and employs multiple methods of analysis, including charting, fundamental, technical, and cyclical approaches.

Oliver Lennox is the sole advisor at DaceyHolden Management, LLC in Fort Lee, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with nine years of industry experience. He has been involved with DaceyHolden entities since 2011, including serving as managing member and managing partner of affiliated companies. DaceyHolden Management primarily advises a private pooled investment vehicle and manages a limited number of separately managed accounts for individual and high-net-worth investors. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis, generally following a long-term trading approach with a focus on equities, and utilizes both long and short positions along with derivatives and leverage.

Ioannis Papatherapontos is a financial advisor with J.Pappas Investments, holding a Series 66 designation and 21 years of industry experience. He has held roles at several affiliated firms, including Pappas Financial Group, First Financial Consultants, and J.Pappas Realty. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as CEO of companies involved in merchant services, energy brokerage, and insurance sales, focusing primarily on sales and business development. J.Pappas Investments provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, small businesses, trusts, and estates. The firm constructs diversified portfolios using a combination of fundamental, technical, and economic analysis, managing accounts largely on a discretionary basis while tailoring advice to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Matthew Sola is a CFP® professional with 21 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Ironbound Advisory LLC since 2019. His prior experience includes eight years at Eagle Strategies, LLC, followed by two additional years at the same firm. Outside of his advisory role, he volunteers as a class officer and board member for Cornell University alumni organizations. Ironbound Advisory provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory to tailor investment strategies across various asset classes, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Isaiah Adams is a financial advisor at BA Global Capital with five years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has previously worked at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as well as in healthcare and corporate roles. BA Global Capital is an independent, state-registered investment adviser that serves individuals and institutional clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans and charitable organizations. The firm focuses on passive investment management using index funds and ETFs, supplemented by fundamental and technical analysis, and offers tailored portfolio management and financial planning services.

Neil Murphy is a financial advisor with NPM Consulting, LLC in Ridgewood, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and 12 years of industry experience. He has worked at Rose Wealth Advisors LLC since 2024 and has been with NPM Consulting since 2012. NPM Consulting provides financial planning, tax preparation, and investment management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, related trusts, and select pension plans and business entities. The firm builds customized portfolios using fundamental and technical analysis, asset allocation, and active management, incorporating a range of securities and derivatives, and also offers a managed futures program for accredited investors.

Steven Hecht is the sole advisor at Steven Hecht Investments, Inc., an independent firm based in Teaneck, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 18 years of industry experience, having led his firm since 2007. Steven Hecht Investments, Inc. provides portfolio management services to individuals and a variety of institutional clients, including small businesses, pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a combination of securities and uses fundamental, technical, and charting analysis to tailor and monitor portfolios on an ongoing basis, often managing accounts on a discretionary basis.

David Polevoy is a CFP® professional with 12 years of experience in financial advising. He has been the sole advisor at Beekman Financial Planning LLC since 2012. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed life insurance agent. Beekman Financial Planning LLC is an independent, single-advisor firm serving individuals, small businesses, and certain retirement plans. The firm employs a blend of fundamental and cyclical analysis with strategies such as active management and core-plus-satellite, primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Lloyd Stabiner is a financial advisor with Fulcire Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 65 designation and 15 years of industry experience. He has worked as a CPA since 2010. Fulcire Wealth Management serves well-to-do individuals and families, focusing on portfolio management combined with tax and wealth-transfer guidance. The firm emphasizes managing assets designated for short-term investments and income generation through dividend-paying equities and covered-call writing, with a tax-aware, options-focused investment approach.

Vincent Grosso is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with six years of industry experience. He is the founder of Grosso Wealth Management LLC in Montclair, NJ, where he has worked since 2022. Prior to founding his firm, he spent three years at Kestra Private Wealth Services. Outside of his advisory role, Grosso is the President of the Joanne Grosso Foundation Inc. Grosso Wealth Management LLC is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser that provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting to individual clients and employer plan sponsors. The firm typically employs long-term, passive buy-and-hold strategies using mutual funds and ETFs and offers project-based planning, educational seminars, and fiduciary retirement plan services.

