Walnut Creek, CA Office

Orca Investment Management provides discretionary portfolio management and related advisory services to individuals (including high-net-worth clients), retirement plans, businesses, trusts, estates and charitable organizations. The firm manages about $212 million for roughly 359 client accounts and delivers tailored strategies that range from conservative capital preservation to equity‑centric growth approaches.

Orca employs a mix of fundamental, technical, charting and cyclical analysis and uses diversification, allocation and periodic rebalancing to implement strategies such as capital appreciation, dividend income, fixed‑income preservation, balanced portfolios and a mutual fund strategy for smaller accounts. The firm typically charges negotiable asset‑based fees and structures portfolios for mostly long‑term holdings while retaining the ability to trade tactically when fundamentals or price targets change.

What distinguishes Orca from many peers is its corporate ownership and related affiliations: Orca became a wholly owned subsidiary of Paulson Capital Holding Company effective January 1, 2024, and Paulson also owns Paulson Investment Company, LLC (a registered broker‑dealer) and Paulson General Insurance Services, LLC (an insurance agency), creating referral and affiliation relationships disclosed in the brochure. The firm also traces its advisory heritage to prior acquisitions of KLD Investment Management (acquired 2009) and Bane Barham & Holloway Assets Management (acquired 2013), and it discloses participation in institutional custody programs and informal soft‑dollar arrangements that can result in receipt of broker‑provided research and services.