Argus Equity Partners, LLC
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About
Argus Equity Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, providing ongoing portfolio management and financial planning services tailored to each client’s income, tax situation, risk tolerance, and time horizon. The firm prepares an Investment Policy Statement for each client, offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management, and provides custodial quarterly account statements with no stated account minimums.
The firm’s investment process emphasizes fundamental analysis and customized asset allocation, combining model allocations with client-specific restrictions and regular monitoring. While AEPL generally pursues long-term strategies, it also discloses use of shorter-term and higher-risk techniques—including short sales, margin transactions, and options—when deemed appropriate for a client’s objectives.
Notable distinctions include the firm’s explicit use of leveraged and derivatives strategies and its inclusion of exchange-traded precious metal funds, REITs, and non-U.S. securities, which are less common among similarly sized advisors. The brochure also discloses that the firm receives custodial and research-related services (soft-dollar benefits) from recommended custodians, creating potential conflicts of interest, and it candidly reports prior regulatory matters involving the firm’s principal, including a 2012 acceptance, waiver and consent resulting in a $5,000 fine and three-month suspension and an earlier margin-related client claim from 1987 that was resolved.
Client services
Expertise
Fee options
Financial planning services may be provided for a fixed fee; specific fee structure agreed upon in advance.
$0 - $250,000: 1.50% $250,001 - $1,000,000: 1.00% $1,000,001+: 0.50%
Financial planning fees may be charged hourly; specific rates are agreed upon in advance and disclosed in the client’s financial planning agreement.
Main office
See officeAmherst NY
Advisors at this office
1
Most active in
New York · Tennessee · Texas
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Advisors at this firm
Stephen T
Series 63, Series 65
Amherst, NY
Argus Equity Partners, LLC
Stephen Tripodi is a financial advisor at Argus Equity Partners, LLC with 42 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Portfolio Advisors Alliance from 2011 to 2019. Outside of his advisory role, he has been involved in real estate ownership since 1978. Argus Equity Partners provides ongoing portfolio management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations and business entities. The firm uses a fundamental analysis-based investment process, combining model allocations with client-specific recommendations and regular portfolio monitoring.
Nicole T
Series 65
Nashville, TN
Argus Equity Partners, LLC
Nicole Tripodi is a financial advisor at Argus Equity Partners, LLC with two years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked in business development and consulting roles outside of finance, including as Principal of FEDInform, a firm advising businesses on federal government contracting, and as Business Development Manager at Xpect Solutions, providing IT solutions. Argus Equity Partners offers portfolio management services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as corporations and business entities. The firm employs fundamental analysis combined with client-specific recommendations and uses a range of investment strategies, including long-term equity and more active trading techniques.
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