Matthew Morano is a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor with 11 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Curbstone Advisors LLC, an independent firm he has been with since 2015. Prior to this, he held a senior director position in business analysis at CME Group, Inc., where he worked full-time supporting front-office trading systems for futures, options, and swaps. Curbstone Advisors provides personalized portfolio management and ongoing investment supervision to individual clients on a fee-only basis. The firm emphasizes a strategic, cyclical, and contrarian asset allocation approach using low-cost ETFs, individual stocks, fixed income, and alternatives, while employing automated rebalancing and maintaining liquidity for opportunistic buying.

Youwei Jing is a financial advisor at Alterra with a Series 65 designation and no prior industry experience. Before joining Alterra, Jing worked at several firms including DevelopIntelligence, Bubble, and Correlation One. Alterra is an independent, state-registered investment adviser specializing in portfolio management and a unique options-based borrowing service using short box spread strategies. The firm serves a diverse client base ranging from individuals and small businesses to institutional and corporate entities, and it employs exchange-traded S&P 500 index options to manage borrowing exposures and mitigate early assignment risk.

Humberto Portillo is a financial advisor at Financial Freedom Management LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with his current firm since 2015. Financial Freedom Management LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, and pension plans with approximately $8.1 million in assets under management. The firm uses a rules-based quantitative approach to asset allocation, incorporating low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, tax-loss harvesting, and leverage strategies, with a focus on special-needs planning and community education through seminars and workshops.

Warren Stean is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with seven years of industry experience. He is the founder and director of Atlantica Wealth, LLC, a firm providing financial consultancy services to UK expatriates, where he focuses on business development for investment advisory services in the United States. He has worked at Liberty Wealth Managers since 2022 and has prior experience at several firms, including WestFuller Advisors and Abbey Financial Solutions. Liberty Wealth Managers offers fee-based investment advisory services primarily to individual United Kingdom expatriates, specializing in pension transfer assistance and portfolio management. The firm uses a tactical allocation approach mainly through exchange-traded funds and mutual funds, operating on a non-discretionary basis with a focus on longer-term holdings.

Mark Vogel is the sole advisor at Mark Vogel Wealth Management, LLC, located in North Caldwell, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 14 years of experience in financial advising. In addition to his work in wealth management since 2003, he has practiced law as a sole proprietor since 1991, dedicating a significant portion of his time to his legal practice. Mark Vogel Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, and small-company pension accounts, managing approximately $96 million in assets. The firm employs a concentrated, growth-at-a-reasonable-price strategy focused on a small number of individual stocks and offers performance-based compensation options for qualified clients.

Michael Nisiotis is a financial advisor with Nisiotis, Michael, holding a Series 65 designation and five years of industry experience. He has served as Managing Director and President of Michael Anthony & Associates since 2002, a management consulting firm focused on project and process management for new products and services. Surpass Yourself Advisors provides financial and retirement planning, education, and coaching to individuals, families, small businesses, and organizations through virtual one-on-one sessions, webinars, and workplace programs. The firm emphasizes asset allocation with diversified, primarily passive portfolios and operates on flat or hourly fees without managing client assets or accepting discretionary authority.

Shawn O’Brien is a financial advisor at Cois Dara Investing with Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Cois Dara Investing, he worked at Diageo and Loudpack. Cois Dara Investing provides ongoing portfolio management to individual and high-net-worth clients, emphasizing a long-term trading strategy supported by charting, fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis. The firm prepares Investment Policy Statements for clients and seeks discretionary authority to implement portfolio decisions, primarily recommending equities along with mutual funds, ETFs, commodities, non-U.S. securities, and venture capital funds to diversify portfolios.

Jay Rosenberg is the sole advisor at Arrival Capital Management LLC in New York, NY. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 23 years of experience with the firm, which he has been associated with since 2003. Prior to founding Arrival Capital Management, his background includes legal, corporate finance, and public-sector roles, along with formal training in valuation and behavioral finance. Arrival Capital Management provides fee-only investment management and wealth services to individuals, high net worth clients, corporations, and trusts. The firm employs a value investing approach combined with behavioral and contrarian analysis, focusing on long-term, diversified portfolios tailored to client objectives.

Mark Mcnally is the sole advisor at Megstar Financial Management Inc. in Montvale, NJ, with 31 years of industry experience. He has worked at Megstar since 1992 and concurrently serves as a television production technician at WNYW-TV since 1977. Megstar Financial Management provides discretionary portfolio management and general financial advice to a select individual client base. The firm utilizes Modern Portfolio Theory to build diversified, low-turnover portfolios and emphasizes transparent reporting and conflict reduction through specific trading practices.