Sunset Strategic Financial Advisors, LLC

Sunset Strategic Financial Advisors serves individual investors and small-business clients, providing ongoing portfolio management and financial planning. The firm documents client goals and constraints in Investment Policy Statements and generally charges AUM-based fees for investment supervisory services while financial planning is provided under fixed or hourly arrangements.

The firm’s investment process is grounded in fundamental analysis and the construction of client-specific Investment Policy Statements; it requests discretionary trading authority but reports that a majority of assets are managed on a non‑discretionary basis, so many clients retain prior trade approval. SSFA employs a wide range of strategies — including long‑term and short‑term trading, short sales, margin, and options writing — and notes the heightened risks associated with those techniques.

Distinctive operational features include a small client base and roughly $4.8 million in assets under management, a practice of recommending a single custodian (Altruist) and not permitting client‑directed brokers, and the receipt of research/soft‑dollar benefits from its custodian. The firm typically provides a one‑time financial plan (with additional plans available for a fee), conducts account reviews at least quarterly, and relies on custodian statements for client reporting.