Ronald A. Bartlett & Associates, Ltd.

Ronald A. Bartlett & Associates provides investment advisory and retirement-planning services primarily to individual clients, trusts and estates, with ongoing asset management and separate investment and financial consulting engagements. The firm also facilitates referrals to third‑party advisers and offers ancillary services including tax-preparation/resolution and periodic educational newsletters.

The firm’s investment approach emphasizes fundamental analysis and strategic asset allocation with a bias toward longer‑term holdings, while actively monitoring portfolios and implementing trades on either a discretionary or non‑discretionary basis. It tailors recommendations through one‑on‑one interviews and questionnaires, permits client‑imposed investment restrictions, and can engage sub‑advisers to manage portions of client assets.

Several operational features distinguish the firm from many peers: the principal serves as the firm’s sole investment adviser representative, the adviser is also licensed to sell life and health insurance and routinely provides advice on variable life insurance and equity‑indexed annuities, and the firm is an enrolled agent offering tax services in a separate capacity. The firm publishes a monthly newsletter, discloses material changes in its Form ADV, and participates in solicitor/referral arrangements and insurance commission relationships — a combination of insurance, tax, newsletter publication and disclosure/referral practices that is less common among similar firms.