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John Knowles

Advisor at Ally invest Advisors

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Location

Lewisville, TX 75067

Credentials

Series 63, Series 66

Industry experience

13 years

About

John Knowles is a financial advisor with Ally Invest Advisors, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 13 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Ally Invest Advisors in 2021, he worked at Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade. Outside of finance, he is the owner and design engineer of Dos Rios Audio Engineering, where he designs and markets guitar pedals and amplifiers. Ally Invest Advisors serves a large retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth clients, providing discretionary portfolio management through both automated and advisor-led services. The firm employs a Modern Portfolio Theory-based approach using ETF portfolios across multiple risk tiers, combining automated algorithms with supervised monitoring.

Client services

Based on Ally invest Advisors

Financial planning Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Ally invest Advisors

ESG / Sustainable investing Tax-loss harvesting Income planning Retirement income strategy

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Percentage

$0 - $250,000: 0.85% annually $250,001 - $1,000,000: 0.80% annually $1,000,001+: 0.75% annually

Other

Account minimum: $100,000 Fee-only: 0.30% annually for Market-Focused Robo Portfolios; 0.50% annually for Guided Advice (billed monthly in arrears); no advisory fee for Cash-Enhanced Robo Portfolios and Invest Simply portfolios

Location

2911 Lake Vista Drive

Lewisville, TX 75067

Most active in

Texas

Work history

Ally Invest Advisors

2021 - Present (5 years)

Ally Invest Securities LLC

2021 - Present (5 years)

Unemployed

2021 - 2021 (1 year)

Charles Schwab Bank

2019 - 2021 (2 years)

Charles Schwab

2019 - 2021 (2 years)

Tdameritrade Inc

2012 - 2019 (7 years)

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