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BROOKSTONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC - FORM ADV PART 2A, APPENDIX 1 - WRAP BROCHURE
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ITEM 1 - COVER PAGE
FORM ADV PART 2A – APPENDIX 1
WRAP FEE PROGRAM BROCHURE
October 20, 2025
Brookstone Capital Management, LLC
1745 S. Naperville Road Suite 200
Wheaton, IL 60189
Telephone: 630-653-1400
www.brookstonecm.com
CRD/IARD # 141413
SEC File # 801-68010
This wrap fee program Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
Brookstone Capital Management, LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of this Brochure, please
contact us at compliance@brookstonecm.com or (630) 653-1400. The information in this Brochure has not been
approved or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or by any other state
securities authority.
Additional information about Brookstone Capital Management, LLC is available on the SEC's website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Brookstone Capital Management, LLC is a registered investment advisor. Registration with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or any state securities authority does not imply a certain level of skill
or training.
Revised 10.20.2025
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ITEM 2 - SUMMARY OF MATERIAL CHANGES
This Form ADV Part 2A - Appendix 1 -Wrap Fee Program Brochure (Wrap Brochure) has been updated to reflect
changes. Our previous version of the Wrap Brochure was dated May 13, 2025. We encourage you to review this
carefully and to contact your investment advisor representative with any questions you may have.
Pursuant to Rule 204-3(b)(2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (as amended), Brookstone Capital
Management, LLC (BCM) can provide either a summary page of material changes and offer to provide this Wrap
Brochure or a copy of the entire Wrap Brochure. Copies of the Wrap Brochure are available at any time by
contacting either BCM at compliance@brookstonecm.com or your Investment Adviser Representative. The Wrap
Brochure is also available on our website www.brookstonecm.com.
There were no material changes to this Brochure from the previous version.
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ITEM 3 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1 - Cover Page ................................................................................................................................... 1
Item 2 - Summary of Material Changes ..................................................................................................... 2
Item 3 - Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................... 3
Item 4 - Services, Fees and Compensation ................................................................................................ 4
Item 5 - Fee Schedules ............................................................................................................................... 7
Item 6 - Account Requirements and Types of Clients ............................................................................... 9
Item 7 - Portfolio Manager Selection & Evaluation .................................................................................. 9
Item 8 - Client Information Provided to Portfolio Managers .................................................................. 18
Item 9 - Client Contact with Portfolio Manager ...................................................................................... 18
Item 10 - Additional Information ............................................................................................................. 18
Item 11 - State Requirements ................................................................................................................... 23
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ITEM 4 - SERVICES, FEES AND COMPENSATION
The purpose of this brochure is to describe certain details relating to the Wrap Fee Program of Brookstone Capital
Management, LLC (BCM) and your participation in the program. BCM offers its Wrap Fee Program through its
investment advisor representatives (IARs) and IARs of its affiliate, Brookstone Wealth Advisors, LLC (also known
as Retirement Wealth Advisors or RWA), as well as to unaffiliated registered investment advisors (RIAs) and their
IARs who wish to have access to BCM’s Wrap Fee Program (hereinafter, “Outside RIAs”; collectively referred to
as “Advisors”).
Depending on the custodian selected by the client, BCM can offer its asset management program as a wrap fee
program. A wrap program is a program where this firm ‘wraps’ both the asset management fees for advisory
services and the transaction fees for execution services into a single fee charged to the client. Under a Wrap Fee
arrangement, a client’s costs are the same regardless of the number of transactions in an account. Conversely in a
non-wrap fee advisory account, a client would pay an asset management fee and a separate transaction fee for each
transaction within the account, when applicable.
The wrap fee program is available for all BCM managed models that are held with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
(“Schwab”). As such, client accounts held at Schwab and under BCM managed models do not have a choice
between a wrap and a non-wrap account, and all client accounts will be charged on a Wrap Fee basis, as outlined
below. The wrap program does not cover anything held outside a BCM Model, such as a legacy position or client-
initiated purchases.
A wrap fee is not based directly on the number of transactions in your account. Various factors influence the
relative cost of BCM’s wrap fee program to you, including the cost of BCM’s investment advice, custody and
brokerage services if you purchased them separately, the types of investments held in your account, and the
frequency, type and size of trades in your account. Wrap Programs may be more expensive to clients where there
is little trading activity in the account, where a buy & hold strategy is applied, or where no or low transaction cost
investments are utilized. Alternatively, a Non-Wrap Program may be more expensive if there is frequent trading
activity in the account, if many transaction-based investments are utilized in the management of the account, or if
there is frequent re-balancing within the account.
Since your costs are the same regardless of the number of transactions actually effected in your account in any
given month, the wrap fee (described below) may be lower or higher than the separate commission expense and
management fee would be for the same transactions. Clients should determine their level of trading activity relative
to the potentially higher rates charged in a wrap account to determine whether a wrap account is cost effective, or
whether the client would pay more, or less, outside the program or at another firm.
BCM pays Schwab a single asset-based fee in lieu of transaction-based commissions. When managing a client’s
account on a wrap fee basis, BCM receives as compensation for our investment advisory services, the balance of
the total wrap fee you pay after custodial, trading and other management costs (including execution and transaction
fees) have been deducted. Accordingly, BCM has a conflict of interest because we have a financial incentive to
maximize our compensation by seeking to reduce or minimize the total costs incurred in your account(s) subject to
a wrap fee.
account,
please
refer
to
Schwab’s most
recent
pricing
schedules
available
Schwab and other custodians have eliminated commissions for online trades of US equities, ETFs and options
(subject to $0.65 per contract fee). This means that, in most cases, when we buy and sell these types of securities,
we will not have to pay any commissions to Schwab. However, we encourage you to review Schwab’s pricing to
compare the total costs of entering into a wrap fee arrangement, as your total cost to invest could exceed the cost
of paying for brokerage and advisory services separately. To see what you would pay for transactions in a non-
wrap
at
https://www.schwab.com/pricing.
