25 Years of Investment Management Experience
Fee-Only Fiduciary
.We are a Fiduciary. Surprisingly, not all financial professionals are legally required to act in their clients' best interests. Carr Wealth Management, LLC is a Registered Investment Advisor under the governance of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Independence
Our firm has no obligations or commitments with any proprietary product-selling company. We choose our fee structures, investment vehicles, and investments.
Tax Expertise
Anthony B. Carr, principal, has been an active CPA for 37 years. A key aspect of retirement planning is the consideration of income taxes with each financial decision. During your journey through retirement, you will face investment, distribution, and preservation decisions that sound tax advice will help you prepare for.
Company Investment Philosophy
Many investors employ transaction-oriented strategies, which are a form of short-term speculation. I advocate a more goal-oriented approach, which requires identifying financial objectives and then adhering to a plan designed to produce positive long-term results to help reach those objectives.
Disciplined investing takes advantage of the market’s process of rewarding investors with returns that match their level of risk tolerance. Typically, the longer the time horizon is, the greater the potential for favorable investment returns, as investors with long time horizons are more likely to withstand short-term market volatility.
Compounded growth is the most powerful investment strategy available to help build wealth. An efficient way to achieve the benefits of compounded growth is through low-cost, well-diversified, and tax-efficient investment vehicles constructed to earn long-term available market returns. We use Passively Managed Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) offered on most public exchanges (NYSE, AMEX, and Nasdaq) to construct client portfolios.
What Investments Are Available?
Equities
Companies seek funds by issuing shares of stock that represent ownership. The stock investor is expecting corporations to sustain long-term earnings growth. Proper diversification among equities would include domestic, international, and emerging markets.
Bonds
Companies and Government Entities borrow money in the capital markets. The bond investor is essentially lending funds to these borrowers. The amount received as interest will depend on the issuer’s credit quality and the length of the debt (maturity).
REITS
Publicly owned real estate allows individual investors to gain broad diversification to the asset class of real estate without the major expenditure of capital - or any of the headaches of being a landlord which private ownership requires.
Alternative Investments
We offer various alternative public investments that may be appropriate depending on each investor’s financial situation. The diversification benefit, low expenses, and the risk/return tradeoff can be attractive with some investments such as commodities (including gold), fixed non-commissioned annuities, and other investments.
** Investments involve risks. The investment return and principal value of an investment may fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original value.
All offered investments are listed on nationally regulated public exchanges—NYSE, AMEX, and Nasdaq.
We can help open new accounts or transfer and roll over accounts held at other financial institutions. Although we do manage employer retirement plans, we specialize in the personal service we can provide to:
Individual Retirement Accounts (Qualified)
Traditional or Rollover (401K, 403B, 457B, etc.).
Earnings and principal will grow tax-deferred until those amounts are withdrawn. A minimum amount is required to be withdrawn beginning at age 73 (4-5% of principal the first year).
Roth IRAs - Traditional or Rollover (401K, 403B, 457B, etc.)
Tax-free future earnings and principal will be allowed to be withdrawn (see more on Roth). The cost of this feature is the tax that must be paid on the invested principal today (either by contribution or conversion).
Non-Qualified Taxable Accounts
Individual, Joint, and Trust accounts.
Non-qualified brokerage accounts produce taxable income through dividends, interest, and capital gains. Distributions can be tailored to produce the lowest possible tax liability.
What Type Of Accounts?
Rollovers & Transfers - Let Us Help!
Rollovers
A Rollover may be possible if you have left your employer for retirement or other reasons. We can help manage any employer retirement account that you would like to rollover into an IRA (deductible or non-deductible), including:
401K
403B
457B
ESOP
If keeping your account at your former employer is permitted, the following questions should be answered:
a) What are the total costs you pay for your account in your former employer's retirement plan? These costs include investment (retail funds) costs, management costs, transaction costs, and any other fees that are being charged directly or indirectly to you.
b) Does the current asset allocation in your retirement plan reflect your unique financial situation?
c) Do you have access to a source of financial knowledge that can help you make better-informed decisions in your retirement?
Transfers (Consolidate)
Whether due to changing employers or choosing different investment opportunities, it's not uncommon to have accumulated several investments by the time one retires. While having many types of investments may be a positive accomplishment, examining whether there's a more efficient way to consolidate your investments to avoid a record-keeping nightmare and know where you are with overall asset allocations, costs, and risks may be beneficial. Some potential advantages to consolidating your retirement accounts with Carr Wealth Management, LLC, are:
Uniform your investment strategy by clearly identifying how your objectives and goals match your investments and risk tolerance.
Consolidate your accounts as much as possible, saving time and costs.
Take advantage of the lower costs provided by our competitive low-cost investment vehicles and fee-only cost structure.
Contact us.
We offer a no-charge consultation, a cost-efficient way to evaluate our services and determine whether we meet your expectations of a trusted and competent advisor.
anthony@carrwealth.com
(925) 484-1671
4695 Chabot Dr. #200
Pleasanton, CA 94588