Main Effort Financial, Inc.
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About
Main Effort Financial serves individuals (including high-net-worth clients), trusts, estates, businesses and retirement plans, providing wealth management, discretionary investment management, financial planning and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm manages client portfolios on an ongoing basis and also offers stand-alone financial planning and plan-level consulting.
The firm typically implements a long-term, diversified approach that emphasizes exchange-traded funds and individual equities, using both fundamental and technical analysis to construct portfolios and make adjustments for rebalancing, tax considerations, or changes in client objectives. It generally aims for low turnover, may retain legacy holdings for tax or fit reasons, and avoids leveraged or inverse products while allowing short-term trades when appropriate.
Noteworthy operational features include managing roughly $86 million across about 189 client relationships while operating as a small, owner-operated advisory practice with an institutional relationship with Charles Schwab for custody and platform services. The firm provides ERISA fiduciary retirement-plan services (including participant enrollment and education) and discloses a principal’s separate commercial property business and personal-trading policies that permit supervised persons to trade alongside clients under compliance oversight.
Client services
Expertise
Fee options
Fixed fee engagements for financial planning, negotiated based on complexity and duration
$0 - $999,999: 0.95% annually $1,000,000 - $1,499,999: 0.85% annually $1,500,000 - $1,999,999: 0.80% annually $2,000,000 - $2,499,999: 0.75% annually $2,500,000 - $3,499,999: 0.70% annually $3,500,000 - $5,000,000: 0.65% annually $5,000,000+: Negotiable
Up to $300 per hour for financial planning services
Account minimum: $50,000 Fee-only: Wealth management fees based on tiered AUM schedule; financial planning billed hourly up to $300/hour or fixed fee; retirement plan advisory fees 0.20% to 0.50% annually, negotiable
Main office
747 Washington Street
Holliston MA 01746
Advisors at this office
1
Most active in
Florida · Illinois · Massachusetts
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Trust company
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Fund sponsor
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Accountant / CPA / tax prep
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Lawyer
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Real estate agent
They facilitate real estate transactions and may earn commissions.
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Other specialized services
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