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ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES
BCM’s principal service is providing fee-based investment advisory services. BCM manages investment portfolios,
on a discretionary basis, according to the client’s objectives. BCM obtains data from potential clients addressing
financial objectives, needs, risk tolerance, investment horizon and other pertinent information. This information is
gathered and reported on an Investment Policy Statement (IPS) and Risk Profile Questionnaire and is analyzed by
BCM IARs and Outside RIAs. Once the analysis is completed, the IAR or Outside RIA develops an investment
strategy with the potential client that addresses specific investment styles and allocation of the client’s assets. BCM
may use a combination of equities, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, structured products (including certificates
of deposit and notes), individual bonds, and options in securities to accomplish these objectives. BCM may partner
with Sub-Advisory firms to create and manage portfolio strategies. A client’s portfolio is allocated according to
the client’s risk profile and documented on the IPS.
BCM generally uses Unified Managed Accounts (UMA) whenever possible. This allows for multiple strategies to
be managed and held within the same account. Accounts holding options cannot participate in UMA.
In addition, BCM offers discretionary Asset Management Services to clients through customized individual
investment accounts (aka separately managed accounts). In such accounts, BCM transacts in mutual funds,
exchange traded funds, equities, fixed income securities and other securities authorized by BCM on a discretionary
basis pursuant to investment objectives chosen by the client. Clients are encouraged to refer to the individual mutual
fund or ETF prospectus for the risks associated with each specific fund.
Another asset management service available, the RAISE 360 Portfolios, consists of pre-selected model portfolio
allocations created by BCM and its investment committee to align with specific risk tolerances. These portfolios
typically contain mutual funds, exchange traded funds, equities, and other securities authorized by BCM, and are
managed on a discretionary basis by the BCM investment committee pursuant to investment objectives as chosen
by the client via the Risk Profile Questionnaire. Please see Items 5, 7 and 10 of this Wrap Brochure for more
information related to our asset management fees, risks, and conflicts of interest.
ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
BCM has discretionary assets under management of $12.284 billion. The calculation for determining the assets
under management was completed as of September 30, 2025.
ASSET MANAGEMENT FEES
Pursuant to the Agreement signed by each client, the client will pay BCM a monthly Management/Wrap Program
Fee, payable in arrears, prorated based on the amount of the assets to be managed by the advisor as of the opening
of business on the first business day of each month. In the event a client should withdraw from a strategy mid
month the prorated advisory fee will be charged at that time.
These fees cover (i) an initial analysis and periodic re-evaluation of the client’s investment objectives and needs,
and discretionary allocation among portfolio managers, (ii) all advisory services, including fees of portfolio
managers, (iii) account statements, (iv) brokerage and execution services provided by Schwab, and (v) custody.
Additionally, all accounts will be charged a monthly $8 fee, subject to change based on the terms, conditions, and
fees of providers. In some cases, an account may not be subject to this monthly fee if the account has been
grandfathered on a different fee schedule as disclosed in the client’s applicable advisory agreement. These fees
will be deducted automatically from client accounts and shall be used by BCM to utilize software allowing the firm
and IARs or Outside RIAs to consolidate all accounts through a portfolio accounting system and create
consolidated, on-demand performance reports. Moreover, clients will have the capability to create an online profile
allowing them to login to BCM’s portfolio accounting system and view their own account in “real time” on a
consolidated basis. The fee is charged regardless of whether the technology is used or not. As a courtesy, for any
client accounts below $8,000 in AUM, BCM will proportionately reduce this monthly fee by $1 per every $1,000.
The IAR or Outside RIA who recommend the BCM Wrap Fee Program, receives compensation as a result of a
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client’s participation in the program. The amount of this compensation may be more than what the IAR or Outside
RIA would receive if the program client paid separately for investment advice, brokerage and other services. The
IAR or Outside RIA therefore has a financial incentive to recommend the program over other programs and
services. BCM may use both internal and external portfolio managers and they would receive a portion of the BCM
advisory fee. The client agrees to pay a fee monthly, in arrears, for the advisory services provided by BCM pursuant
to the Agreement signed by each client. The fee is calculated based on the value of the account on the last day of
the month, prorated to the number of days the account is funded.
Certain fees may be negotiated by the IAR or Outside RIA at the sole discretion of the advisor. Asset management
fees will be automatically deducted from the client account on a monthly basis by the custodian. Clients may
request to terminate their advisory contract with BCM, in whole or in part, by providing 30 days advance written
notice. Upon termination, any fees paid in advance will be prorated to the date of termination and any excess will
be refunded to client. The client’s advisory agreement with the Advisor is non-transferable without the Client’s
written approval.
ADDITIONAL FEE INFORMATION AND DISCLOSURES
The BCM wrap fee covers our advisory services and the brokerage services provided by Schwab (including custody
of assets, equity trades, ETFs, and agency transactions in fixed income securities). As a result, the firm has an
incentive to execute transactions for your account at Schwab.
The BCM wrap fee does not cover all fees and costs. The fees not included in the wrap fee include charges imposed
directly by a mutual fund, index fund, or exchange traded fund which shall be disclosed in the fund’s prospectus
(i.e., fund management fees and other fund expenses), mark-ups and mark-downs, spreads paid to market makers,
fees (such as a commission or mark-up) for trades executed away from Schwab at another broker/dealer, wire
transfer fees and other fees and taxes on brokerage account and securities transactions.
All fees paid to BCM for investment advisory services are separate and distinct from the fees and expenses charged
by Mutual Funds, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Variable Annuities, and other Investment Managers,
broker/dealers and custodians retained by clients, if any. Such fees and expenses are described in each Mutual
Fund’s and Variable Annuity’s prospectus, each Manager’s Form ADV Part 2A, Wrap Brochure or similar
disclosure statement, and by any broker/dealer or custodian retained by a client. Mutual Fund, Variable Annuities,
and Manager fees generally include a management fee, fund expenses, and related fees. If a Mutual Fund also
imposes sales charges, a client may pay an initial or deferred sales charge as further described in the Fund’s
prospectus. Refer to the Mutual Fund or Variable Annuity prospectus for a complete description of fees and
services.
Certain ETFs pay advisory fees to their investment advisors, which reduces the net asset value of the fund. Some
ETFs are organized as unit investment trusts and do not have an investment advisor. However, all ETFs do incur
expenses related to their management and administration that are analogous to an investment advisor’s
management fee. These expenses affect the value of the investment.
BCM may pay referral fees to any other advisor or third party who might recommend your participation in this
wrap fee program. Should the wrap fee (described above) be higher than the commission expense for the same
transactions, the portfolio manager has an economic incentive to recommend your participation in this program.
