Clark's Summit, PA Office
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1st Financial Investment, Inc.
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1 Financial Investment, Inc. provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals (including high‑net‑worth clients), pension and profit‑sharing plans, trusts, estates, and small businesses. Services are delivered through consultations and separately managed accounts, and the firm states that it provides investment advice on a non‑discretionary basis so clients retain final trading authority.
The firm describes a strategic core‑and‑satellite asset‑allocation approach that typically uses passive index funds and ETFs as the core and active managers or satellite holdings where appropriate, supported by fundamental, technical and cyclical analysis and periodic investment policy statements. As of the firm’s December 31, 2025 disclosure, it reported about $16.5 million in total advisory assets, with roughly $15.7 million placed with outside independent third‑party money managers and about $782,150 managed directly in‑house; the firm monitors outside managers for adherence to stated strategies while maintaining its non‑discretionary role for client decisions.
Several operational features in the brochure are less common among comparable team firms: the firm is affiliated with other businesses (including an insurance general agency and a tax‑preparation entity under its ownership structure), and some advisory personnel also act as registered representatives of broker‑dealers, licensed insurance agents, or CPAs, with those relationships disclosed in its Form ADV. The brochure also notes activities that are not universal for peers — publishing newsletters, offering educational seminars and workshops, participating in a college tuition rewards program (Sage Tuition Rewards), and sponsoring wrap‑fee programs — all of which the firm discloses as potential sources of additional compensation or referral linkages.
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Location
116 North State Street, 1st Floor
Clark's Summit PA 18411-1056
Advisors at this office
3
Advisors at this office
Philip G
Series 63, Series 65
Clark's Summit, PA
1st Financial Investment, Inc.
Philip Goldstein is a financial advisor with 42 years of industry experience, currently serving at 1st Financial Investment, Inc. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with 1st Financial Investment since 2016. Goldstein is involved in multiple business activities, including consulting on Social Security and college planning, as well as marketing life insurance for bariatric patients. He is also affiliated with the Society for Financial Awareness as a consultant and educator. 1st Financial Investment, Inc. provides personalized financial planning and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm employs a core-and-satellite asset allocation strategy that combines passive index funds and ETFs with active management, delivering advice on a non-discretionary basis while monitoring third-party managers for adherence to client strategies.
Charles G
Series 63
Clark's Summit, PA
1st Financial Investment, Inc.
Charles Galat Jr. is a financial advisor with 22 years of industry experience, currently serving at 1st Financial Investment, Inc. He holds a Series 63 designation and has a professional background that includes ownership and leadership of Galat & Company, P.C., a CPA and accounting firm. In addition to his financial advisory role, Galat is involved in bookkeeping and ownership interests in several healthcare-related entities including Bonaham Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and Beyond Addition Recovery & Treatment Center. 1st Financial Investment, Inc. provides personalized financial planning and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm employs a strategic core-and-satellite asset-allocation approach, combining passive index funds and ETFs with active management, while maintaining a non-discretionary role where clients retain final trading authority.
Richard W
Clark's Summit, PA
1st Financial Investment, Inc.
Richard Weintraub is an advisor with 1st Financial Investment, Inc. He has over three years of experience in financial advising and previously practiced law for more than two decades as Richard Weintraub, Esq. His background includes roles at Simplicity Group and affiliated entities within the 1st Financial structure. 1st Financial Investment, Inc. provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension plans, trusts, estates, and small businesses. The firm employs a core-and-satellite asset-allocation strategy that uses passive index funds and ETFs alongside active management, delivering advice on a non-discretionary basis.
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