Contessa Capital

Contessa Capital is a small independent advisory firm that works with individual clients to provide tailored investment management and financial planning services. The firm offers standalone financial planning, a 12‑month One Year Financial Fitness Program, and a combined investment management plus ongoing comprehensive planning engagement that links portfolio management and planning into a single relationship.

The firm’s investment process centers on strategic asset allocation with the ability to make tactical shifts, and it uses a mix of passive and active vehicles; analysis methods cited include fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical approaches and the brochure references Modern Portfolio Theory as an organizing framework. Contessa Capital provides both discretionary and non‑discretionary management, aggregates household accounts (including employer‑sponsored plans) for sizing, and generally recommends Charles Schwab as custodian and broker for execution and custody services.

What is notable about the firm is its very small scale and solo structure: the brochure reports approximately $9.3 million in discretionary assets under management and a client base of five, managed by a single advisor. The principal holds a CFA charter and multiple securities industry qualifications, the firm operates on a fee‑only basis, and the brochure discloses the principal’s outside writing activity as a paid contributor to an online magazine (“The Digital Party”), authoring an occasional series titled “How To Stay Rich.”