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Elmer Wessel Jr.

Advisor at Wessel Investment Counsel, L.L.C.

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Location

Asheville, NC 28801-3500

Credentials

CFP®, CFA®, Series 63

Industry experience

22 years

About

Elmer Wessel is the principal advisor at Wessel Investment Counsel, L.L.C. in Asheville, NC, holding CFP®, CFA®, and Series 63 designations with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Wessel Investment Counsel since 2003. Wessel Investment Counsel provides personalized asset management and financial planning services to both high-net-worth and non-HNW individual clients. The firm uses a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis supported by third-party research, offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management alongside financial planning tailored to client needs.

Client services

Based on Wessel Investment Counsel, L.L.C.

Financial planning Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Wessel Investment Counsel, L.L.C.

Options & derivatives strategies

Fee options

Fixed

Financial planning fixed fees typically range from $1,000 to $2,500 (negotiable)

Percentage

$0.00 - $99,999.99: 1.00% with discretionary authority $0.00 - $99,999.99: 1.30% without discretionary authority $100,000.00 - $249,999.99: 0.85% with discretionary authority $100,000.00 - $249,999.99: 1.15% without discretionary authority $250,000.00 - $499,999.99: 0.75% with discretionary authority $250,000.00 - $499,999.99: 1.05% without discretionary authority $500,000.00 - $749,999.99: 0.65% with discretionary authority $500,000.00 - $749,999.99: 0.95% without discretionary authority $750,000.00 - $999,999.99: 0.50% with discretionary authority $750,000.00 - $999,999.99: 0.80% without discretionary authority $1,000,000.00 - $1,999,999.99: 0.30% with discretionary authority $1,000,000.00 - $1,999,999.99: 0.60% without discretionary authority $2,000,000.00+: 0.20% with discretionary authority $2,000,000.00+: 0.50% without discretionary authority

Project-based

$60 per hour (negotiable)

Other

Fee-only: Asset management fees up to 1.00% (with discretion) or 1.30% (without discretion); flat .50% on annuity assets; Financial planning hourly rate $60/hr (negotiable), fixed fee $1,000 - $2,500 (negotiable)

Location

22 South Pack Square, Suite 400

Asheville, NC 28801-3500

Most active in

Louisiana · North Carolina

Work history

Wessel Investment Counsel, LLC

2003 - Present (23 years)

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