Martin Nelson & Co., Inc.

Martin Nelson & Co., Inc. provides discretionary and non‑discretionary portfolio management to individuals, pension and profit‑sharing plans, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and businesses. The firm’s client base is primarily individual (non‑high‑net‑worth) investors, it manages client assets held at Hilltop Securities and Charles Schwab, and does not impose a firmwide account minimum.

Advisors tailor investment programs to each client’s financial profile and risk tolerance using a mix of charting, fundamental, technical and cyclical analysis to support long‑term, short‑term and trading strategies. The firm implements margin and option strategies (including option writing) within separately managed accounts and charges percentage‑of‑AUM advisory fees billed quarterly.

Martin Nelson is dually registered as a broker‑dealer and an SEC‑registered investment adviser and discloses affiliated broker/dealer activity and directed brokerage arrangements, along with internal controls intended to address resulting conflicts of interest (for example, generally prohibiting the receipt of both commissions and advisory fees on the same managed account). The firm traces its history to 1954, has been an RIA since 2013, and disclosed participation in the SEC’s MCDC municipal disclosure initiative, resulting in a $100,000 civil penalty and related undertakings.