Please review your previous level of transaction activity and related expenses to determine whether you will likely
benefit from the complete line of services being provided under this wrapped fee program.
While you will not be charged brokerage commissions under this Wrap Fee Program, please note that your
brokerage account may be charged a service charge by the clearing firm, as well as potential account opening,
closing, or similar servicing fees, in addition to your wrap fees. Certain IRA accounts may be charged custodial or
other service fees as well. If your account is invested in mutual funds, the mutual fund company may assess
administrative charges against your investment in that fund. These fees are not charged by BCM, but rather by the
product sponsor, brokerage firm, or custodian firm. In the normal course of effecting transactions, prices for certain
trades made on behalf of your account may include mark-ups, mark-downs, and spread differentials.
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In addition, from time to time, we initiate incentive programs for IARs. These programs may compensate them for
attracting new assets and Clients promoting investment advisory services. BCM may also initiate programs that
reward IARs who meet total production criteria, participate in advanced training and/or improve client service.
IARs who participate in these incentive programs may be rewarded with cash and/or non-cash compensation, such
as deferred compensation, bonuses, training symposiums, marketing assistance and recognition trips.
In addition to the advisory services, the wrap fee program includes certain brokerage services of Schwab,
broker/dealers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and members of FINRA and SIPC. BCM
is independently owned and operated and not affiliated with Schwab. Schwab will act solely as a broker/dealer
and not as an investment advisor to you. They will have no discretion over your account and will act solely on
instructions received from BCM (or you). Schwab has no responsibility for BCM services and undertake no duty
to you to monitor BCM’s management of your account or other services BCM provides to you. Schwab will hold
your assets in a brokerage account and buy and sell securities and execute other transactions BCM (or you) instruct
them to. BCM does not open the account for you.
REGULATORY FEES
To facilitate the execution of trades, regulatory Trading Activity Fees (TAF) are added to applicable sales
transactions. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulatory fee is assessed on client accounts for sell
transactions, and a FINRA fee is assessed on client accounts for sell transactions, for certain covered securities.
This fee is not charged by BCM but is accessed and collected by the custodian, Schwab. Schwab, a custodian used
by BCM, is a FINRA member firm. These fees recover the costs incurred by the SEC and FINRA, for supervising
and regulating the securities markets and securities professionals.
The fee rates vary depending on the type of transaction and the size of that transaction. Trading Activity Fees rates
are: $0.000119 per share for each sale of a covered equity security, with a maximum of $5.95 per trade, $0.002 per
contract for each sale of an option, $0.00075 per bond for each sale of a covered bond with a maximum charge of
$0.75 per trade. All charged fees will be rounded to the nearest penny using natural rounding logic. For a rounding
example, $0.004 rounds to $0.00 and $0.016 rounds to $0.02.
An example of an equity TAF, if 100 shares of a covered equity were sold, the fee would be $0.000119 x 100
which equals $0.0119, which would be rounded to $0.01.
For more information on the SEC and FINRA fees, please visit their websites:
www.sec.gov/fast-answers/answerssec31htm.html
www.finra.org/industry/trading-activity-fee
ITEM 5 - FEE SCHEDULES
Brookstone Capital Management allows your IAR or Outside RIA to set fees within ranges provided by BCM. As
a result, your investment advisor representative may charge more or less for the same service than another
investment advisor representative of BCM. The exact fees and other terms will be outlined in the agreement
between you and BCM as notated on the Investment Policy Statement (IPS) Part B. Clients should be aware that
lower fees for comparable services may be available from other sources.
A portion of the fees charged for our direct asset management services offered through the BCM Platform are
negotiable by each of our IARs or Outside RIAs based upon the type of client, the complexity of the client's
situation, the composition of the client's account (i.e., equities versus mutual funds), the amount of active
management of the client’s portfolio, the relationship of the client with the IAR or Outside RIA, and the total
amount of assets under management for the client.
Based upon the above negotiability factors, each IAR or Outside RIA is allowed to set BCM’s total investment
advisory fee up to a maximum amount of 2.5% annually. The fee charged to each client includes a portion
attributable to BCM and a portion attributable to the IAR or Outside RIA, which is negotiable. The BCM fee can
range up to .95% annually, depending on the model or strategy used, and the IAR or Outside RIA fee can be a
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maximum of 1.55%. For example, a common distribution for a total annual fee of 1.50% would include an
allocation of .50% to BCM (including the asset based custodial fee if a wrap fee program is chosen) and an
allocation of 1% to the advisor. This example is for illustrative purposes only. The actual total annual fee (which
includes BCM’s fee and the IAR/Outside RIA fee) charged for the BCM Platform will be specified in the client’s
agreement with BCM, Investment Policy Statement (IPS) Part B.
Due to BCM acting as investment advisor for both the account allocation, as well as manager of some proprietary
mutual funds and ETFs, when these proprietary funds are used, we provide advisory fee discounts to ensure
transparent and fair pricing to clients and to help mitigate conflicts of interest.
USE OF OUR AFFILIATED ETFS
Brookstone Asset Management (“BAM”), an affiliate of BCM, serves as the investment advisor to the following:
BAM Growth Stock ETF
BAM Value Stock ETF
BAM Dividend Stock ETF
BAM Ultra-short Bond ETF
BAM Intermediate Bond ETF
BAM Active ETF
BAM Opportunities ETF
BAM Yield ETF
As the advisor to these funds, BAM earns management fees for investments made into these funds.
When BCM invests assets in your account in shares of our affiliated ETFs, you are subject to those funds’ internal
management fees and other expenses in addition to the annual management fee you pay us for advisory services.
This additional compensation that we earn from the internal management fees on our proprietary funds creates a
conflict of interest by incentivizing us to use our funds instead of unaffiliated ETFs. We seek to mitigate this
conflict of interest by disclosing this additional compensation to you and providing advisory fee discounts, which
together help ensure transparent and fair pricing to our clients. Specific management fee and related expense
information are found in the prospectus and other offering documents as noted in the previous section. We want
clients to understand that our funds were created and added to various models in order to help offset transaction
costs of investing in individual stocks, as well as to seek to achieve greater conformity with the desired target
weights for each individual stock in a given model. BCM is committed to its obligation to ensure associated persons
adhere to the Firm’s Code of Ethics and to ensure that the Firm and its associated persons fulfill their fiduciary
duty to clients. Portfolio holdings are monitored to ensure they are consistent with the client’s objectives and
representatives are not incented to direct client investments to models that have a higher percentage of assets in our
proprietary funds.
