Flood Tide Financial LLC

Flood Tide Financial LLC provides ongoing portfolio management to individual and high‑net‑worth clients, preparing Investment Policy Statements and conducting regular reviews to align portfolios with clients’ goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon. Services emphasize asset allocation and selection across mutual funds, fixed income, real estate funds, annuities, equities, ETFs (including precious‑metal ETFs), TIPS, commodities and certain options strategies.

The firm’s investment process relies on cyclical and fundamental analysis and employs long‑term, short‑term and options trading (including covered, uncovered and spread strategies); it typically seeks discretionary authority to implement client plans and uses model allocations alongside individualized recommendations. The firm documents risk tolerance and performs semi‑annual portfolio reviews, while allowing client‑imposed investment restrictions (reserving the right to end the relationship if restrictions prevent proper servicing).

Distinctive features disclosed in the brochure include acting as sponsor and manager of a wrap‑fee program and requiring clients to use a specific broker‑dealer/custodian (Shareholders Service Group, Inc.), with the firm noting it may receive research or other soft‑dollar benefits. The brochure also discloses that the firm’s principal is a licensed insurance agent who may offer commissionable insurance products and owns a settlement‑advance business; the firm states those activities are separate from its advisory services and flags the potential conflicts.