Independent
Fee-Only Fiduciary |
Financial Planning & Wealth Management
Serving individuals and their families in and around Tacoma, Washington
Comprehensive
Comprehensive and thorough. Plans are built according to each client's unique goals and resources.
Low-cost and prudent investment portfolios supported by real data and a sound academic approach.
Tax-efficient portfolios, wealth transfer structures, and philanthropic strategies.
Expert estate and wealth transfer consulting weaved directly into your unique plan.
Independent & Objective
Objectivity and integrity are core values. Being an independent comprehensive fee-only fiduciary is the highest client commitment in our industry. A fiduciary should serve as a client's trusted partner in all things financial, advising how they themselves might act in a similar situation.
Experienced & Thorough
With nearly 30 years experience in portfolio management, tax planning, estate planning, risk analysis, accounting, trust administration, and all else financial; clients have an advantage. Client portfolios are invested and coordinated according to their unique situations. Certified Public Accountant (CPA) credentials and extensive tax preparation experience allows for a more thoughtful and reasoned approach to improving tax efficiency. Extensive estate planning experience helps ensure accounts, allocations, designations, etc., are properly aligned with estate planning goals and actual documents. Risk analysis helps to ensure assets and income are adequately protected.
Your various financial affairs should be coordinated in a thoughtful, reasoned, and prudent manner.
Our Partners
† Commencement Financial Planning LLC (the "Adviser") uses Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab) as the primary qualified custodian and broker/dealer for client assets. Dimensional Fund Advisors, Vanguard, and Schwab are the Adviser's preferred asset managers. MoneyGuide, Maximizemy Social Security, YCHARTS, Morningstar, and Progress ShareFile are among the service providers used by the Adviser. The Adviser is a member of The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), the country’s leading professional association of Fee-Only financial advisors. The Adviser is not affiliated with any of the aforementioned organizations nor should their representation on this website be construed as an endorsement by any of them.
"If you have more than $50,000 to invest, you should fire your broker and find an investment advisor. Brokerage firms would like you to think they perform the same functions as investment advisors. Financial advisors who are members of the National Association of Personal Financial Planners submit their work to peer review and are not supposed to charge anything but a fee."
-- Arthur Levitt, Former SEC Chairman
Commencement Financial Planning LLC is a Registered Investment Advisor in the State of Washington. The advisor may not transact business in states where it is not appropriately registered, or excluded or exempted from registration. Individualized responses to persons that involve either the effecting of transaction in securities or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, will not be made without registration or exemption.
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