For a complete description of these fees, and the fund investment objective and risks, please refer to the fund
prospectus and Item 10 of this Wrap Brochure.
USE OF OUR AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUND
Booster Asset Management, LLC (Booster), an affiliate of BCM, serves as the investment advisor to the following:
Booster Income Opportunities Fund
Additionally, BAM serves as the sub-advisor to this mutual fund. As the advisors to this fund, Booster and BAM
earn management fees for investment made into this fund. This additional compensation that we earn from the
internal management fees on our affiliated fund creates a conflict of interest by incentivizing us to use our fund
instead of unaffiliated mutual funds. We seek to mitigate this conflict of interest by disclosing this additional
compensation to you and providing advisory fee discounts on models that use these funds. Investors should
carefully consider the fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of this fund. This and other
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important information is contained in the fund prospectus and summary prospectus, which can be obtained from
your financial professional and on the website boosterincomefund.com, and should be read carefully before
investing.
FEE PAYMENTS TO IAR-OWNED ENTITIES (S-CORP OR LLC)
Investment Advisor Representatives may elect to have fees paid to a wholly owned and controlled LLC or S-
Corporation for tax purposes. This arrangement will not result in a change in control, management, or
supervision of the advisory activities of the Investment Advisor Representative nor will it affect the amount of
fees charged or manner in which they are charged.
ITEM 6 - ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS AND TYPES OF CLIENTS
BCM generally provides investment advice to individuals, pension and/ or profit sharing plans, trusts, estates,
charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities. Requirements for opening an account could vary
depending on the program selected, but typically minimum account size requirements are between $5,000 and
$100,000. BCM may, at its discretion, accept accounts below the minimum required amount. Prior to engaging
BCM to provide any of the investment advisory services described in this Wrap Brochure, the client will be required
to enter into a written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions under which the firm shall render its services.
ITEM 7 - PORTFOLIO MANAGER SELECTION & EVALUATION
Your Portfolio Manager is a person, with relevant securities industry experience and industry required licenses,
who is a registered Investment Advisor Representative (IAR) of BCM or its affiliate, Brookstone Wealth Advisors,
LLC (also known as Retirement Wealth Advisors, LLC or RWA), or is an unaffiliated registered investment advisor
(RIA) or their affiliated IAR (collectively Outside RIA). Therefore, the IAR or Outside RIA will be your portfolio
manager.
The BCM Investment Committee directs the management of all portfolios, including all trading decisions,
decisions related to holdings, and rebalancing. Third party Registered Investment Advisor firms (Sub-Advisors)
may also be employed to manage the various models through the use of a trade signal agreement. The BCM
Investment Committee also reviews the performance of each portfolio manager quarterly. The team will compare
the performance of each manager to securities industry benchmarks (such as the S&P 500 for growth funds and
accounts with “growth” as the investment objective of the account) and other comparable peer group benchmarks.
Should you wish an IAR other than the person with whom you have been regularly dealing, you may contact BCM
at any time, who will ensure that you are re-assigned to a mutually agreed upon IAR. To make such a change all
you need to do is make your request in writing and submit it to BCM’s main office address, as listed on the cover
page of this Wrap Brochure.
ADVISORY BUSINESS
In addition to providing the Wrap Fee Program described in this Wrap Brochure, the firm also provides Financial
Planning Services and other investment advisory services, as outlined in the BCM Form ADV Part 2A. Please refer
to BCM’s Form ADV Part 2A for additional information related to the other advisory services offered, including
fees charged for these services.
The above listed advisory services can be tailored to each client – as such, if any client requires any restrictions on
any types of stocks or market segments, the client needs to inform their IAR of the restrictions in writing. If, for
any reason, the firm is not able to meet the client restrictions, the firm will notify the client of that fact so that the
client can determine their requirements and needs.
METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, AND RISK OF LOSS
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Methods of analysis and investment strategies include charting, fundamental, tactical, cyclical and technical
analysis, independent research, and asset allocation implementation strategies. Proprietary software programs may
be used to identify market points where either “buy” or “sell” signals are recognized. These signals assist the
managers in implementing the specified management strategies of the various managed programs. Quantitative
analysis can also be used when analyzing securities. This analysis uses current and historical pricing information
to help identify trends in both the domestic and foreign equity and fixed income markets. Technical indicators such
as moving averages and trend lines may be further used to identify entry and exit points. Various fundamental data
such as overall economic conditions, industry outlook, interest rates and political climate are also considered.
All investment strategies involve risk. There is no assurance that a positive return will be obtained in any managed
investment account program. Neither BCM IARs, Outside RIAs, nor Sub-Advisors guarantee the performance of
the account, or promise any specific level of performance, or promise that investment decisions, strategies or
overall management of the account will be successful. Any investment decisions Sub-Advisors may make for
clients are subject to various market, currency, economic, political, interest rate and business risks, will not
necessarily be profitable, and are subject to investment risk, including possible loss of principal.
In choosing investment programs utilized by the firm, BCM measures and selects strategies based on length and
verifiability of track record, the fund manager’s tenure and/or overall career performance, the fund management
continuity, investment philosophy and process, and other factors believed to effect account performance. BCM,
the IAR, or Outside RIA may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the
portfolio in an effort to reduce risk and increase performance. The advisor may recommend buying or selling
positions for reasons that include, but are not limited to, harvesting capital gains or losses, business or sector risk
exposure to a specific security or class of securities, valuation of the position(s) in the portfolio, change in risk
tolerance of client, or any risk deemed unacceptable for the client’s risk tolerance.
Please see below for a list of available investment strategies available through BCM. The strategies are divided by
the type of investment methodology used. Please refer to the Risk Profile Questionnaire to help determine a
recommended allocation amongst these categories. For a more complete description of the individual strategies,
please refer to the Investment Policy Statement Part A.
DEFINITIONS OF INVESTMENT APPROACHES
Strategic Asset Allocation
Strategic asset allocation uses long-term asset class risk and return metrics and targets to maintain a set combination
of major asset classes consistent with the risk level of the asset allocation.
