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Carl F. Petersen. Inc

Team

Firm-wide stats for Carl F. Petersen. Inc

Total advisors

5

Across 2 offices

Clients per advisor

26 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$321,970 Very Low

HNW client ratio

15% Low

About

The firm provides personalized investment management and occasional confidential financial planning to individuals, pension and profit‑sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and small businesses, and the brochure also lists investment companies among its client types — a less common client segment for peer team firms. It reports managing roughly $43 million for about 130 clients and communicates periodic risk‑profile assessments and written updates, including a MarketTrends newsletter that summarizes multi‑timeframe trends.

Investment management is predominantly discretionary under a limited power of attorney and is implemented using proprietary technical and quantitative models across four core ETF‑based strategies (fixed income, allocation plus, equity and global), generally using no‑load/low‑load mutual funds and ETFs. The firm emphasizes systematic timing indicators for each asset class, tailored investment policy statements, and regular portfolio reviews, and notes that some aggressive strategies and hedging components are restricted to hedge funds or accredited investors.

Distinctive features include a team member who holds a Series 3 commodity futures registration and the firm’s confirmation that futures contracts are among permitted investments, and the brochure discloses that performance‑based fee arrangements are optionally available to qualified clients (typically using a high‑watermark method). The firm also discloses an instance of an advisor’s involvement in cryptocurrency arbitrage and a temporary reassignment of that advisor’s client duties while the activity was ongoing, signaling exposure to less‑typical trading activities for a firm of its size.

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Expertise

Active portfolio management Passive / index investing College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Tax-loss harvesting

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Occupation focus

Retired Founder/Business Owner

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Demographic focus

Mid-Career Professionals

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Location

Prescott AZ

Advisors at this office

3

Advisors at this office

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Trent W

Series 65

Prescott, AZ

Carl F. Petersen. Inc

Trent Watson is a financial advisor at Carl F. Petersen, Inc with 18 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with the firm since 2008. Carl F. Petersen, Inc provides personalized investment management and occasional confidential financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and investment companies. The firm uses proprietary technical and quantitative models across core ETF-based strategies and communicates regular risk-profile assessments and market updates to its clients.

Active portfolio management Passive / index investing College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Tax-loss harvesting Retired Founder/Business Owner Mid-Career Professionals
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Carl P

Series 65

Prescott, AZ

Carl F. Petersen. Inc

Carl Petersen Jr. is a financial advisor with Carl F. Petersen, Inc. in Prescott, AZ, holding a Series 65 designation and 19 years of industry experience. He has been with Carl F. Petersen, Inc. since 2008 and also serves as a director of CB Trading Inc., an incubator fund with no outside assets which solely consists of the principals’ funds. Carl F. Petersen, Inc. provides personalized investment management and occasional confidential financial planning to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and investment companies. The firm manages approximately $43 million for about 130 clients, using proprietary technical and quantitative models across core ETF-based strategies, emphasizing systematic timing indicators and regular portfolio reviews.

Active portfolio management Passive / index investing College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Tax-loss harvesting Retired Founder/Business Owner Mid-Career Professionals
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Nicholas P

Series 65

Prescott, AZ

Carl F. Petersen Inc

Nicholas Petersen is a financial advisor at Carl F. Petersen Inc in Prescott, AZ, with 10 years of industry experience and a Series 65 designation. He has been affiliated with Copenhagen Business School since 2011. Carl F. Petersen Inc provides personalized investment management and occasional confidential financial planning to a diverse range of clients, including individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, small businesses, and investment companies. The firm employs proprietary technical and quantitative models across core ETF-based strategies and emphasizes systematic timing indicators, tailored investment policy statements, and regular portfolio reviews.

Active portfolio management Passive / index investing College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Tax-loss harvesting Retired Founder/Business Owner Mid-Career Professionals
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