Our Approach

Wealth management is much more than providing investment advice, it is the process of crafting a strategic plan to work towards the financial goals of today and preparing for the opportunities of the future. Our comprehensive approach to wealth management starts with an in-depth review of your current financial situation. Following the review of your situation, we’ll prepare our financial plan for you – an overview of your situation as well as a list of action items to help you achieve your long-term financial goals. After your plan is delivered, we will review your risk tolerance, share our investment philosophy, and provide you with our investment recommendations. Clients pursuing our ongoing advisory services will then regularly meet with Crystal Oak for accountability and strategy updates.

The Crystal Oak Approach

Introduction Meeting
upto 45 Mins.

During our introduction meeting we’ll review our process, identify the appropriate service model, and determine the next steps.

Onboarding Meeting
upto 1.5 hours

We will shift our focus entirely to you. We'll explore your short-term, intermediate, and long-term goals. We will survey your current financial situation - reviewing your current list of assets, cashflows, risks, and tax situation.

Plan Delivery Meeting
upto 1.5 hours

We'll review the strategic plan we create for you. We'll provide you with our accountability structure and education plan for the next three years.

Investment Strategy Meeting
upto 1 hour

We will review your risk tolerance, share our investment philosophy, and provide you with our investment recommendations.

Ongoing Strategy Meetings

Each Strategy Meeting should be considered as an accountability check-in. These meetings will consist of timely discussion topics regarding your financial plan, portfolio reviews, and progress towards your financial goals.

Introduction Meeting (upto 45 Mins)

During our introduction meeting we’ll review our process, identify the appropriate service model, and determine the next steps.

Onboarding Meeting (up to 1.5 hours)

In this session, we shift the focus entirely to you. We’ll explore your long-term aspirations, address your immediate financial concerns, and conduct a high-level review of your current landscape to ensure your path forward is crystal clear.

Plan Delivery Meeting (up to 1.5 hours)

We’ll review the strategic plan we create for you. We’ll determine your risk tolerance. Lastly we will schedule our first Strategy Meeting together.

First Strategy Meeting (up to 1 hour)​

We will explain our investment philosophy as well as provide you with our investment recommendations.

Ongoing Strategy Meetings

Each strategy meeting should be considered as an accountability check-in. These meetings will consist discussion about timely topics of your financial plan, reviews of your portfolio performance, and progress towards your financial goals.

Pieces of a Financial Plan

Cashflow Management

Determining the next best use case for income earned can be overwhelming. We believe in creating a system to maintain comfort but establishing accountability to achieve your long-term goals is tantamount.

Tax Planning

Every financial decision made has a subsequent tax impact. We believe in regular reviews of your tax situation as well as working with your other tax advisors to help minimize your tax liabilities.

Insurance Analysis

Understanding the risks associated with one’s financial life is important. We believe clients should intentionally decide on if they should self-insure or obtain an insurance policy to cover their risks.

Estate Plan Review

Developing an estate plan can be a draining process because of how heavy the discussions can be. We believe it’s important to collaborate with you and your estate planning attorney to help alleviate the burden those conversations may have.

Equity Compensation

Creating a strategy to help maintain, diversify, or exit your equity position can be confusing with different tax-impacts and possible black-out periods. We believe developing a strategy for your equity compensation is vital to the success of your financial plan.

Education Planning

We believe clients that are interested in paying for their family members college educations should create a strategy that provides flexibility for the student and doesn’t impact the integrity of the client’s overall financial plan.

Social Security Strategies

Deciding when to take your social security benefits is not just math problem that needs to be solved. We believe a client’s decision to take their social security benefits can, and should be, influenced by more than just the “science” side of financial planning.

Small Business Planning

Running a small business often means you stick with what your familiar with. However, we believe it’s essential to weigh the benefits of what’s familiar against the potential advantages of what else is available.

Retirement & Exit Planning

Between now and your targeted retirement date there are strategies to consider and discussions to have so you can retire with confidence. We believe all retirees, should have a conversation around liquidity needs, lifestyle changes, and healthcare.

Debt Management

We believe there is good debt and bad debt, creating and maintaining a plan to pay down both kinds of debt are essential to improve your financial situation.

Strategic Target Allocations

Asset allocation and asset location are the foundation for a quality investment strategy. We believe a client’s investment plan should be dictated by their time horizon, risk capacity, & risk willingness.

Tax-Aware Investing

We believe an efficient investment strategy considers both the yield, or income, earned as well as the taxes associated.

Employee Benefit Decisions

Within the last 5 years congress has approved new benefits employers can provide their employees. We believe proper utilization of your employee benefits can improve your overall financial plan.

Student Loan Review

Post-secondary school education can result in large amounts of student loan debt. Whether you’re an aspiring doctor, attorney, or just looking to improve your resume, we believe it’s important to evaluate your loan re-payment options regularly.

Distribution Planning

At times, social security and pension income aren’t enough to maintain your current lifestyle. We believe having a strategic plan for those cash flow needs can extend the longevity of your assets.

Legacy Planning

Securing your legacy can be accomplished in various ways. We believe it’s vital to engage the next generation early on to ensure your legacy aspirations are realized.

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