Rain Dog Financial

Rain Dog Financial provides discretionary asset management and financial planning to individuals, high‑net‑worth clients, and charitable organizations. The firm manages roughly $7.3 million in client assets across a very small client roster and documents objectives and constraints in individualized Investment Policy Statements.

The firm’s process emphasizes strategic asset allocation informed by multiple analytical methods — including Modern and Post‑Modern Portfolio Theory, dedicated portfolio construction, fundamental and technical analysis, and Monte Carlo simulation — and it considers tax consequences when rebalancing. Rain Dog typically uses broad market funds for core exposure but will include individual stocks, specific fixed‑income securities held to maturity, options, private equity, venture capital funds, and annuities when appropriate for a client’s objectives.

What is distinctive is the explicit use of dedicated portfolio theory to build cash‑flow‑matching fixed‑income positions and the firm’s detailed Monte Carlo modeling that incorporates Social Security, pensions, tax rates, glide paths and other variables into retirement forecasts. The brochure also notes a very small, closely managed client base, the principal’s outside business activities, use of a single custodial platform for trade execution, a policy of not aggregating trades, and that Rain Dog does not vote client proxies, all of which can affect execution, reporting, and client administrative responsibilities.