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James Randazzo is a financial advisor with LSP Advisory LLC in Tavares, FL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 29 years of industry experience. He previously worked at GWN Securities Inc. for 15 years before founding LSP Planning LLC and later LSP Advisory LLC. Randazzo is also involved in life insurance and annuities sales, tax consulting and preparation, and Medicare planning, including educating clients on cash value life insurance through the Bank on Yourself program. LSP Advisory LLC serves individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on portfolio management by placing assets with third-party sub-advisers. The firm matches clients to model portfolios based on risk tolerance and objectives, regularly reviewing manager performance and maintaining formal relationships with specialized sub-advisers to provide access to niche investment strategies.

Carol Greenwald is a financial advisor with Potomac Investment Company, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations and over 42 years of industry experience. She has been with Potomac Investment Company since 1983. Potomac Investment Company provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, as well as trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement accounts. The firm employs a conservative, long-term approach focused on capital preservation and growth above inflation, using fundamental and cyclical analysis and diversification to manage risk.

Kermit Wheeler is a financial advisor with Wheeler & Mote, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 39 years of industry experience. He has worked with Syndicated Capital since 2002 and Securities Management & Research, Inc. since 1996. Wheeler & Mote is a small, independent registered investment adviser serving primarily individual clients, focusing on IRA rollovers and taxable portfolios. The firm employs a defense-oriented, loss-averse investment approach that emphasizes income, liquidity, and downside mitigation through portfolios composed of ETFs, individual securities, research-driven bonds, active cash management, and partial hedging strategies, including long-term use of inverse ETFs.

Philip Ferguson is the sole advisor at Polaris Financial Planning, LLC, an independent firm based in Apopka, Florida. He holds a Series 65 designation and has 25 years of industry experience, having founded Polaris Financial Planning in 2000. Outside of his advisory work, Mr. Ferguson hosts The Phil Ferguson Show, a podcast covering skepticism, atheism, investment philosophies, economics, and politics. Polaris Financial Planning provides discretionary asset management primarily for high-net-worth individual clients, employing a science-based, buy-and-hold investment approach grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory. The firm customizes portfolios using diversified index and mutual fund allocations selected through a proprietary model, with an emphasis on long-term holdings and occasional tactical adjustments.

David Souders is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 19 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Apis Wealth, LLC, an independent firm he has led since 2019. Prior to founding Apis Wealth, he worked at Ronald Blue & Co., LLC and Ronald Blue Trust from 2003 to 2019. Apis Wealth provides financial planning, consulting, and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, typically serving clients with account minimums of $500,000. The firm’s investment approach includes tailored asset allocation across equities, fixed income, and other securities, with continuous monitoring, formal annual reviews, and specialized planning for clients with concentrated equity positions and cryptocurrency exposure.

Daniel Basinger is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Victory Wealth Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2022. His prior experience includes roles at NorthRock Partners and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Basinger maintains an active insurance license in Illinois. Victory Wealth Management, LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a fiduciary approach, using a combination of fundamental, quantitative, technical, and charting analysis, and offers investment strategies that include long-term trading, options, and private placements.