Bothell, WA Office

Sound Investment Strategies serves individuals — including high‑net‑worth clients — as well as pension and profit‑sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporations, providing discretionary portfolio management and ongoing advisory services. The firm also offers standalone ongoing financial planning for a fixed quarterly fee and an option‑income service that writes covered calls for income generation and hedging.

The firm applies a combined fundamental and quantitative analysis framework and documents client objectives and risk tolerance in individualized Investment Policy Statements, with continuous portfolio monitoring and discretionary implementation for most accounts. In addition to percentage‑of‑AUM billing, SIS may negotiate flat quarterly management fees in lieu of asset‑based fees and provides standalone planning without requiring assets under management.

Operational distinctions include directing clients to a specified custodian (Charles Schwab) and the use of standing letters of authorization that result in limited custody of certain accounts, along with aggregation of trades across multiple client accounts for execution. The combination of an explicit covered‑call program, a documented SLOA custody process, and a willingness to offer low, negotiated flat quarterly fees (including a published $450 quarterly planning fee) differentiates SIS from many peers.