John Coumarianos is the principal of Mindful Advisory, LLC, an independent investment advisory firm. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has 11 years of industry experience, including roles at CityWire USA and Dow Jones. In addition to his advisory work, he serves as a writer and editor for CityWire USA, contributing approximately 20 hours per month. Mindful Advisory, LLC provides fee-only investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, retirement plans, and other entities. The firm employs a valuation-driven investment approach, managing portfolios with a focus on both fixed income and flexible long-duration assets, and occasionally uses short-term trading strategies tailored to client objectives.

Daniel Sciortino is a ChFC® and Series 63 credentialed advisor with 14 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Fig Tree Wealth Management LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at National Wealth Management, Foresters Financial Services, and Sound State Entertainment. Outside of financial advising, he is involved in book publishing and education on biblical stewardship through Fig Tree Stewardship and is a member-owner of Godwit Coffee LLC, a coffee roastery focused on charitable activities. Fig Tree Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm’s investment approach includes diversified allocations tailored to risk profiles, with a Biblically Responsible Investing overlay that screens for consistency with specified Christian values, and offers pension consulting and participant education services.

Leodegario Camacho is a financial advisor with Camacho Capital Planning Advisors LLC, holding the PFS™ designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 23 years of industry experience, including 21 years at TFS Securities Inc. and ongoing partnership in the accounting firm Camacho & Camacho, LLP. Camacho Capital Planning Advisors provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a modern portfolio theory approach with primarily non-discretionary advisory services and tailors investment strategies through documented Investment Policy Statements.

Mohit Desai is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 15 years of industry experience. He is the principal of MD Wealth Advisors Inc. and also owns MD Tax Advisors, a tax preparation business. His prior experience includes roles at Fidelity, Morgan Stanley, and Strategic Advisers. MD Wealth Advisors Inc. provides holistic wealth planning and investment management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers tailored discretionary portfolios and retirement-plan advisory services, with an affiliated tax-preparation practice as part of its comprehensive approach.

Yassir Samra is a financial advisor at Skyy Financial Group, LLC with 10 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has maintained an academic appointment at Manhattan College since 2005. Skyy Financial Group provides investment advice and portfolio management to individuals, investment clubs, partnerships, and business accounts, along with educational services such as tutoring, seminars, and a subscription trading service. The firm’s investment approach integrates technical and value analysis with macroeconomic research and uses a variety of trading strategies tailored to clients’ cash flow and risk profiles.

Ajit Paranjpe is a financial advisor at Prima Innotech with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Prima Innotech since 2012. In addition to his advisory role, he has a long tenure at Veeco Instruments starting in 2006. Prima Innotech is an independent registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and consulting services to individual clients. The firm employs a proprietary OptionMaximizer analysis engine to guide investment decisions and supports clients through educational seminars, publications, and a subscription-based platform for self-directed investors.

Xiaowei Jiang is a financial advisor at Oceanus Research LLC with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Oceanus Capital Management LLC, GSA Capital, and Welton Investment Partners. Oceanus Research LLC provides customized investment management and consultation primarily to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a defined investment process that combines top-down thematic analysis with fundamental and proprietary research, utilizing a variety of sophisticated strategies including derivatives and margin in separately managed accounts.

James Parris is a financial advisor at Ivory Wealth Management Inc. with 4 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at Ivory Wealth Management since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he has been involved with the Syosset Soccer Club since 2006, coaching and training youth soccer. Ivory Wealth Management provides portfolio management and pension consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension plans. The firm emphasizes a fiduciary standard and employs a range of analytical methods, offering primarily non-discretionary management alongside insurance and annuity advisory services.

Cheng Kou is a financial advisor at Time Investment Advisers with a Series 65 credential and two years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for ten years at Verisk Data Analytics. Time Investment Advisers provides portfolio management, financial planning, and advisory services tailored to individuals, families, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm integrates fundamental and technical analysis in its investment approach and offers both long-term portfolio management and short-term trading strategies, including option strategies.

Stuart Ruff is the principal and sole advisor at Ruff Choices, an independent registered investment adviser based in Cranford, NJ. He holds the Series 66 designation and has 22 years of industry experience, founding Ruff Choices in 1999. Ruff Choices provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, pension and profit-sharing plans, as well as charitable organizations and certain institutional clients. The firm employs a range of investment strategies including equities, ETFs, and mutual funds, and incorporates the use of margin, short sales, and options for separately managed accounts.