Dynamic Asset Allocation
Dynamic asset allocation is an active strategy that adjusts the allocation of assets based on medium term views.
STRATEGY OVERVIEW
BCM Raise 360° Model Series
The BCM Model Series consists of pre-selected model portfolio allocations created by Brookstone and its
investment team to align with specific risk tolerances. These portfolios may contain mutual funds, exchange traded
funds, equities, and other securities authorized by Brookstone, and are managed on a discretionary basis by the
Brookstone investment team pursuant to investment objectives as chosen by the client via the Risk Tolerance
Questionnaire. Each model series has five risk profiles: Conservative, Moderately Conservative, Moderate,
Moderately Aggressive, and Aggressive.
Star Series
Strategic asset allocation risk-based portfolios.
Select Series
Dynamic asset allocation risk-based portfolios.
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Summit Series
Strategic + Dynamic blended risk-based portfolios.
Smart Beta Series
Strategic low volatility risk-based portfolios.
Sustainable Series
Strategic ESG screened risk-based portfolios.
Tax Aware Series
Strategic passive tax aware risk-based portfolios.
Individual Stock Strategies
Dividend Stock Basket
The strategy invests in a basket of high-quality, above average dividend paying stocks. The primary objective
is steady dividend income with a secondary objective of growth in the dividend.
Growth Stock Basket
The strategy invests in a concentrated basket of growth-oriented stocks. The primary objective is capital
appreciation.
Value Stock Basket
The strategy invests in a concentrated basket of value-oriented stocks. The primary objective is capital
appreciation with a secondary objective of income.
Options Enhanced Strategies
Options enhanced strategies use options as part of the strategy. The options are held as part of the strategy inside
the investment vehicle (ETFs) for the strategies outlined below, except for the BCM SmartOption which would
hold the option directly.
The BCM Buffer Strategies provides a suite of managed Defined Outcome ETF strategies. Defined Outcome or
Buffer ETFs are an investment vehicle that provide different levels of downside protection during an outcome
period. Buffer ETFs are launched monthly with new starting buffers and cap levels. As markets change, the strategy
attempts to actively manage the holdings seeking to expand upside potential and reset buffer levels staying aligned
with the most recent terms. The three strategies that comprise the strategies today are outlined below.
BCM Buffer
Utilizes a combination of Buffer ETFs that buffer the first 9 (or 10%) of the downside over the outcome period.
BCM Power Buffer
Utilizes a combination of Buffer ETFs that buffer the first 15% of the downside over the outcome period.
BCM Ultra Buffer
Utilizes a combination of Buffer ETFs that buffer between a 5% and 30% (or 35%) of the downside.
BCM SmartOption
The strategy is comprised of a long-term core equity portfolio using the ETF SPY, with a constant protective
put option overlay. The protective put is used for risk mitigation, not leverage. This blended combination
provides an efficient hedged equity portfolio in one convenient strategy. The strategy is designed to offer
investors long-term core equity exposure with lower volatility over time.
BCM Covered Call
The BCM Covered Call Strategy blends several covered call writing strategies into one convenient strategy.
The strategy allocates to ETFs that allocate to an underlying stock basket or index that writes (sells) call options
to generate an income cash flow from the underlying equity holdings. This strategy does not employ leverage
and provides daily liquidity. Option premiums fluctuate with market volatility. Covered call ETF distributions
may not be stable and are not guaranteed. Covered call writing can limit the upside potential of the underlying
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security.
Bond Strategies
BCM Multi-Sector Bond
The Multi-Sector bond strategy is comprised of a combination of bond strategies using either mutual funds or
ETFs.
BCM Municipal Bond
The Municipal bond strategy is a combination of municipal bond strategies using either mutual funds or ETFs.
INDIVIDUALLY SELECTED ALLOCATIONS
ETF Strategies
The individual ETFs listed below are managed by Brookstone Capital Management’s affiliate, Brookstone Asset
Management. Please refer to the Use of our Affiliated ETFs section in Item 5 above for more information.
BAM Dividend (BAMD)
An actively managed dividend equity strategy.
BAM Value (BAMV)
An actively managed value-oriented equity strategy.
BAM Growth (BAMG)
An actively managed growth-oriented equity strategy.
BAM Ultra-Short Bond (BAMU)
An actively managed ultra-short bond strategy.
BAM Intermediate Bond (BAMB)
An actively managed intermediate bond strategy.
BAM Yield (BAMY)
An actively managed yield-oriented strategy.
BAM Active (BAMA)
An actively managed asset allocation strategy with targeted equity exposure ranging between 40-80%.
BAM Opportunities (BAMO)
An actively managed and high conviction asset allocation strategy with targeted equity exposure ranging
between 0-100%.
Booster Income Opportunities Fund (BAMIX)
A structured note interval fund.
BCM Structured Notes
Structured Notes may help investors meet their specific financial goals and provide greater diversification to their
investment portfolios. Structured Notes encompass a variety of structures and terms. The Notes consist of a debt
security linked to the performance of a reference asset (equity, basket of equities, equity index, commodity,
commodity index or foreign currency). Among the variety of structures available, most aim to help investors to
achieve the following primary objectives: minimize the loss of principal, generate higher yields or participate in
enhanced returns. These securities are not bank deposits and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC) or any other governmental agency, nor are they obligations of, or guaranteed by, a bank. On a
monthly basis we offer a variety of Structured Notes. These Notes are selected at the beginning of the month and
due to the nature of this product, each Note has limited availability and may close to investors before the specified
closing date and no longer be available.
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Flash Notes
Custom BCM income-oriented notes from various issuers.
Calendar Roster Notes
A curated roster of structured notes from various issuers.
Open Architecture
Advisors may select individual holdings using mutual funds, exchange traded funds, equities, fixed income
securities and other securities authorized by Brookstone on a discretionary basis pursuant to investment objectives
chosen by the client. Clients should refer to the individual mutual fund or ETF prospectus for the risks associated
with each specific fund.
