Donald W. Traylor

The firm provides discretionary portfolio management primarily to individual clients, developing custom portfolios based on client questionnaires, investment objectives, and risk tolerance. It also offers consulting on alternative investments and other investment-related matters on an hourly or fixed-fee basis and does not participate in wrap fee programs.

The investment approach emphasizes a total-return strategy that balances capital appreciation and income, relying mainly on fundamental analysis with occasional use of technical analysis to inform security selection. Portfolios may include individual stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income and other instruments, and the advisor typically monitors and adjusts accounts on an ongoing basis, using long-term, short-term, or trading strategies as appropriate.

A distinctive feature is that the firm’s principal also practices as a licensed attorney and, separate from the advisory business, provides legal services—primarily to businesses—a role the brochure notes can occupy more than half of his time on some days. The firm is also small by assets and client count relative to peers, managing roughly $333,500 for two clients, and it does not vote client proxies (clients retain responsibility for voting).