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.

Marc Shapiro is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 18 years of industry experience. He has been with Shapiro Asset Management, LLC since 2008, serving clients from Denville, NJ. Shapiro Asset Management provides discretionary investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and businesses. The firm offers customized, long-term focused portfolios primarily composed of ETFs, individual stocks, and bonds, using fundamental and technical analysis with emphasis on risk management through asset allocation and diversification.

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.

Steven Bedell is a CFP® with 22 years of industry experience and has been with Omega Capital Management, LLC since 1999. He holds a Series 63 license and operates out of Flanders, NJ. Omega Capital Management, LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, retirees, retirement plans, businesses, and trust and estate clients. The firm employs a strategic asset allocation approach informed by Modern Portfolio Theory, offering both passive and active investment options tailored to client needs.

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 CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license with 16 years of industry experience. He is currently the CEO, CIO, and CCO of IHP Wealth Management, where he has worked since 2010. Prior to founding IHP Wealth Management, he was with Silver Leaf Partners, LLC, from 2010 to 2020. Outside of his advisory role, Reneau provides consulting services to an oil services and carbon capture company and writes a monthly investor newsletter covering financial markets and macroeconomic trends. IHP Wealth Management provides investment advisory services to pooled vehicles, institutional clients, and a variety of other account types including individuals, trusts, pensions, and endowments. The firm employs a top-down, macro-driven investment process focused on relative asset-class and sector allocations, using mutual funds, ETFs, and occasionally individual securities, while conducting due diligence on recommended independent 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.

Robert Sefcik is the sole advisor at Main & Wall Capital Management, Corp and holds Series 65, 63, and 66 licenses with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Main & Wall Capital Management since 2011 and was involved in the firm's research and development from 2009 to 2023. Main & Wall Capital Management is a state-registered investment adviser that 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.

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 an independent financial advisor at Omega Strategies LLC with 23 years of industry experience. His background includes roles at UBS Financial Services, Equitable Advisors, and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. He has also served as an academic lecturer at Parker College of Business of Georgia Southern University since 2014. Omega Strategies LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management, financial planning, and limited-scope consultations for individuals and high-net-worth clients. The firm offers tailored investment programs using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analyses, along with Modern Portfolio Theory, options strategies, and sub-advisors. It also publishes a subscription-based market commentary newsletter.

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.

Dushyant Pandit is a financial advisor at Dorchester Advisors LLC with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Dorchester Advisors since 2010. Dorchester Advisors LLC provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and outside money-manager selection for individuals, businesses, trusts, charities, and endowments. The firm serves a range of clients, including high-net-worth households and small pension and profit-sharing plans, using a fundamentally driven, value-oriented investment approach that emphasizes tailored portfolios and routine monitoring.

Vinod Iyer is a financial advisor at Gaelin LLC with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. He has over 12 years of industry experience, including a prior role at Macquarie from 2013 to 2025. Gaelin LLC provides portfolio management and online access to public and private market investment themes for accredited, qualified, and high-net-worth clients. The firm focuses on long-term strategies across various asset classes and emphasizes client-directed investment decisions, typically without discretionary trading authority.

Donald Davret is a financial advisor at FloMartin Securities Corporation in Morristown, NJ, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with two years of industry experience. He has been with FloMartin Securities since 2014. FloMartin Securities Corporation provides investment advisory and pension consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and pension and profit-sharing plans, managing approximately $4.4 million in assets. The firm uses written Investment Policy Statements and model portfolios to tailor asset allocation and security selection, primarily managing assets on a non-discretionary basis while employing active trading tools that may increase portfolio volatility.

Sunsierre Atkinson is a CFP® professional with two years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Team Financial Planning in Union, NJ. Prior to this, Atkinson worked at DTCC from 2015 to 2021 and is the founder of Teach Everyone About Money LLC, a coaching and teaching business. Team Financial Planning is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser serving primarily individual clients as well as employer plan sponsors and other organizations. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, employing a blend of passive and active strategies alongside fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, with options for socially responsible investing upon client request.