DEFINITIONS OF RISKS
Equity Strategy Risk
The primary risk of investing in equity securities is that they may decline in value for a variety of reasons, including
a broad market downturn, unfavorable developments affecting an entire industry, and specific events affecting a
single company. The following is a partial list of the risks associated with investing in various types of equity
securities:
An investment in equity securities should be made with an understanding of the risks involved with owning
common stocks (i.e., market risk), such as an economic recession and the possible deterioration of either
the financial condition of the issuers of the equity securities (i.e., financial risk) or the general condition of
the stock market.
An investment in foreign stocks is subject to additional risks, including foreign currency fluctuations (i.e.,
currency or exchange- rate risk), foreign political risks, foreign withholding, possible lack of adequate
financial information, and possible exchange control restrictions impacting foreign issuers. These risks
may be more pronounced in emerging markets where the securities markets are substantially smaller, less
liquid, less regulated and more volatile than developed foreign markets.
An investment in small-capitalization or mid-capitalization companies may be more volatile than
investments in larger, more established companies, and securities of small and mid- size companies
typically have more limited trading volumes.
A portfolio may be concentrated in a particular industry or sector which involves more risk than a broadly
diversified portfolio (i.e., allocation risk).
An investment in a particular industry or company within an industry is subject to the risk that the company
will go bankrupt or perform below expectations (i.e., business risk). Every company has the business risk
that the broader economy will perform poorly and therefore sales will be poor and also the risk that the
market simply will not like its products.
Preferred Stock Risk
The following includes some of the risks associated with investments in preferred stocks:
Interest Rate Fluctuation - Preferred stocks typically pay a fixed dividend. This tends to make the market
price of preferred stocks interest rate-sensitive, similar to bond prices in the secondary market. If prevailing
interest rates drop, the market price of preferred stocks tends to rise. But if prevailing interest rates rise,
preferred stock prices tend to fall.
No Dividend Guarantees - Preferred stocks are equity securities, as are common stocks. The dividend on
preferred stocks must typically be paid before any dividends can be paid to common stockholders. But the
dividends are not guaranteed in the same way that interest payments on the company’s bonds are
guaranteed. If the company misses an interest payment on its bonds, it is in default of its bond indenture,
and bondholders can pursue legal action against company. If the company misses a preferred dividend
payment, it’s not in default.
Call Provision - Some preferred stocks include a call provision, which allows the company to redeem its
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preferred shares on demand. A company is most likely to call its preferred stock when prevailing interest
rates fall. In that situation the company could lower its expenses by redeeming the stock for its par value,
then reissue it to take advantage of the lower prevailing interest rates.
Liquidation Risk - If the company goes bankrupt, preferred stockholders must wait until all of the
company’s creditors are made whole before they have any claim on the company’s assets. Bondholders get
their money before preferred stockholders.
Credit quality - While not all preferred stocks are in the junk category, they seldom are highly rated.
Risks Involved with Trading on Margin
Margin is the borrowing of money to purchase securities. There are a number of risks that all investors need to
consider in deciding to trade securities on margin. These risks include the following:
You can lose more funds than you deposit in the margin account. A decline in the value of securities that
are purchased on margin may require you to deposit additional funds to avoid the forced sale of those
securities or other securities in your account.
The firm can force the sale of securities in your account. If the equity in your account falls below the
maintenance margin requirements under regulations the firm can sell the securities in your account to cover
the margin deficiency. You will also be responsible for any short fall in the account after such a sale.
The firm can sell your securities without contacting you.
You are not entitled to an extension of time on a margin call. While an extension of time to meet initial
margin requirements may be available to customers under certain conditions, a customer does not have a
right to the extension. In addition, a customer does not have a right to an extension of time to meet a
maintenance margin call.
Margin Interest –You’re responsible for repaying the interest on your margin loan regardless of any
changes in interest rates that occurred during the time your loan was outstanding or changes in the market
value of the securities you bought on margin.
Mutual Fund Risk
Investing in other investment companies (mutual funds) is subject to risks affecting the investment
company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment
company could decrease. Moreover, such an investment will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the
underlying investment companies’ expenses. Information on a specific mutual fund risk and its policies
regarding the above topics can be found in its prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. Clients
are encouraged to review the prospectus before investing.
ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) Risk
ETFs are each unique securities in their own right and are subject to additional risks that are discussed below:
ETFs are subject to the funds’ managements’ abilities to manage the underlying portfolios to meet the
funds’ stated investment objectives.
ETFs also may trade at a discount to their net asset value in the secondary market. The structure of an ETF
is such that most ETFs’ market prices tend to track the funds’ respective net asset value closely, but this
may not always be the case, particularly during periods of extreme market volatility.
Most ETFs are designed to track a specified market index; however, in some cases an ETF’s return may
deviate from the specified index. Certain ETFs are actively managed ETFs and are subject to management
risk. Furthermore, unlike open-end funds, investors are generally not able to purchase ETF shares directly
from the fund sponsor nor redeem ETF shares with the fund sponsor. Rather, only specified large blocks
of ETF shares called “creation units” can be purchased from, or redeemed with, the fund.
Information on a specific ETF risk and its policies regarding the above topics can be found in its prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information. Clients are encouraged to review the prospectus before investing.
Concentration Risk
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If the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries the Fund’s investments will be concentrated
accordingly. In such event, the value of the Fund’s Shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund
that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. Any fund that concentrates in a particular
industry will generally be more volatile than a fund that invests more broadly.
Energy Sector Risk
The profitability of companies in the energy sector is related to worldwide energy prices, exploration, and
production spending. Such companies also are subject to risks of changes in exchange rates, government regulation,
world events, depletion of resources and economic conditions, as well as market, economic and political risks of
the countries where energy companies are located or do business. Oil and gas exploration and production can be
significantly affected by natural disasters. Oil exploration and production companies may be adversely affected by
changes in exchange rates, interest rates, government regulation, world events, and economic conditions. Oil
exploration and production companies may be at risk for environmental damage claims.
Fixed Income Strategy Risk
The primary risk of investing in fixed income securities is that they may decline in value for a variety of reasons,
including a broad market downturn, a rising interest rate environment, unfavorable developments affecting an entire
industry, and specific events affecting a single company. The following is a partial list of the risks associated with
investing in various types of fixed income securities:
All bonds are subject to various risks including higher interest rates as fixed income securities typically
decline in value as interest rates rise, economic recession, possible rating downgrades by one or more rating
agencies, and possible defaults of interest and/or principal payments by the issuer.
