James Chen is the sole advisor at Solid Street Capital Management in Pine Brook, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 11 years of industry experience. He has been affiliated with City Index Group since 2012. Solid Street Capital Management offers discretionary portfolio management primarily for pooled vehicles and institutional or corporate accounts, utilizing a blend of technical, fundamental, and statistical analysis. The firm employs a proprietary SS-Rating system to guide security selection and position sizing, and emphasizes client education through seminars, workshops, and published materials.

Mohit Desai is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience, currently operating MD Wealth Advisors Inc in Cranford, NJ. His career includes roles at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors, Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, and Strategic Advisers. In addition to his advisory work, he owns and manages MD Tax Advisors, a tax preparation business. MD Wealth Advisors Inc. provides holistic wealth planning and investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm emphasizes tailored discretionary portfolios, integrates tax and cash-flow considerations, and offers pension plan advisory and trustee services, with ongoing account reviews and support for employer clients.

Michael Ashton is a CFA® charterholder with 15 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Enduring Investments LLC and has worked there since 2009. He also holds a consulting role with BAG Corp, a polypropylene fabric manufacturer, where he assists with quantitative business analysis. Enduring Investments advises individuals, institutional clients, and pooled investment vehicles through discretionary portfolio management and licensed access to systematic model portfolios. The firm focuses on inflation-indexed products and employs a range of securities and techniques, including derivatives and currency hedging, to meet client objectives 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 Capital Management in Miami, FL, holding a Series 65 designation with four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Oceanus Capital Management in 2024, Jiang worked at Oceanus Research LLC, GSA Capital, and Welton Investment Partners. Oceanus Capital Management provides customized investment management and consulting services primarily to high-net-worth and sophisticated investors. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, top-down thematic research and proprietary data science to construct diversified portfolios, often employing hedging techniques and derivatives as part of its investment approach.

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.

Gary Reneau is a financial advisor at IHP Wealth Management in Morristown, NJ, holding the CFA® designation and Series 66 license with 17 years of industry experience. He has worked at Pickwick Capital Partners, Indian Head Partners LLC, and Silver Leaf Partners, LLC. Reneau is also involved in consulting for a carbon capture company and participates in decentralized finance projects in advisory and information-gathering roles. IHP Wealth Management provides tailored investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates, foundations, endowments, and pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm emphasizes a top-down macro asset allocation and sector rotation approach, incorporating fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and offers access to alternative investments and third-party asset managers.

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.

Sean Pullman is a financial advisor at Pullman Wealth in Montclair, NJ, holding a Series 65 designation with less than one year of industry experience. His prior work includes roles at Glassner Carlton Financial and Wellmont Advisory LLC. Pullman Wealth is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individual and high-net-worth clients with investment management and financial planning services. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis within a Modern Portfolio Theory framework to construct portfolios tailored to clients' goals and risk tolerance, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary management alongside formal financial planning.

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.

Frederick Palmerton is the sole advisor at Palmerton Financial Services, LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in Newark, NJ. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 20 years of industry experience, managing his own firm since 2002. Palmerton Financial Services primarily serves individual clients as well as corporate and nonprofit organizations, offering discretionary supervisory management of customized investment portfolios. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental equity-oriented investment approach focused on a limited list of large, well-covered companies, with low turnover and portfolios tailored to client risk tolerance and objectives.

Robert Sefcik is the sole advisor at Main & Wall Capital Management, Corp, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Main & Wall Capital Management since 2011, following earlier roles within affiliated entities dating back to 2008. Main & Wall Capital Management, Corp is a state-registered investment adviser that offers wealth management and personalized portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm employs a goal-based approach emphasizing capital preservation and risk management, using behavioral finance concepts and model asset-allocation portfolios with both strategic and tactical elements.

Richard Berse is a financial advisor at Northstar Financial Advisors, Inc. with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been the president of Richard E Berse, CPA, PC, a public accounting and tax planning practice, since 1982. Northstar Financial Advisors serves individuals, trusts, and retirement plans by providing discretionary portfolio management and limited financial planning. The firm emphasizes fundamental, value-oriented analysis with a long-term holding discipline and manages approximately $195 million in discretionary assets.

Asta Sanders is the owner and President of Empowered Retirement, Inc. She brings over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. She received her Bachelor of Science in Economics from Vilnius University in Lithuania and her CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation from the College of Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado, in 2001. In addition, she obtained an Enrolled Agent certification in 2020. An enrolled agent is a person who has earned the privilege of representing taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service by either passing a three-part comprehensive IRS test covering individual and business tax returns or through experience as a former IRS employee. Enrolled agent status is the highest credential the IRS awards. Individuals who obtain this elite status must adhere to ethical standards and complete 72 hours of continuing education courses every three years. In addition, she obtained a Certified Private Wealth Advisor® (CPWA®) professional certification administered by the Investments and Wealth Institute® and taught at the Yale School of Management. CPWA® professionals must demonstrate at least five years of client-centered experience and spend a material amount of their business hours working directly with high-net-worth clients. Advisors who have earned the CPWA® credentials have the specialized knowledge and skills to guide sophisticated clients through the accumulation, preservation, and distribution of wealth. She is passionate about helping clients bring all the pieces of their financial life together into a single coherent plan and ensure it evolves in tandem with their changing circumstances. She has guided clients through various investment options to help them reach their goals and fulfill their dreams. After completing your initial plan, we'll work closely with you throughout our relationship. Typical areas in which we provide ongoing advice are: • annual portfolio withdrawal strategies • establishing a spending plan • Roth conversions • establishing when to claim Social Security • selecting pension payment types • transferring and/or consolidating investment accounts • reallocating investment portfolios • determining health insurance options • amending insurance coverage • updating estate documents and beneficiary forms • changing income tax withholding elections When Asta is not helping her clients, you will find her hiking, traveling, or spending quality time with her family and friends.

John Eichler is the sole advisor at Omega Strategies LLC, an independent firm, and holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has 24 years of industry experience, including roles at UBS Financial Services and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., and has been lecturing at the Parker College of Business of Georgia Southern University since 2014. His work history also includes time at Montclair Golf Club and a brief period of retirement. Omega Strategies LLC offers discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, limited-scope consultations, and project work for individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm’s approach combines fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analyses alongside Modern Portfolio Theory and incorporates options strategies and Sub-Advisors. It also provides a subscription-based newsletter offering market commentary separate from advisory fees.

Mark Painter is a CFA® charterholder with 13 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Everguide Financial Group, LLC since 2016. Everguide Financial Group provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning primarily for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and business owners. The firm integrates fundamental and technical analysis with model portfolios and ongoing monitoring, managing approximately $45 million in discretionary assets as a single-advisor practice.