Stephen Tanner is the sole advisor at Granite Hill Capital Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2005. He holds the CFA® designation and a Series 65 license, with 20 years of industry experience. Granite Hill Capital Management provides financial planning, portfolio management, and limited-scope investment consultations primarily to individuals, trusts, and estates. The firm follows an evidence-based investment approach grounded in modern portfolio theory, focusing on strategic asset allocation and tax efficiency, and delivers personalized service through a small client base.

Brian Lasher is a financial advisor at Euclid Harding, LLC with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has previously worked at CIG Securities, CIG Asset Management Inc., CIG Capital Advisors, Rueone Investments, and Federal St. Partners. Outside of his advisory role, he maintains a fixed insurance sales and service business. Euclid Harding provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a strategic asset-allocation approach across a diversified range of securities and offers specialized services including ERISA 3(21) retirement-plan advisory.

Gabriel Nardi is a CFA® charterholder based in Stamford, CT, currently serving as the sole advisor at Tadpole Investments LLC. He has prior experience at Third Avenue Management and BlazeRidge LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he is the founder of a software company developing a web-based application to assist book authors. Tadpole Investments LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs cyclical, fundamental, and quantitative analysis with a range of trading strategies, including performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients.

Lawrence Hatheway is a financial advisor at HarborAdvisors, LLC with five years of industry experience. He previously worked at GAM Investments for four years and co-founded Jackson Hole Economics, a nonprofit research forum focused on economics, politics, and policy. Hatheway also serves as an adjunct professor of economics at Fairfield University and the University of Wyoming. HarborAdvisors, LLC provides macroeconomic and market consulting and model-provision services primarily to institutional and non-U.S. clients, using fundamental, technical, and cyclical economic analysis tailored through individually negotiated agreements. The firm focuses on multi-asset portfolio analysis under varying economic and policy scenarios and offers performance-based fee arrangements without holding custody of client assets.

Charles Shipman is a financial advisor at Blue Keel Financial Planning in Westport, CT, with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Blue Keel Financial Planning since 2014. In addition to his advisory work, he is involved in a music royalty business, Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd, which he has operated since 2006. Blue Keel Financial Planning serves individual clients, small businesses, and trusts, offering financial planning, portfolio management, and business consultation. The firm employs a Core + Satellite investment approach, combining low-cost indexed core holdings with actively managed satellite positions tailored to client goals and risk tolerance, and provides educational workshops and business-management services alongside its investment offerings.

Norman Kramer is the principal of Norman Kramer Investments, Inc. in Westport, CT, holding a Series 65 designation with 20 years of industry experience. He has led his own firm since 2001 and previously worked at Gilshire Corp. for over four decades. Norman Kramer Investments, Inc. is an independent registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm constructs portfolios using a range of securities and trading strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance, focusing on a relatively small client base with concentrated assets under management.

Patrick Byrne is a financial advisor at Aspetuck Financial Management LLC in Fairfield, CT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 21 years of industry experience. He has been with Aspetuck Financial Management since 2005. Aspetuck Financial Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, retirement accounts, and corporate clients. The firm uses a macro-driven, risk-managed portfolio approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory, offering diversified strategies across various asset classes and is notable for publicly disclosing performance results and providing ERISA 3(38) plan management and participant education.

Paul Barrett is the sole advisor at Ravine Road Advisors in Greenwich, CT, with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has held positions at firms including J.P. Morgan Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, and Entoro Capital. Outside of investment management, he is a principal at River Road Advisors LLC, advising companies on credit facilities, and a partner in Taurus Affiliates LLC, an online coupon and survey business. Ravine Road Advisors offers discretionary, fee-based investment management to institutional and private investment entities, including individuals and retirement accounts. The firm employs a tactical asset-allocation approach combining fundamental and technical analysis, using a variety of securities to implement strategies tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.

Robert Hu is a financial advisor at Firmiacer Investment LLC with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at JM Cohen & Co. for fourteen years before joining Firmiacer in 2017. Firmiacer Investment LLC provides discretionary investment advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, and institutional investors. The firm employs a focused, buy-and-hold investment approach based on fundamental, bottom-up equity analysis, typically avoiding leverage and offering specialized services that include performance-based fee arrangements.

Donato Rosales is a financial advisor at Rosales Wealth Group LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has previously worked at LPL Enterprise, Prudential Financial Planning Services, Pruco Securities, People's United Bank, and Thomaston Savings Bank. Outside of his advisory role, he is also a licensed insurance agent involved with the Connecticut Health Enrollment Center Co. Rosales Wealth Group is a state-registered investment adviser serving individuals and high-net-worth clients with discretionary portfolio management, wealth management, and financial planning services. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes long-term strategies using diversified, low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, supplemented by individual equities and tactical trades, and includes oversight of unaffiliated independent managers.

