Gouws Capital LLC

Gouws Capital provides discretionary portfolio management and general consulting to individuals, trusts, and estates, including a client base with a substantial concentration of high-net-worth accounts. The firm manages approximately $210 million for about 52 clients and develops a client-specific "Profile" to guide investment objectives and guidelines.

Portfolios are constructed primarily with individual stocks and bonds and supplemented by ETFs, ETNs and grantor trusts, using traditional fundamental analysis to select holdings. When consistent with a client's Profile, the firm actively uses options strategies—writing covered calls, purchasing puts and at times using long calls or offsetting option positions—to seek additional income, hedge long positions, or act as substitutes for underlying securities.

A distinctive feature is the routine use of derivatives within separately managed accounts; the brochure describes a range of option techniques rather than solely infrequent hedging. The firm also provides negotiated, project-based consulting (including cash flow, estate and tax planning analyses) and operates with a small advisory team, resulting in relatively high assets per client and discretionary authority established through client authorization.