Rajiv Sharma is a financial advisor with Polestar Capital LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 65 and Series 63 designations and bringing 26 years of industry experience. He has held roles at Polestar Capital LLC since 2007 and previously worked at B. Riley FBR, Inc. and Texas Capital Bank, where he serves as Managing Director of Equity Research. Polestar Capital LLC serves a select client base including high-net-worth individuals, institutions, and pooled investment vehicles, providing discretionary portfolio management with a focus on opportunistic trading in equity securities. The firm combines private fund advisory and general partner roles, using strategies such as leverage and short sales, and maintains close operational ties to broker-dealer activities.

Ajay Vadukul is a financial advisor at Endeavor Advisors LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has worked at various firms including LifeTyme Financial Group and Transamerica Financial Advisors. Outside of his advisory role, he is also a licensed life and health insurance agent. Endeavor Advisors LLC offers investment management, financial planning, estate planning facilitation, and retirement plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension/profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a long-term, Modern Portfolio Theory-informed approach and provides educational seminars and estate planning support that complement its fiduciary services.

Guillermo Roditi Dominguez is a financial advisor at New River Investments with 19 years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at Roditi & Roditi, LLC since 2012 and New River Investments Inc. since 2011. New River Investments provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and certain business entities through separately managed accounts and a related-person private fund. The firm employs a multifaceted investment approach combining charting, fundamental, technical, cyclical, and statistical analysis, utilizing strategies such as long and short trading, margin transactions, and options writing.

Helen Huang is a financial advisor at Svl Investment Management with 22 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 63 designation and has worked at H Huang & Co CPAs LLP, Sung, Huang & Co, CPAs, LLP, and Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Outside of advising, she is a partner at H Huang & Co CPAs, LLP. Svl Investment Management is a boutique, research-oriented firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, endowments, and corporate entities. The firm employs a fundamentally driven, global investment process with strategic asset allocation and proprietary valuation models to manage discretionary portfolios.

Donald Hance is a CFP® and Series 65-certified advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Glenmore Financial, Inc. since 2007. Outside of his advisory role, he works seasonally as a tax preparer assisting individual clients with their tax returns. Glenmore Financial is a fee-only advisory firm serving individuals and families, with a branded practice called LifeSighted focused on young professionals. The firm emphasizes tax-aware, individualized financial planning and uses low-cost index funds, ETFs, government bonds, and cash equivalents in portfolio management.

Shaun Sackett is a financial advisor with Sackett Wealth Advisors, Inc. in Brea, California, holding a Series 66 designation and 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at Sackett Wealth Advisors since 2017 and previously spent five years with Independent Financial Group. Outside of advisory services, he operates Sackett Financial Group, providing financial and tax services. Sackett Wealth Advisors serves individuals, trusts, pension plans, and businesses with discretionary portfolio management, financial consulting, and retirement plan services. The firm integrates diversified asset allocation strategies and maintains an affiliated accounting and tax practice offering tax planning, corporate tax guidance, and related services.

Margy Lin is a financial advisor with Halcyon Investment Advisor in Los Angeles, holding a Series 65 designation and four years of industry experience. She previously worked at Alpha Helix Asset Management Company Limited and ZK Investment INC from 2019 to 2021, and has additional experience with Nan Shan Life Insurance Company. Halcyon Investment Advisor provides fee-only advisory and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, and offers tailored family office services for high-net-worth families. The firm’s investment approach combines fundamental, cyclical, and quantitative analysis with a focus on global asset allocation and risk management.

Cory Chapman is a financial advisor with EFC Wealth Management Firm, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 28 years of industry experience. He has held various roles since 2003, including leadership at EFC Wealth Group and work with multiple firms in advisory and consulting capacities. Outside of advisory work, Chapman provides personal development coaching through seminars, audios, books, and speaking events, and teaches a free financial education program at Pepperdine University. EFC Wealth Management Firm, LLC offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals and plan sponsors. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and charting analysis, uses sub-advisors for portfolio implementation, and provides educational seminars plus a subscription coaching program for investors not yet qualifying for full asset management.

Lindsay Bourkoff is a Certified Financial Planner® with 20 years of industry experience. She is currently with Shrier Wealth Management, LLC, having joined the firm in 2025 after 19 years at Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. Shrier Wealth Management serves a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, nonprofits, and corporate clients, providing asset management, financial planning, and retirement consulting. The firm employs a multi-method investment approach and offers active management of donor-advised fund assets alongside a broader range of advisory services beyond typical retail wealth management.

