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Guardian Wealth Management

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Client AUM

$174,812,770

Clients

131

Advisors

3

of 3 employees

About

Guardian Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients with ongoing investment supervisory services and written financial planning. The firm manages portfolios that may include mutual funds, equities, bonds, ETFs, hedge funds, REITs and private placements, and prepares client-specific Investment Policy Statements as well as modular or full financial plans.

GWM documents client risk tolerance and uses a mix of charting, fundamental, technical and cyclical analysis to construct and monitor portfolios on a discretionary basis, with at least quarterly reviews. Its trading approach includes long- and short-term trades, short sales and options writing, strategies that can involve borrowing securities or using margin and carry higher risk.

What distinguishes the firm is its use of short sales and options strategies that imply borrowing within separately managed accounts, a practice that is relatively uncommon among peers. GWM also requires clients to use its recommended custodians (TradePMR/Wells Fargo Clearing/First Clearing and Schwab), maintains a $1 million account minimum (waivable), and waives its fixed financial planning fee for investment-management clients with at least $500,000 under management.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management Selection of other advisers

Expertise

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management

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Fee options

Fixed

Initial financial plan: $750; Updates to financial plan: $250; waived if client has at least $500,000 under management with GWM

Percentage

$0 - $999,999: 0.90% $1,000,000+: 0.75%

Other

Account minimum: $1,000,000

Main office

299 South Main Street, Suite 1300

Salt Lake City UT 84111

Advisors at this office

3

Most active in

Utah

Also doing business as

12 Ria · Guardian Wealth Management · Guardian Wealth Management, LLC

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Advisors at this firm

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Colby B

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

Salt Lake City, UT

Guardian Wealth Management

Colby Berg is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently with Guardian Wealth Management in Salt Lake City, UT. His prior roles include positions at Fidelity Personal and Workplace Advisors and Fidelity Brokerage Services. Guardian Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing investment supervisory services and written financial planning. The firm employs a range of investment strategies, including short sales and options writing, and focuses on discretionary portfolio management with regular reviews.

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management
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Brian B

Series 63, Series 65

Salt Lake City, UT

Guardian Wealth Management

Brian Barton is a financial advisor at Guardian Wealth Management in Salt Lake City, UT, with 28 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Guardian Wealth Management since 2010. Guardian Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary portfolio management and written financial planning, creating customized Investment Policy Statements for each client. The firm employs a combination of fundamental, technical, charting, and cyclical analysis and utilizes higher-risk strategies, including short sales and options writing, while generally managing accounts on a discretionary basis.

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management
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Earl B

ChFC®, Series 63, Series 65

Salt Lake City, UT

Guardian Wealth Management

Earl Berg is a financial advisor at Guardian Wealth Management in Salt Lake City, UT, with 30 years of industry experience. He holds the ChFC® designation along with Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Berg has been with Guardian Wealth Management since 2008 and also has a concurrent role at Lifebright Investment Management, LLC since 2016. Guardian Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing investment supervisory services and financial planning. The firm employs a mix of analytical methods and uses strategies including short sales and options writing within separately managed accounts, which is relatively uncommon among its peers.

Options & derivatives strategies Active portfolio management
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