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Pamela Watson

Advisor at Merrill

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Location

Boone, NC 28607

Credentials

Series 66

Industry experience

8 years

About

Pamela Watson is a financial advisor with Merrill and holds a Series 66 designation. She has 8 years of industry experience and has been with Bank of America, N.A. and Merrill since 2009. Merrill serves a broad range of clients including individuals, retirement plans, corporations, and institutional clients by offering managed account programs, discretionary portfolio management, and brokerage execution and custody services. The firm emphasizes manager selection and monitoring through multiple program strategies and benefits from integration with Bank of America’s broader banking and capital-markets platform.

Client services

Based on Merrill

Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops
Performance measurement reports, allocation modeling, ips, research reports and services, see schedule d

Expertise

Based on Merrill

Tax-loss harvesting Active portfolio management

Occupation focus

Based on Merrill

Executive Founder/Business Owner

Demographic focus

Based on Merrill

Mid-Career Professionals HENRY (High Earners, Not Rich Yet)

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Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $2,000,000: 1.10% (for Managed Strategy with MFSA under $2 million) $2,000,000+: 1.00% (for Managed Strategy with MFSA at and above $2 million)

Other

Account minimum: $2,000,000 minimum to qualify for Premium Access Strategy per SEC data and Merrill brochure context; no other firm-wide minimum clearly stated

Location

1800 Blowing Rock Road

Boone, NC 28607

Most active in

North Carolina · Texas

Work history

Bank of America, N.A.

2009 - Present (17 years)

Merrill

2009 - Present (17 years)

Disclosures

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