Samir Shah is the sole advisor at MBS Mantra, LLC, an independent registered investment adviser based in Stamford, CT. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 11 years of industry experience, including 12 years at MBS Mantra. MBS Mantra serves high-net-worth and qualified investors, as well as trusts, foundations, corporations, retirement systems, and other institutional clients. The firm offers discretionary portfolio management, outsourced CIO services, and is developing private limited partnership fund structures. Its research-driven investment approach focuses on structured fixed-income products, primarily mortgage-related securities, while maintaining flexibility to use corporate bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, equities, and derivatives for hedging and asset allocation.

Anthony Schiff is the sole advisor at 1230 Advisors, LLC, an independent firm based in Pound Ridge, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 29 years of industry experience, including nine years at JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. Outside of advising, he is a general partner managing Solitray LLC, a business serving the bar and restaurant industry. 1230 Advisors provides wealth management services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates, offering customized portfolios primarily focused on long-term objectives. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis in its investment selections and manages approximately $106 million for about 30 clients, with a significant portion of assets overseen on a non-discretionary basis.

Angelo Martorell is a CFA® charterholder and the sole advisor at Martorell Capital Partners, LLC, with nine years of industry experience. He has led Martorell Capital Partners since 2017 and previously worked at Martorell Capital from 2016 to 2017. Martorell Capital Partners provides discretionary investment management primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, foundations, and pension clients, focusing on qualified investors. The firm employs fundamental research and tailored asset allocations, including credit-sensitive and distressed opportunities, and uses strategies such as leverage, short selling, and derivatives under discretionary authority.

Hans Olsen is a CFA charterholder with 19 years of industry experience. He is the principal at Brooklands Partners, LLC, where he has worked since 2025. His prior roles include positions at Fiduciary Trust Company and Stifel. Outside of his advisory work, Olsen serves as managing partner and owner of Gladstone LLC and participates on investment committees for Atlantic Charter Insurance Company and the Cabot-Wellington family office. Brooklands Partners, LLC is an investment manager focused on discretionary asset management for pooled vehicles and institutional clients. The firm employs a mix of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative analysis, and emphasizes selecting and overseeing third-party sub-advisors as part of its investment approach.

Kevin Nunez is a financial advisor at NJK Wealth Management in Fairfield, CT, holding a Series 66 designation with approximately six years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. NJK Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and standalone financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and quantitative methods with a long-term focus, offering advice on mutual funds, fixed income, ETFs, real estate funds, venture capital funds, and private placements.

Peter Kihara is a financial advisor at Fortress Financial Management with a Series 65 designation and no prior industry experience. He has worked at Fortress Accounting since 2020 and at Security Acquisition Partners since 2007. He is also a 50% owner of an affiliated accounting practice. Fortress Financial Management provides discretionary investment management and project-based financial planning to individuals, small business owners, and small-business retirement plans. The firm uses a proprietary fundamental-analysis methodology and a tax-aware, long-term buy-and-hold approach, typically exercising full discretionary authority and conducting formal portfolio reviews quarterly.

Loretta Nolan is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience and the principal of Loretta Nolan Associates, LLC, an independent advisory firm she has led since 1997. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Loretta Nolan Associates, LLC provides portfolio management, financial planning, consulting, and income tax preparation services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and other entities. The firm manages approximately $135.8 million in client assets, primarily on a non-discretionary basis, and employs a fundamental analysis investment process with a long-term orientation that also allows for short-term trades and option-writing strategies.

Jean Francis Lopez De Valdivia is a CFP® and CFA® with 11 years of industry experience. He has been the sole advisor at Fleurus Investment Advisory, LLC since 2014. Fleurus Investment Advisory provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes discretionary account management under a fiduciary standard, using index mutual funds and ETFs within a long-term trading framework that incorporates charting, fundamental and quantitative analysis, and modern portfolio theory.

Sumit Kumar is a financial advisor at Stone Lake Wealth Management, LLC with 20 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 63 and Series 65 designations and previously worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. from 2014 to 2016. Since 2016, he has been with Stone Lake Wealth Management in Riverside, CT. Stone Lake Wealth Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, foundations, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a primarily long-term investment approach that combines fundamental and quantitative analysis, with a willingness to use leveraged and derivatives strategies alongside traditional allocations.

Pasquale Sacchetta is a CFP® with 28 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at CFIG Investment Advisory Services, LLC. He has been affiliated with Continental Five Investment Group, LLC and CFIG Wealth Management, LLC since 2008 and has served as president of Continental Five Insurance Group, Inc. since 1991. His outside activities include leading an insurance firm that offers life insurance, annuities, disability, and health insurance products. CFIG Investment Advisory Services provides fee-based investment advisory, financial planning, and pension consulting for a range of clients including individuals, businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a tactical allocation approach with various analytical methods to manage diversified portfolios and is notable for its integration with an affiliated insurance agency and its pension consulting services.