Future proceeds from investments may have to be reinvested at a potentially lower rate of return (i.e.,
interest rate risk). This primarily relates to fixed income securities.
High-yield or “junk” bonds are rated below investment-grade, are subject to a higher risk of rating
downgrade and issuer default than investment-grade bonds and are more affected by an economic
recession. The prices of high-yield bonds tend to fluctuate more than those of investment grade bonds.
Fixed income securities issued by foreign issuers are subject to additional risks including foreign currency
fluctuations, foreign political risks, foreign tax withholding, possible lack of adequate financial information
and possible exchange control restrictions. Additionally, these risks may be more pronounced in emerging
markets where the securities markets are substantially smaller, less liquid, less regulated, and more volatile
than developed foreign markets.
Municipal bonds are issued by states, counties or other municipal authorities and are subject to additional
risks, including deterioration in the financial condition of the municipal issuer and potential changes in tax
laws affecting the tax-free status of municipal bonds.
Mortgage-backed securities may be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than traditional fixed income
securities as rising rates tend to extend the duration of such securities. In addition, mortgage-backed
securities are subject to prepayment risk, since borrowers may pay off their mortgages sooner than
anticipated, particularly during a period of declining interest rates. Subprime mortgage-backed securities
are subject to a higher risk of rating downgrade or defaults than higher rated mortgage-backed securities.
Senior loan securities are high-yield, floating rate corporate debt securities which are senior in a company's
capital structure to unsecured debt securities. Like all high-yield securities, such securities carry a
heightened risk of a rating downgrade or issuer default than investment grade securities.
Structured Notes Risk
A purchaser should evaluate and understand all of the risks and costs of an investment in Structured Notes (SNs)
prior to making any investment decision. A purchase of an SN entails other risks not associated with an investment
in conventional bank deposits. A purchaser may not have a right to withdraw his/her investment prior to maturity
or could incur substantial penalties for an early withdrawal, if permitted. A purchaser should carefully read the
disclosure statement and any other disclosure documents for a SN before investing.
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An investment in SNs is not FDIC insured and is subject to credit risk. The actual or perceived creditworthiness of
the note issuer may affect the market value of SNs. SNs will not be listed on any securities exchange. Even if there
is a secondary market, it may not provide enough liquidity to allow purchasers to trade or sell SNs. As a holder of
SNs, purchasers will not have voting rights or rights to receive cash dividends or other distributions or other rights
in the underlying assets or components of the underlying assets. Certain built-in costs are likely to adversely affect
the value of SNs prior to maturity. The price, if any, at which the notes can be purchased in secondary market
transactions, if at all, will likely be lower than the original issue price and any sale prior to the maturity date could
result in a substantial loss. SNs are not designed to be short-term trading instruments. Purchasers should be willing
to hold any notes to maturity. The tax consequences of SNs may be uncertain. Purchasers should consult their tax
advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in SNs. If a SN is callable at the
option of the issuer and the SN is called, the holder will receive only the applicable redemption amount and will
not receive any coupon payments that would have been payable for the remainder of the term of the SN. SNs are
Not FDIC Insured, May Lose Principal Value and are Not Bank Guaranteed.
Multi-Asset Strategy Risk
As multi-asset strategies can utilize an array of investment vehicles, the above risks described for equity and fixed
income strategies will be present if those vehicles are used. Other vehicles possibly used within these strategies
also have risks associated with them. For example, the performance of commodity-linked investments, including
derivatives, may depend on the performance of the overall commodities markets and on other factors that affect
the value of commodities, including weather, political, tax, and other regulatory and market developments.
Commodity-linked notes may be leveraged. Commodity-linked investments may be hybrid instruments that can
have substantial risk of loss with respect to both principal and interest. Commodity-linked investments may be
more volatile and less liquid than the underlying commodity, instruments, or measures and are subject to the credit
risks associated with the issuer, and their values may decline substantially if the issuer’s creditworthiness
deteriorates. As a result, returns of commodity-linked investments may deviate significantly from the return of the
underlying commodity, instruments, or measures. Legal and regulatory changes also can affect the value of these
investments.
Options Strategies Risk
Options may be used to create implied leverage in a portfolio – meaning the account controls more shares than it
could otherwise purchase with the same amount of capital. Markets can move suddenly, swiftly, and without notice;
these movements can be severe in size and longevity. In a sharp downward moving market, the loss in a strategy
utilizing options may accelerate quickly because of the implied leverage - it depends on the conditions of the trade
cycle. Strategies utilizing options may only be suitable for an investor who understands the risks and has the
financial capacity and willingness to incur potentially substantial losses. The value of derivatives, including
options, futures and options on futures also may be adversely affected if the market for derivatives is reduced or
becomes illiquid. No assurance can be given that a liquid market will exist when BCM seeks to close out a position.
Reasons for the absence of a liquid secondary market on an exchange include the following: (i) there may be
insufficient trading interest in certain derivatives; (ii) restrictions may be imposed by an exchange on opening
transactions or closing transactions or both; (iii) trading halts, suspensions or other restrictions may be imposed
with respect to particular classes or series of derivatives; (iv) unusual or unforeseen circumstances may interrupt
normal operations on an exchange; (v) the facilities of an exchange or the Options Clearing Corporation may not
at all times be adequate to handle the then-current trading volume; or (vi) one or more exchanges could, for
economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of derivatives (or
a particular class or series of derivatives). If trading were discontinued, the secondary market on that exchange (or
in that class or series of derivatives) would cease to exist. However, outstanding options on that exchange that had
been issued by the Options Clearing Corporation as a result of trades on that exchange would continue to be
exercisable in accordance with their terms. Investing in derivative instruments also includes interest rate, market,
credit and management risks, and the risk of mispricing or improper valuations. Changes in the value of the
derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and the investment could lose more
than the principal amount invested.
Cryptocurrency Risk
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Digital currency is a digital representation of value that functions as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, or a
store of value, but it does not have legal tender status. Digital currency is not backed nor supported by any
government or central bank. Digital currency’s price is completely derived by market forces of supply and demand,
and it is more volatile than traditional currencies and financial assets.