Myron Kaufman is a financial advisor at AlphaNext, LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with AlphaNext since 2019. AlphaNext serves individual and high net worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, providing asset management, financial planning, and consulting services. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and sector analysis with diverse asset allocation strategies and incorporates alternative investments, private equity, and complex instruments alongside traditional securities.

Christopher Casanega is a financial advisor at Sharper & Granite LLC with 12 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Sharper & Granite since 2003. Sharper & Granite provides comprehensive portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, pensions, and profit-sharing plans, managing approximately $318 million on a discretionary basis. The firm uses a top-down asset allocation process focused on low-cost, tax-efficient index ETFs and no-load index mutual funds, applying statistical methods to optimize portfolio allocations.

Scott Tolton is a financial advisor at Tolton Asset Management, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked as an analytics consultant at Cornerstone Research since 2017. Prior to his current role, he spent seven years at Brigham Young University. Tolton Asset Management is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a non-discretionary advisory model, emphasizing diversified portfolios with an allocation toward smaller-company and value exposures, and also operates an affiliated CPA division providing tax and accounting services.

Alberto Roditi is a financial advisor at New River Investments with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at New River Investments since 2011, as well as at Roditi & Roditi LLC from 2012 to 2019. New River Investments provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals and business entities, including high-net-worth clients, through separately managed accounts and a related private fund. The firm employs multiple methods of analysis and offers a range of investment strategies, distinguishing itself by advising a related pooled vehicle with separate commodity pool operator registration and independent fund administration.

Ba Rack Little is a financial advisor with EFC Wealth Management Firm LLC in Los Angeles, CA. He holds Series 65 and Series 63 licenses and has two years of industry experience, including prior roles at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and related entities. Outside of his advisory work, he owns and operates NGNS Global, a fitness and health consulting business. EFC Wealth Management Firm, LLC offers discretionary asset management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals and plan sponsors. The firm incorporates fundamental, technical, and charting analysis in its investment approach and provides educational seminars and a subscription coaching program for investors not yet qualifying for full asset management services.

Vivianna Zhao is a financial advisor at X and Y Advisors, Inc. in El Segundo, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with eight years of industry experience. She has worked at X and Y Advisors since 2017 and previously at Chapman, Bird & Tessler, Inc. from 2016 to 2020. X and Y Advisors, Inc. is a state-registered, fee-only firm serving individual and high-net-worth clients, offering financial planning along with tax preparation, bookkeeping, payroll accounting, business consulting, and investment management. The firm employs a primarily passive, low-cost investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, utilizing index mutual funds and ETFs, and offers project-based or ongoing financial planning with coordination of implementation and referrals to outside professionals.

Peng Zhang is a financial advisor with Sagewater Wealth Management LLC in Los Angeles, holding a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Sagewater, he has been employed at Google Inc. since 2006. Sagewater Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary portfolio management through separately managed accounts to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement accounts, trusts, and small businesses. The firm employs a concentrated, value-oriented investment approach focused on long-term ownership and margin-of-safety discipline, offering performance-based fee arrangements and the use of options and derivatives for income or risk management.

Han Cho is a financial advisor with Positive Delta Asset Management LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 25 years of industry experience. He has been with Positive Delta since 2011. Outside of advisory work, he holds a California real estate broker license and has been involved with real estate brokerage activities. Positive Delta Asset Management provides separately managed account services to individual and institutional clients, offering a Global Alpha multi-asset ETF strategy and customized portfolio management. The firm manages client assets using quantitative models and maintains transparency through client-held custody arrangements.

Michael Woods is a financial advisor at Beach Cities Wealth Management, LLC with 36 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Beach Cities Wealth Management since 2011. In addition to his advisory role, he is also involved with Blue Cross Health Insurance in an insurance advisory capacity. Beach Cities Wealth Management serves individuals and high-net-worth clients by providing personalized asset management through tailored portfolios that include stocks, bonds, ETFs, options, mutual funds, and private securities. The firm uses fundamental and cyclical analysis with a combination of long-term, short-term, and trading strategies, maintaining nearly all assets on a non-discretionary basis.

Charles Armendarez is a CFA® charterholder with six years of industry experience. He has worked at Ascendant Capital Management since 2019 and previously at One Source Capital Group and Canyon Holdings. Ascendant Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities. The firm integrates modern portfolio theory with fundamental and technical analysis to construct tailored portfolios that are reviewed quarterly and may include a range of securities such as stocks, bonds, ETFs, and private securities.

Mitchel Katz Winnick is a CFP® professional with two years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at My Portfolio Guide, LLC. His prior work includes roles at Edelman Financial Engines, Financial Engines Advisors, L.L.C., and Morgan Stanley. My Portfolio Guide provides investment supervisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, offering discretionary portfolio management and financial planning using proprietary investment models and a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.