Taos Investment Advisors, LLC

Taos Investment Advisors, LLC provides financial planning, consulting and discretionary asset management primarily to individual and high‑net‑worth clients, as well as small business owners. The firm reports managing roughly $78.9 million in discretionary assets across about 116 client relationships, with brokerage custody arranged through Pershing via Shareholders Service Group and annuity business placed on advisor platforms.

The firm’s investment process uses both fundamental and technical analysis, with advisors employing risk‑tolerance questionnaires or investment policy statements to set asset allocation and to select among conservative, moderate, and aggressive strategies; managers generally emphasize long‑term approaches while also using trend/momentum tools when appropriate. Accounts are typically managed on a discretionary basis by the firm’s investment representatives and are monitored continuously, with reviews prompted by market events or client changes.

Taos Investment is notable for several uncommon affiliations for a firm of its size: the firm’s principal also maintains registration as a broker‑dealer representative and runs affiliated accounting and insurance businesses, including an accounting firm that provides tax services and an insurance operation focused on property/casualty. The brochure discloses these relationships and describes specific controls intended to address conflicts — for example, custody at an independent clearing firm, restrictions on recommending the principal’s brokerage for certain clients, and statements that affiliated accounting personnel do not have signatory authority over client accounts.