Vanderpol Investments L.L.C.

VanderPol Investments LLC provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals (including high-net-worth clients), corporations, charitable organizations, and pension/profit-sharing plans. Its offerings include discretionary portfolio management, standalone and ongoing financial planning, pension consulting (including 401(k) participant account management), and model-portfolio implementation.

The firm maintains twelve model portfolios that range from high to low risk and explicitly emphasizes a Pastor–Stambaugh framework that tilts toward small-cap weighted, value-oriented and relatively illiquid equities; it may also use stratified-sampling direct indexing, tax-aware placement across account types, and alternative investments to pursue an illiquidity premium. VPI employs fundamental and cyclical analysis and uses a mix of long- and short-term trading tools (including options and margin where appropriate), with additional tax optimization, estate and charitable planning for larger accounts.

Notable departures from many peers include VPI’s periodic educational seminars and workshops offered to clients and the public (reported as free in the brochure) and its use of a third‑party platform (Pontera) to manage defined‑contribution participant accounts without taking custody. The firm also does not perform proxy voting on clients’ behalf, documents limited standing letters of authorization for certain transfers, and operates as a small team (approximately three advisors) managing roughly $118 million in discretionary assets for about 124 clients.