Sound Investment Management, LLC

Sound Investment Management, LLC is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals (including high‑net‑worth clients), businesses, trusts, charitable organizations, and retirement plan sponsors. The firm provides investment management, comprehensive financial planning and wealth management, charitable organization consulting (including planned‑gift support), and ongoing employee benefit plan services.

The firm's investment approach emphasizes asset allocation grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory and a predominantly passive, buy‑and‑hold strategy using low‑cost mutual funds and ETFs, while also offering direct indexing, access to alternative investments, and the use of outside managers and model portfolios. Where engaged, the adviser implements portfolios on a discretionary basis, can supervise held‑away assets, and coordinates with custodians and third‑party managers for plan and institutional accounts.

Noteworthy for a practice of this type, the firm combines portfolio management for institutional clients with pension and employee‑benefit plan consulting—services that are relatively uncommon among independent advisers—alongside charitable consulting and planned‑giving capabilities. This mix of individual wealth management, institutional plan advisory, and customizable strategies such as direct indexing and alternative exposures differentiates its service offering from many peers.