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Schorn Wealth

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Client AUM

$372,514,992

Clients

712

Advisors

5

across 2 offices

About

Schorn Wealth serves individual and high‑net‑worth clients, along with trusts, estates, corporations and small businesses, providing financial planning, consultation and discretionary wealth management. The firm also has principals who provide tax preparation and accounting services to clients on a separate engagement and fee basis.

Investment management is delivered through proprietary Portfolio Models that allocate among stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds and alternative investments, and the firm relies on both fundamental and technical analysis. Schorn Wealth manages most accounts on a discretionary basis, conducts at least annual reviews, and typically recommends custody with a nationally recognized broker‑dealer that supplies trading and technology support.

Distinctive operational features include a recent reduction in the firm’s published advisory fee schedule and a formal discontinuation of life insurance and annuity sales; the firm now refers clients to unaffiliated third‑party insurance providers for implementation. Schorn Wealth also uses standing letters of authorization for third‑party transfers (treating those arrangements as custody under SEC guidance) and has implemented procedures intended to comply with the related SEC no‑action representations.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting

Expertise

Wealth management Income planning

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Fee options

Fixed

Fixed fees may be charged for financial planning and consulting services, negotiable per engagement.

Percentage

$0 - $250,000: 1.75% $250,001 - $750,000: 1.50% $750,001 - $1,000,000: 1.25% $1,000,001+: 1.00%

Other

Fee-only: Financial planning fees are negotiable depending on service scope and professional involved.

Main office

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33 South Indiana Avenue

Englewood FL 34223

Advisors at this office

4

Most active in

Arkansas · California · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Maryland · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Texas · Virginia

Also doing business as

Eaton Financial Group · Fiduciary Planning, LLC · Mercado Financial Group, LLC · Optimal Wealth · Schorn Wealth · Schorn Wealth Management · Schorn Wealth, LLC

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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Erin S

Series 66

Sheridan, AR

Schorn Wealth

Erin Semelka is a financial advisor at Schorn Wealth with 11 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked previously at Fiduciary Planning and Clockwise Capital LLC, as well as TD Ameritrade. Schorn Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients, along with trusts, estates, corporations, and small businesses, providing financial planning, consultation, and discretionary wealth management through proprietary portfolio models that utilize both fundamental and technical analysis.

Wealth management Income planning
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Valerie F

Series 65

Englewood, FL

Schorn Wealth

Valerie Flores is a financial advisor at Schorn Wealth with five years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked with Valerie Wagner & Associates since 2004. Outside of her advisory role, she is the owner and president of Strategic Tax & Accounting Solutions, a tax consulting firm based in Englewood, Florida. Schorn Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, and small businesses, offering financial planning, consultation, and discretionary wealth management. The firm utilizes proprietary portfolio models and both fundamental and technical analysis in managing client assets.

Wealth management Income planning
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Ryan G

CFA®, Series 63, Series 65

Englewood, FL

Schorn Wealth

Ryan Guttridge is a CFA® charterholder with 22 years of industry experience. He is currently with Schorn Wealth, where he has worked since 2024. Prior to joining Schorn Wealth, he held positions at Clockwise Capital LLC, Guttridge Capital, and Richmond Optimus Capital Management, LLC. Schorn Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, corporations, and small businesses, providing financial planning, consultation, and discretionary wealth management. The firm uses proprietary portfolio models with a mix of stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, and alternative investments, combining fundamental and technical analysis.

Wealth management Income planning
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Thomas S

Series 63, Series 65

Englewood, FL

Schorn Wealth

Thomas Schorn is a financial advisor with Schorn Wealth in Englewood, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and 29 years of industry experience. He has prior experience at Cadaret Grant & Co., Inc., Sorrento Pacific Financial, LLC, and First Allied Advisory Services, Inc. Schorn is also a CPA with a private tax planning and preparation practice. Schorn Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, corporations, and small businesses, offering financial planning, consultation, and discretionary wealth management. The firm employs proprietary portfolio models utilizing fundamental and technical analysis and typically manages accounts on a discretionary basis with annual reviews.

Wealth management Income planning
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Franklin B

CFP®, ChFC®, Series 63, Series 65

Englewood, FL

Schorn Wealth

Franklin Banfer II is a financial advisor at Schorn Wealth with 39 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has worked at Fiduciary Planning LLC, his own practice Franklin A. Banfer, CFP, and Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc. He is also the sole owner of a commercial office building in Johnstown, PA. Schorn Wealth serves individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as trusts, estates, corporations, and small businesses, offering financial planning, consultation, and discretionary wealth management through proprietary portfolio models that utilize fundamental and technical analysis.

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