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Mark Clair

Advisor at The Retirement Guys Formula

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Location

Sylvania, OH 43560

Credentials

Series 63, Series 65

Industry experience

34 years

About

Mark Clair is a financial advisor at The Retirement Guys Formula with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has worked at Blackridge Asset Management and PEAK Brokerage Services. In addition to his advisory role, Clair owns an estate planning law firm and is involved in insurance and retirement planning businesses. The Retirement Guys Formula provides personalized investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, foundations, endowments, and corporate clients. The firm uses a proprietary Independent Income System that blends multiple asset-allocation strategies and manages approximately $300.6 million in discretionary assets through a ten-advisor team.

Client services

Based on The Retirement Guys Formula

Financial planning Portfolio management Selection of other advisers

Expertise

Based on The Retirement Guys Formula

General retirement planning Income planning Retirement income strategy Medicare planning Tax-loss harvesting

Occupation focus

Based on The Retirement Guys Formula

Retired Founder/Business Owner Executive

Demographic focus

Based on The Retirement Guys Formula

Approaching retirement Mid-Career Professionals Baby Boomers (Born 1946-1964)

Fee options

Fixed

Financial planning fees can be fixed fee basis, typically $1,000 for first year and $500 thereafter

Percentage

$0+: 1.00% to 2.00% annually (negotiable, generally within this range) N/A - N/A: 0.30% annually (sub-advisory fee when acting as sub-adviser)

Commissions

Commissions earned on insurance products and securities transactions via affiliated broker-dealer Peak Brokerage Services; separate from advisory fees

Project-based

Financial planning hourly rate $350/hour

Other

Account minimum: $50,000 Fee-only: Financial planning fees typically $1,000 for first year, $500 for each successive year; hourly rate $350/hour (fees negotiable)

Location

5630 Main Street

Sylvania, OH 43560

Most active in

Ohio

Work history

Blackridge Asset Management, LLC

2017 - Present (9 years)

PEAK Brokerage Services, LLC

2015 - Present (11 years)

Retirement Guys Formula Llc

2013 - Present (13 years)

Disclosures

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