Michael Maye is a CFP®, PFS™, and Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 20 years of industry experience. He has been the principal of MJM Financial Advisors, LLC in Gillette, NJ since 2005. Outside of his advisory work, he conducts educational seminars and workshops for community groups, including seniors, women's groups, and university events. MJM Financial Advisors serves individual investors and their families, including high-net-worth clients, advising approximately 27 family groups with around $42 million in assets under management. The firm provides financial planning, discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, and integrated wealth management that includes retirement, estate, tax planning, and business consulting. Its investment approach combines institutional-style no-load mutual funds, ETFs, and ETNs with a strategic asset allocation process, emphasizing a passive core and selective active allocations, alongside tax-sensitive implementation. The firm also offers tax planning and preparation services through its CPA affiliation.

Robert Bonavito is a financial advisor at The Financial Planning Group, Inc. in Scotch Plains, NJ, holding the PFS™ designation with 19 years of industry experience. He has been with The Financial Planning Group since 1995. The firm provides comprehensive financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. Their approach includes tailored portfolio construction based on suitability assessments and combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis in security selection.

Steven Rokeach is a CFA® charterholder and the principal advisor at Elliot Investment Management, LLC, with 23 years of industry experience. He founded and has operated the independent firm since 2003. Elliot Investment Management provides ongoing investment supervisory services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, and charting analysis with a range of strategies including options writing, managing portfolios across mutual funds, equities, bonds, fixed income, and select alternative products.

Bhushan Bhangale is the principal of Bsquare Investalytix LLC and holds a Series 65 designation with one year of industry experience. He has worked at Cognizant from 2021 to 2024 and BNP Paribas RCC from 2007 to 2020. Outside of his advisory role, he is a managing member of Gill Lane Investment Partners LLC, a passive real estate investment entity. Bsquare Investalytix LLC is a registered investment adviser serving high-net-worth individuals with discretionary portfolio management and a subscription service offering trade recommendations. The firm focuses on equities, ETFs, and equity options using a combination of charting, cyclical, fundamental, and technical analysis.

Zhirun Gao is a financial advisor at Easytransfer Corporation, holding a Series 65 designation and beginning their advisory career in 2025. Prior to joining Easytransfer, Gao was affiliated with various institutions, including Columbia University and Ohio State University. Easytransfer Corporation provides discretionary portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business entities, focusing primarily on U.S. equities and ETFs. The firm employs multiple analytical methods and both long- and short-term trading strategies, while emphasizing regular monitoring, reporting, and equitable allocation of investment opportunities.

Domingo Ramos is a financial advisor at Swapnick, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Prudential, Policygenius, and Havas prior to his current role. Ramos leads the Swapnick Community Foundation, which focuses on financial literacy. Swapnick, LLC is a fee-only investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a buy-and-hold investment strategy with global diversification and active monitoring, operating as a single-advisor practice with no account minimums.

Dana Johnson is the sole advisor at Johnson Capital Global Advisory L.L.C. in Jersey City, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 registrations with 17 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 2018, he worked at Wilmington Capital Securities, Santander Securities, Merrill, Chase Investment Services, and Morgan Stanley. Outside of his advisory role, Johnson serves as a substitute teacher. Johnson Capital Global Advisory L.L.C. is an independent registered investment adviser managing approximately $1.2 million for eight clients. The firm offers a bundled wrap-fee investment program that includes financial planning, portfolio management, and brokerage services, focusing on a value-oriented, long-term, and diversified investment approach primarily on a non-discretionary basis.

Frederick Palmerton is the sole advisor at Palmerton Financial Services, LLC, an independent firm based in Newark, NJ. He holds a Series 65 credential and has 21 years of industry experience, including more than two decades leading his own firm since 2002. Palmerton Financial Services, LLC provides discretionary supervisory management of individually managed investment portfolios primarily for individuals, as well as corporations and nonprofit entities. The firm focuses on a long-term investment approach emphasizing fundamental analysis, with portfolios concentrated in a limited number of actively traded equity and convertible securities tailored to client objectives and risk tolerances.

Robert Sefcik is the principal advisor at Main & Wall Capital Management, Corp., an independent firm based in Millburn, NJ. He holds Series 65, Series 63, and Series 66 licenses and has 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Main & Wall Capital Management since 2011, following earlier roles within affiliated firms dating back to 2008. Main & Wall Capital Management provides wealth management and personalized portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a goal-based process centered on capital preservation and risk management, utilizing behavioral finance concepts and model asset-allocation portfolios with both strategic and tactical elements.

Douglas Grant is a CFP® professional with 20 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Grant Asset Management, LLC. Prior to founding his independent firm, he worked at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co, Hornor Townsend & Kent Inc, and Garden State Securities, Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he manages a baseball equipment manufacturing business and is part owner and manager of a bar in Hoboken, NJ. Grant Asset Management provides tailored financial planning, investment advisory, insurance consulting, and retirement-plan services to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm employs a goal-based approach emphasizing behavioral finance and asset allocation, primarily using exchange-traded funds for tax efficiency and cost considerations.