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Pmd Advisory

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Client AUM

$55,731,413

Clients

130

Advisors

2

of 7 employees

About

PMD Advisory serves individual clients, including both non‑high‑net‑worth and high‑net‑worth investors, providing written financial planning, ongoing portfolio management, retirement plan consulting and participant advisement, and access to third‑party and co‑advisory asset management programs. The firm offers both discretionary and non‑discretionary management and modular or full written financial plans tailored to client circumstances.

The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis in portfolio construction and typically uses mutual funds and ETFs, with allocations set to clients’ objectives and risk tolerance; PMD also selects and monitors outside managers and implements household‑level considerations when negotiating fees. PMD provides a range of retirement plan services, including benchmarking, fiduciary governance and the option to serve as an ERISA 3(38) investment manager or 3(21) adviser, and it periodically conducts educational seminars and workshops.

What is distinctive about PMD Advisory is its disclosure and use of predecessor‑firm performance in its materials, its operation as a licensed insurance agency and the dual registration of representatives as broker‑dealer registered reps (which can produce commission and 12(b)‑1 compensation), and its promoter/referral arrangements with third‑party managers that produce referral fees. As a small advisory team managing roughly $111.6 million for about 130 clients, the firm combines traditional planning and investment management with retirement fiduciary services and client education.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

General retirement planning Income planning

Occupation focus

Founder/Business Owner Executive

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Fee options

Fixed

Financial planning fixed fees from $1,000 to $15,000; consultations fixed minimum $300; advisement consultations flat annual fee not to exceed $100,000

Percentage

0.50% to 2.00% annually, negotiable based on account size and complexity

Commissions

Representatives may earn commissions as registered representatives or insurance agents for securities and insurance products sold separately

Project-based

Hourly financial planning fees range from $200 to $350 per hour

Other

Account minimum: $25,000 Minimum fee: Minimum annual fee of $1,000, negotiable, exceptions possible Fee-only: Financial planning fixed fees from $1,000 to $15,000; hourly fees $200 to $350 per hour; consultations fixed minimum $300 or hourly $200-$350/hr; advisement consultations flat annual fee up to $100,000, negotiable; 401(k) consulting fees up to 2.00% annually or flat fee up to $100,000, negotiable

Main office

2032 Shady Crest Drive

Hoover AL 35216

Advisors at this office

2

Most active in

Alabama · Georgia

Also doing business as

Mcneill Financial Advisory · People Make The Difference, Inc. · Pmd Advisory · Pryor Mccormick · Pryor Mccormick, Inc.

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Advisors at this firm

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James M

Series 63, Series 65

Hoover, AL

Pmd Advisory

James Mccormick III is a financial advisor at PMD Advisory with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked with firms including Cambridge Investment Research Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in a consulting business based in Hoover, AL. PMD Advisory serves individual clients across wealth levels by providing financial planning, portfolio management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis in constructing portfolios, typically employing mutual funds and ETFs tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

General retirement planning Income planning Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Melanie D

Series 63, Series 65

Hoover, AL

Pmd Advisory

Melanie Dickinson is a financial advisor with PMD Advisory in Hoover, AL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and possessing 18 years of industry experience. She has worked at Cambridge Investment Research Inc and United Planners Financial Services, and she is involved in consulting through her ownership in PMD Consulting. PMD Advisory serves both high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth individual clients, offering financial planning, portfolio management, retirement plan consulting, and access to third-party asset management programs. The firm uses a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with mutual funds and ETFs, providing discretionary and non-discretionary management tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

General retirement planning Income planning Founder/Business Owner Executive
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