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Bruce Stamper is the principal of Stamper Capital & Investments, Inc. in Capitola, CA, with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has operated Stamper Capital & Investments since 1995. Stamper Capital & Investments specializes in investment supervisory services focused exclusively on municipal bond accounts for high-tax-bracket individual investors and institutional clients. The firm employs a proprietary investment process that combines fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with a value-contrarian approach.

Mercy Tanudjojo is a financial advisor at FullGuards Financial with 27 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. for 25 years. Mercy has been with FullGuards Financial since 2023. FullGuards Financial provides advisory services to individuals, qualified retirement plans, and nonprofit entities, offering financial planning, investment supervisory services, and retirement plan consulting. The firm uses asset allocation models based on Modern Portfolio Theory and employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis across a range of risk profiles, allowing clients to set investment constraints and choose discretionary or non-discretionary arrangements.

Michael Wunsch is a financial advisor at WealthDevs in Santa Cruz, CA, holding a Series 65 designation with five years of industry experience. Prior to joining WealthDevs in 2019, he worked at TrueCar from 2012 to 2018. WealthDevs provides investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and personal tax return preparation to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a passive investment approach with portfolios of index mutual funds and ETFs, complemented by fundamental and cyclical analysis for asset allocation and security selection, and integrates tax planning directly into its advisory services.

Robert Gaukel is a financial advisor at Newhouse Integrated Financial Advisors LLC with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 credential and also works as a Certified Public Accountant providing tax preparation and strategy services for individuals, as well as a real estate agent involved in property management and buyer/seller transactions. Prior to his current role, he was affiliated with Newhouse and has experience outside finance with Verve Coffee Roasters and Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz. Newhouse Integrated Financial Advisors LLC offers discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a long-term investment approach combining fundamental analysis with modern portfolio theory, managing a concentrated book of accounts that may include mutual funds, ETFs, equities, fixed income, and occasionally venture capital or private placements.

Kristen Marinovic is a financial advisor at Equinox Wealth Management in Santa Cruz, CA, with 27 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 63 designation and previously worked at Integral Investment Advisors, Inc. from 2010 to 2019 before joining Equinox in 2018. Equinox Wealth Management provides investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, businesses, foundations, and retirement plans. The firm emphasizes customized, diversified portfolios based on modern portfolio theory and serves a notable client segment of pension and profit-sharing retirement plans, operating as a fiduciary under ERISA/IRC standards.