Independent financial advisors in Princeton, NJ

Chingtai Hung is a financial advisor with Acorn Asset Management LLC in Princeton, NJ, holding a Series 66 designation and 26 years of industry experience. Hung previously worked for Cambridge Investment Research, INC and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, INC for 20 years. Outside of advisory work, Hung serves as a certified swim official for USA Swimming and volunteers as a competition official for the NCAA Swimming and Diving program. Acorn Asset Management LLC is a single-advisor independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, high net worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, state or municipal entities, and insurance companies. The firm provides discretionary asset management, written financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services, focusing on long-term growth and income strategies while allowing clients to set reasonable investment restrictions.

David Milford is a CFP® and ChFC® with seven years of industry experience. He has been with Edward Jones since 2019 and previously worked at Novartis for four years. He is based in Princeton, NJ. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and investment strategies, including discretionary and non-discretionary wrap fee solutions, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds, while operating under a fiduciary standard.

Steve Nguyen is a financial advisor at Bryn Mawr Trust Advisors, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at firms including Commonwealth Financial Network, WSFS Wealth Investments, Citizens Securities, Santander Securities, and Sovereign Bank. Outside of advising, he spends part of his time involved in fixed insurance sales. Bryn Mawr Trust Advisors provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management to individuals, trusts, retirement plans, endowments, and corporations. The firm offers customized investment strategies using a range of vehicles and serves as a sub-adviser to WSFS Bank’s Wealth division and other entities, combining bank and trust company affiliations with multi-team advisory services.

Heena Dhruv is a financial advisor with LPL Financial based in Princeton, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 13 years of industry experience. Her prior roles include positions at Van Leeuwen & Co., Bank of America, First Manhattan Co, and AXA Equitable. She is involved with Van Leeuwen & Company, LLC, an entity related to her LPL business. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, corporations, and charitable organizations through a national network of investment adviser representatives. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and financial planning services, utilizing research and model portfolios from LPL Research and third-party subadvisors.

Joseph Schreiner is a financial advisor at Princeton Global Asset Management LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Princeton Global since 2019. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Bucknell University from 2015 to 2019. Princeton Global Asset Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional clients such as pension plans, foundations, and endowments. The firm’s investment approach is based on fundamental analysis with attention to macroeconomic, currency, and geopolitical factors, and portfolios are customized to client-specific criteria including risk tolerance and tax considerations.

Jared Fruth is a financial advisor at Northwest Asset Management with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Securities America, Inc., KMS Financial Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Funds, and John Paul Mitchell Systems. Northwest Asset Management is a registered investment adviser managing approximately $3.6 billion for nearly 3,000 clients, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charities, and corporations. The firm employs a customized, fiduciary approach using Modern Portfolio Theory and strategic asset allocation, combining fundamental and technical analysis to build diversified portfolios with periodic rebalancing.

Edwina Martin is a Series 65 licensed financial advisor with two years of industry experience, currently with Waverly Advisors, LLC. She previously worked at 9258 Wealth Management for five years and was employed at Teradata Corp for eleven years. Martin also serves as assistant director of tax planning at 9258 Tax and Planning, a non-investment related business. Waverly Advisors is a multi-team registered investment adviser managing portfolios for individuals, retirement plans, and pooled investment vehicles. The firm combines traditional equity and fixed-income strategies with alternative and private-market allocations, offering a range of investment management and financial planning services.

Craig Mcdaniel Jr. is a financial advisor with Capital Investment Advisory Services, LLC in Columbia, SC. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 13 years of industry experience. He has been with Capital Investment Group, Inc. and The McDaniel Corporation since 2012. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in life insurance sales and serves as an independent agent for annuities and related products. Capital Investment Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and supervisory services to individuals, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers customized investment management through discretionary mandates, third-party managers, and private-label model portfolios, using a blend of analytical methods with ongoing portfolio monitoring.

David Hart is a financial advisor with Martin Wealth Management, LLC in Irvine, CA. He holds a Series 65 credential and has 15 years of industry experience. Hart previously worked with Safeguard Investment Advisory Group and LifePro Asset Management. He is also a Certified Financial Fiduciary and volunteers as an instructor with the Foundation for Fiduciary Education, providing unbiased fiduciary financial education to the public. Martin Wealth Management offers investment advisory services primarily to individuals and high-net-worth clients by co-advising and directing accounts to a third-party money manager, Matson Money. The firm focuses on client onboarding, documentation, and ongoing review of third-party manager accounts rather than direct asset management.

Sarah Currier Barrella is a CFP® professional with 26 years of experience in financial advisory services. She currently works at Santander Securities LLC and Santander Bank, NA, having previously held positions at TD Bank and Citizens Securities, Inc. Barrella is based in Boston, MA. Santander Securities LLC serves a broad retail client base with approximately $3.14 billion in regulatory assets under management across 10,800 client relationships. The firm offers investment advisory services, portfolio management through wrap-fee programs, and financial planning, operating both as a registered investment adviser and a FINRA-registered broker-dealer.