Stephanie Burke is the owner of Stargazer Financial Planning and holds a Series 65 designation. She has seven years of experience at Brigade Capital Management and currently works in an operations role at HIGHLAND Financial Advisors, LLC while pursuing CFP certification. Stargazer Financial Planning is a fee-only, advice-only practice providing hourly financial planning services to individuals, families, and small business owners. The firm follows a passive, indexing-oriented investment approach and emphasizes client education, behavioral finance, and on-demand planning without taking custody of client assets.

Hubert Parzecki is a financial advisor at Wavelet Advisors with over 20 years of industry experience, including roles at Lazard Asset Management and Rothschild & Co Asset Management. He holds the Series 63 designation. Parzecki has adjunct teaching experience in addition to his advisory work. Wavelet Advisors is an independent, single-advisor firm providing fee-based, discretionary portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm employs a tactical allocation strategy grounded in fundamental analysis and offers institutional and business client services uncommon for a boutique practice.

Jay Taparia is a CFA® charterholder and holds a Series 66 license with 25 years of experience in the financial industry. He is the sole advisor at Sanskar Advisors, Inc., where he has worked since 2000. Taparia also has roles at Sanskar Tax Advisors, Inc. and Climate CFOs, Inc., and has been involved with New York University since 2015. Sanskar Advisors is an independent, single-adviser registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individuals and families, as well as charitable organizations, estates, and trusts. The firm emphasizes long-term holdings using both fundamental and technical analysis and is affiliated with an in-house tax and accounting practice, offering integrated financial and tax services.

Joseph Grundy is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience and has been self-employed since 1988. He operates Grundy Financial Advisory Services as a sole advisor and engages in gold futures trading for his own personal benefit. Grundy Financial Advisory Services provides financial planning and discretionary investment management to individuals, families, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation based on Modern Portfolio Theory, managing portfolios primarily with mutual funds and ETFs and maintaining a long-term investment approach tailored to clients’ risk tolerance and objectives.

Brandon Sack is a financial advisor at Active Wealth Advisors in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. He holds a Series 65 credential and has been in the industry since 2025. Prior to joining Active Wealth Advisors, he was affiliated with GAB Management Corp and worked at Florida Atlantic University. Active Wealth Advisors is an independent SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, and a variety of institutional clients including pension plans, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a goals-based, disciplined investment process incorporating fundamental analysis, modern portfolio theory, and sector rotation to manage diversified portfolios.

Robert Solimano is a financial advisor at Angel Oak Financial Services LLC in Montvale, NJ, with 11 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has been with Angel Oak Financial Services since 2015. Angel Oak Financial Services LLC provides comprehensive financial planning and fee-only investment management to individuals and small businesses. The firm focuses on strategic asset allocation using Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing globally diversified, long-term portfolios with attention to downside protection and tax efficiency.

Michael Brown is the sole advisor at High Grade Investment Solutions, LLC, an independent firm based in Spring Valley, NY. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 20 years of experience with the firm. High Grade Investment Solutions specializes in discretionary fixed-income portfolio management for high-net-worth and institutional clients, focusing on a single actively managed strategy concentrated in high-quality municipal and U.S. Treasury securities. The firm combines fundamental credit analysis with technical yield-curve modeling and frequent trading to manage separately managed accounts, typically requiring a $1 million minimum.

Joseph Obertlik is the principal and sole advisor at Obertlik Wealth Management LLC, holding a Series 65 credential. He has been with the firm since its founding in 2025 and has no prior industry experience. Outside of financial advising, he serves as president of several non-investment businesses, including vending operations and pickup delivery services. Obertlik Wealth Management LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary asset management services to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs fundamental and cyclical analysis for investment selection and offers personalized portfolio management with periodic rebalancing and quarterly reviews.

Kwesi Simmsparris is the principal of Kaspian Wealth Management and holds a Series 66 designation with 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Kaspián Wealth Management Inc. since 2012 and has operated Kaspian Financial Service, Inc. since 2001. In addition to his advisory role, he is a Certified Public Accountant and an insurance agent, providing accounting and insurance services to clients. Kaspian Wealth Management LLC offers investment advisory services primarily to individual clients and qualified retirement plans, including ERISA 3(38) investment management. The firm employs discretionary asset management with asset allocation models, periodic rebalancing, and fundamental analysis, using third-party portfolio construction and reporting services.

William Haggerty is the founder of The Haggerty Investment Group, LLC, a Ridgewood, NJ–based independent investment advisory firm. He holds a Series 65 credential and has 19 years of experience in the industry. In addition to his advisory work since 2013, Haggerty is the founder and owner of Haggerty & Bosch, LLP, a CPA and accounting practice established in 2001. The Haggerty Investment Group provides discretionary portfolio management and selects third-party advisers for individuals, small businesses, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs fundamental analysis and various investment strategies across equities, debt instruments, ETFs, mutual funds, and other assets, with a concentrated client base and a notable affiliation with the accounting firm Haggerty & Bosch, LLP.

