Salinas Asset Management, LLC

Salinas Asset Management, LLC is an independent investment adviser that provides portfolio management and financial advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm manages a small pool of client accounts and reports roughly $399,000 in discretionary assets under management, offering both discretionary and non‑discretionary account management.

The firm’s investment process blends technical, fundamental, quantitative and qualitative analysis and applies asset-allocation theory, dollar-cost averaging and a barbell strategy, supported by a formal rebalancing policy. It offers four model objectives — Income, Growth, Income with Growth, and an “Adverse Growth” model — the latter incorporating short-term trading, options strategies (covered calls, cash‑secured puts), margin and hedging techniques alongside a permanent portfolio allocation.

What is noteworthy relative to many peers is the combination of a very small client base and access to a wide range of higher‑risk instruments and strategies (including penny stocks, non‑investment grade bonds, short sales, options and stock lending). The firm also directs clients to a specific custodian/broker-dealer for execution and custody, and the principal maintains an unrelated tutoring business for financial adviser exam candidates.