Don Brown - Investment Advisor, LLC

The firm provides discretionary portfolio management for individual clients, including high‑net‑worth individuals, across taxable, trust and IRA accounts with an emphasis on growth or growth-and-income objectives. It operates as a solo practitioner with a deliberately small, exclusive client base (four clients and about $7.3 million in assets under management) and manages portfolios on a discretionary basis.

The adviser uses a blend of fundamental and technical analysis, with a pronounced emphasis on charting tools (including long‑standing SRC charts and MarketWatch Big Charts) to identify growth-at-a-value opportunities, cyclical turnarounds and special situations. The investment approach is actively managed and market‑timing oriented: the firm may move substantial portions of a portfolio (commonly cited as 25–40%) into cash, or fully exit equities during major bear markets, then reinvest when conditions are judged favorable.

Notable operational features include a strict policy against product sales or accepting soft‑dollar compensation, the use of Interactive Brokers as the sole custodian/execution platform, and a documented business continuity plan for the adviser’s incapacity. The firm also discloses that it does not carry professional liability insurance and that proxy voting is left to clients unless assistance is requested, points prospective clients may weigh when assessing service and operational risk.