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Scott Cline

Advisor at Cline Financial Concepts, LLC

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Firm

Cline Financial Concepts, LLC

Location

Champaign, IL 61820

Credentials

Series 65

Industry experience

20 years

About

Scott Cline is a financial advisor with Cline Financial Concepts, LLC in Champaign, IL, holding a Series 65 designation and 20 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Miller Financial Planning LLC from 2014 to 2016. In addition to his advisory work, he consults on MS Excel clean-up for an agricultural consulting company during off trading hours. Cline Financial Concepts provides discretionary investment management and fee-based financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and a generally long-term investment approach, utilizing low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs, with selective use of individual securities, and serves a multi-million dollar client asset base.

Client services

Based on Cline Financial Concepts, LLC

Financial planning Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Cline Financial Concepts, LLC

General retirement planning College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) General tax planning Cash flow / budgeting

Fee options

Fixed

Stand-Alone Comprehensive Financial Plan fee of $1,500 minimum; project-based financial plans with fixed fees.

Percentage

$0 - $250,000: 1.00% annually $250,001 - $500,000: 0.95% annually $500,001 - $750,000: 0.85% annually $750,001 - $1,000,000: 0.75% annually $1,000,001 - $2,000,000: 0.65% annually $2,000,001+: 0.55% annually

Project-based

Financial planning hourly rate of $150/hour for additional services beyond minimum fee or project-based plans.

Other

Minimum fee: Financial Planning Services have a minimum fee of $1,500 for a Stand-Alone Comprehensive Financial Plan Fee-only: Investment advisory fees based on assets under management; financial planning fees charged separately as fixed fees or hourly; no commissions charged.

Location

1800 S. Oak Street, Suite 101

Champaign, IL 61820

Most active in

Arizona · California · Illinois

Work history

Miller Financial Planning LLC

2014 - 2016 (2 years)

Cline Financial Concepts, LLC

2005 - Present (21 years)

STUDENT

2004 - Present (22 years)

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