David Schachter is a Series 65-licensed advisor with Arrow Investment Mgmt. in Suffern, NY, and has three years of industry experience. He has worked at EPAM Systems since 2020 and previously spent over two decades at Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters, ILX Systems). Arrow Investment Mgmt. provides fee-only, discretionary investment management primarily to individual clients, with no account size minimums. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis across various asset classes, including equities, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and options, and offers both ongoing portfolio management and hourly investment advice.

Gregory Dube is a financial advisor at Roseheart Investment Advisors, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Roseheart Investment Advisors since 2012, following a 21-year tenure at Roseheart Associates, LLC. Roseheart Investment Advisors provides portfolio management and investment supervisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, developing written Investment Policy Statements tailored to each client’s goals, tax considerations, and risk tolerance. The firm employs a blend of fundamental and technical analysis across various asset classes and uses both long-term and active trading strategies, managing assets internally with a concentrated client base.

Joseph Bencivenga is the sole advisor at Madison Money Management, Inc., an independent firm where he has worked since 1999. He holds a Series 65 designation and has four years of industry experience as a financial advisor. Prior to this role, he has over 40 years of public accounting experience, including an inactive CPA credential. Madison Money Management provides discretionary portfolio management to individual investors and irrevocable family trusts, managing approximately $10 million for four clients. The firm employs a dual-analysis approach that combines fundamental and technical research in a bottoms-up process, emphasizing minimal trading and tactical cash placements.

Pouria Dehgan is a financial advisor at Axia Asset Management, LLC with over five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has a background that includes roles at several XE Capital entities dating back to 2003. Outside of advisory services, he is a partner in real estate investment firms XE Partners I, LLC and XE Partners II, LLC. Axia Asset Management provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high-net-worth clients, and nonprofit organizations. The firm applies a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative analysis within a modern portfolio theory framework and employs a variety of strategies including trading, short sales, margin positions, and options in internally managed accounts.

Anthony Orlando is the owner and president of Anthony J. Orlando, Inc., an independent registered investment adviser based in Oradell, NJ. He holds the CFP® designation and Series 63 license and has 37 years of industry experience. Prior to founding his firm in 1995, he has also been affiliated with Osaic Wealth, Inc. since 2000. In addition to advisory services, he is involved in the sale of life, health, disability, and long-term care insurance. Anthony J. Orlando, Inc. provides financial planning, consulting, and investment and wealth management services to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, non-profits, and pension or profit-sharing plans. The firm manages approximately $89.9 million in assets, primarily on a non-discretionary basis, and employs an investment approach based on Modern Portfolio Theory combined with a tactical, trend-following overlay.

John O'Brien is the principal of O'Brien Capital Management, Inc., an independent firm based in Nyack, NY. He holds the CFP® and Series 63 designations and has 21 years of experience managing portfolios at his firm. O'Brien Capital Management is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $37.2 million across 41 client accounts. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations, using a long-term buy-and-hold investment approach grounded in fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory.

Kfir Weinraub is a CFP® and Series 66-registered financial advisor with four years of industry experience. He is the principal of Kind Capital Wealth LLC, a registered investment adviser founded in 2025. Prior to this, he held roles at eHealth Inc., Interpublic Group, Ernst & Young, and Ralph Lauren. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Vice President of Total Global Rewards and HR Business Partner at eHealth Inc. and owns an HR consulting business, Kind Compensation LLC. Kind Capital Wealth LLC provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm employs a long-term, fundamental-analysis approach to portfolio construction, typically using ETFs and low-cost mutual funds, and offers retirement-plan consulting services in a 3(21) fiduciary capacity.

P. O'Gorman is the sole advisor at O'Gorman Asset Management, Inc., holding a Series 65 designation and with 23 years at the firm. He also owns an insurance agency, maintaining an active role in insurance sales alongside his advisory practice. O'Gorman Asset Management provides investment advisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on discretionary portfolio management and financial planning for business retirement plans and charitable organizations. The firm employs a value-oriented investment approach based on fundamental analysis and manages portfolios using individual equities, ETFs, mutual funds, and fixed-income securities.

Theresa Wan is a CFP® and CFA® with 13 years of industry experience. She has been the sole advisor at Treesa Financial Planning, LLC since 2012. Treesa Financial Planning provides fee-only financial planning and investment consultation services to individuals and families regardless of income or net worth. The firm uses a globally diversified, core-and-satellite investment approach and offers recommendations for clients to implement with their chosen custodians, avoiding discretionary portfolio management and AUM-based billing.

Samuel Schaeffer is a financial advisor at Lords Wealth with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has previously worked at B S F S Advisors and The Leneta Company. Outside of advising, he also works as a personal coach and serves as an administrator for The Leneta Company, a manufacturing business. Lords Wealth provides investment education, advisory, and limited financial consulting services to individual investors, focusing on buy-and-hold equity mutual fund portfolios for long-term capital appreciation. The firm emphasizes client-directed account management, structured educational workshops, and publishes detailed historical and backtested performance data for its recommended funds.