The Butler Group LLC

The Butler Group LLC is a small, independent registered investment adviser that serves primarily individual clients — including some high-net-worth households — and also works with businesses, charities and small pension accounts. The firm offers financial planning (including written plans and budgeting) and discretionary portfolio management using general securities, mutual funds (including ETFs), government securities and options.

The firm tailors asset allocation to each client based on personal financial factors and a risk-profile questionnaire, and constructs portfolios using a scoring system that aggregates ratings from multiple research sources. Its investment process centers on fundamental analysis supplemented by chart review and wider geopolitical commentary (including sources such as Stratfor and Foreign Affairs), with daily position monitoring and periodic rebalancing; it will also recommend and review external money managers when appropriate.

Notable features in the brochure include a single advisor managing roughly $19.2 million for about 15 clients (no formal account minimum but a preferred asset level of $500,000), an explicit policy that no one at the firm accepts commissions and that the firm does not vote client securities. The firm also discloses that it may receive a portion of fees from outside money managers it recommends and monitors, and emphasizes limited trading activity and a non-wrap, non-soft-dollar custodial arrangement.