Alpine Road Financial

Alpine Road Financial provides investment management and both comprehensive and limited‑scope financial planning primarily to individual and high‑net‑worth clients, with a particular focus on mid‑career technology professionals navigating equity compensation, stock options, and concentrated stock positions. Services described in the brochure include ongoing portfolio supervision, retirement and tax planning, employee benefits optimization, estate planning coordination, and project‑based engagements.

The firm’s investment approach emphasizes strategic asset allocation guided by Modern Portfolio Theory and a mix of passive and active strategies, with clients typically granting discretionary trading authority for day‑to‑day management. For specialized situations—such as concentrated position management, tax‑loss harvesting, options overlays, or access to alternative vehicles—Alpine Road may recommend and monitor independent third‑party managers, although it had not engaged any such managers as of the brochure date.

A distinguishing feature is the firm’s formal offering of educational seminars and speaking engagements delivered as general financial education rather than individualized advice, an offering that is uncommon among similar independent advisers. The firm also provides contractual consulting and financial‑wellness services to a separate registered adviser (Addition Wealth/Retire Sound), dedicating roughly one‑fifth of professional time to that work, which complements its client education focus.