Paul Winkler, Inc.
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Client AUMClient assets under management
$1,247,419,724
Clients
2,419
Advisors
10
across 2 offices
About
The firm provides investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, business owners and corporate clients. In addition to one-on-one planning and portfolio management referrals, it offers public investor education through workshops, a subscription coaching program, online courses, and the sale of authored books and educational content.
The firm’s investment work is tailored to client-specific goals, risk tolerance and time horizon and draws on modern portfolio theory, multi-factor analysis and an efficient market perspective. For implementation it generally recommends and co-advises with third‑party asset managers; the firm reports essentially all regulatory assets as non‑discretionary (about $1.275 billion non‑discretionary and $0 discretionary as of December 31, 2025) while third‑party managers perform discretionary trading under separate agreements.
Noteworthy differences from many peers include the firm’s direct sale of other financial products (books, paid courses and a subscription offering) and its active use of public media and workshops to generate prospective clients. The brochure discloses prior regulatory consent matters—self‑reported proceedings and payments resolving inadvertent registration thresholds in two states—and also notes the owner receives separate income from book sales and unrelated professional work (not offered through the firm).
Client services
Expertise
Occupation focus
Fee options
$0 - $500,000: 1.00% $500,000 - $1,000,000: 0.50% $1,000,000 - $4,000,000: 0.40% $4,000,000+: 0.25%
$225 per hour for financial planning engagement hours after the five-business-day cancellation period.
Subscription-based plan with access to virtual workshops and coaching for two years, fee details not specified.
Minimum fee: Wealth planning fixed fees range from $2,500 to $10,000 per initial engagement. Fee-only: Fixed fees for wealth planning from $2,500 to $10,000; fees for educational courses range from $100 to $250 one-time per course; $225 hourly rate for financial planning engagements terminated after five business days.
Main office
See office3050 Business Park Circle, Suite 503
Goodlettsville TN 37072
Advisors at this office
10
Offices (2)
Most active in
Alabama · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Kentucky · Louisiana · Michigan · Mississippi · Missouri · Nebraska · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Virginia · Washington · Wisconsin
Also doing business as
Paul Winkler, Inc. · Retirement & Investment Strategies, Inc · The Investor Coach, Inc.
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