Dickinson Barnum Investment Management, LLC

The firm provides discretionary portfolio management and comprehensive financial planning to individual and high‑net‑worth clients, offering ongoing monitoring, implementation, and customized investment plans. It manages roughly $69.9 million across about 323 client accounts, supported by two advising principals operating from a single office.

Investment decisions are guided by client‑specific investment policy statements, fundamental analysis and a generally value‑biased methodology, with portfolios typically constructed from individual equities, fixed income, mutual funds and ETFs and, when appropriate, allocations to independent managers. Accounts are monitored and rebalanced as needed, the firm commonly recommends custody at Charles Schwab, and it discloses the ability to execute certain trades through its advisors’ broker‑dealer arrangement for qualified clients.

What distinguishes the firm from many peers is that its advisors are also registered representatives of a broker‑dealer and the firm is affiliated with other investment‑management entities (it is wholly owned by two related LLCs), both of which the brochure flags as potential sources of conflict. The advisers also maintain other outside business activities (including insurance licensing and various private business interests) and the brochure explains that, while advisory fees are billed to clients, advisors may receive transaction‑related compensation in their separate broker‑dealer capacity and clients are under no obligation to use those services.