Investing in digital currency comes with significant risk of loss that a client should be prepared to bear, including,
but not limited to, volatile market price swings or flash crashes, market manipulation, economic, regulatory,
technical, and cybersecurity risks. In addition, digital currency markets and exchanges are not regulated with the
same controls or customer protections available in equity, option, futures, or foreign exchange investing.
Volatility Risk: Digital currency is a speculative and volatile investment asset. Investors should be prepared
for volatile market swings and prolonged bear markets. Digital currency can have higher volatility than
other traditional investors such as stocks and bonds and market movements can be difficult to predict.
Economic Risk: The economic risk associated with digital currency is in the lack of widespread or
continuing digital currency adoption. The market and investors could decide that digital currency should
not be valued at the current market capitalization due to a variety of factors.
Regulatory Risk: Digital currency could be banned or highly regulated by governments that would deter
investors from buying or holding digital currency.
Technical Risk: Digital currency is a dynamic network with a codebase that is updated to add new security
and functionality features. The updated code that is merged by the core developers could potentially have
an error that threatens the security or functionality of the digital currency network.
Cybersecurity Risk: Digital currency exchanges and wallets have been hacked and digital currency has
been stolen in the past. This is a potential risk that clients must be comfortable with when investing and
holding digital currency. Theft is less likely when holding digital currency at a qualified custodian in offline
systems (cold storage) with institutional security and controls.
Limited Operating History: Brookstone has a limited operating history in the digital currency space upon
which prospective clients can evaluate its performance. There can be no assurance that Brookstone’s
assessment of the prospects of investments in digital assets will prove accurate or that a client will achieve
its investment objective.
Alternative Investment Risk
An alternative investment is an asset that is not one of the conventional investment types, such as stocks, bonds,
and cash. Alternative investments include private equity, hedge funds, managed futures, real estate, commodities,
and derivatives contracts. Most alternative assets have low liquidity compared to conventional assets. Alternative
investments have experienced periods of extreme volatility and in general, are not suitable for all investors.
ADDITIONAL RISK STATEMENT
The foregoing list of risk factors does not purport to be a complete enumeration or explanation of the risks involved
in an investment strategy. Prospective and existing clients are encouraged to consult their own financial, legal and
tax professionals in connection with the selection of and investment in a particular strategy or product. In addition,
due to the dynamic nature of investments and markets, strategies may be subject to additional and different risk
factors not discussed herein.
Investing in securities involves a significant risk of loss. BCM’s investment recommendations are subject to various
market, inflation, currency, economic, political, and business risks, and such investment decisions may not always
be profitable. Clients should be aware that there may be a loss or depreciation to the value of the client’s account,
which clients should be prepared to bear. There can be no assurance that the client’s investment objectives will be
obtained and no inference to the contrary should be made. Prior to entering into an agreement with BCM, a client
should carefully consider: (1) committing to management only those assets that the client believes will not be
needed for current purposes and that can be invested on a long-term basis, (2) that volatility from investing in the
stock market can occur, and (3) that over time the client’s assets may fluctuate and at any time be worth more or
less than the amount invested.
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BCM does not represent, guarantee or imply that the services or methods of analysis employed by the firm can or
will predict future results, successfully identify market tops or bottoms, or insulate clients from losses due to market
corrections or declines.
VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
BCM will not vote proxies on behalf of our advisory accounts. At your request, we may offer you advice regarding
corporate actions and the exercise of your proxy voting rights. If you own shares of applicable securities, you are
responsible for exercising your right to vote as a shareholder. In most cases, you will receive proxy materials
directly from the account custodian.
However, in the event we were to receive any written or electronic proxy materials, we would forward them directly
to you by mail, unless you have authorized our firm to contact you by electronic mail, in which case, we would
forward any electronic solicitation to vote proxies.
For accounts subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the plan
fiduciary specifically keeps the authority and responsibility for the voting of any proxies for securities held in plan
accounts. Also, BCM cannot give any advice or take action with respect to the voting of these proxies.
PERFORMANCE BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT
BCM does not charge performance-based fees (i.e., fees calculated based on a share of capital gains upon or capital
appreciation of the funds or any portion of the funds of an advisory client). Consequently, BCM does not engage
in side-by-side management of accounts that are charged a performance-based fee with accounts that are charged
another type of fee (such as assets under management).
ITEM 8 - CLIENT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Your financial history, and related background information, such as social security number, account numbers,
account holdings, personal and family background, work history, tax status, and numerous other items necessary
for us to provide you with suitable investment advice and establish any investment account, are gathered by your
IAR at the inception of the relationship, and is updated on a regular basis thereafter.
You are responsible for ensuring that we have accurate, current information about your financial condition, your
holdings and other investments, your investment objectives and goals and all other information which has a bearing
on your investments and participation in this investment program. Your IAR or Outside RIA will receive a copy
of all information which you supply us. Your IAR or Outside RIA will receive notice of any change to any item of
your account information when you inform BCM of such change.
Due to the nature of the services being offered under this program and our desire to provide you the best service,
we must stress the importance of your providing us with accurate and current financial information. If at any time
any of your information changes, please notify your IAR or Outside RIA immediately.
ITEM 9 - CLIENT CONTACT WITH PORTFOLIO MANAGER
Your Portfolio Manager is your IAR or Outside RIA. You may contact your IAR or Outside RIA at any time. In
fact, we encourage you to work closely with your IAR or Outside RIA and to contact him/her with any questions
or items of particular concern or interest to you. In addition, as noted above, you must notify your IAR or Outside
RIA of any changes to your background or account information.
ITEM 10 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ORDER AGGREGATION AND ALLOCATION
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BCM may combine orders into block trades when more than one account is participating in the trade. This blocking
or bunching technique must be equitable and potentially advantageous for each such account (i.e., for the purposes
of reducing brokerage commissions or obtaining a more favorable execution price). Block trading is performed
when it is consistent with the duty to seek best execution and is consistent with the terms of BCM’s investment
advisory agreements. Equity trades are blocked based upon fairness to client, both in the participation of their
account, and in the allocation of orders for the accounts of more than one client. Allocations of all orders are
performed in a timely and efficient manner. All managed accounts participating in a block execution receive the
same execution price (average share price) for the securities purchased or sold in a trading day. Any portion of an
order that remains unfilled at the end of a given day will be rewritten on the following day as a new order with a
new daily average price to be determined at the end of the following day. Due to the low liquidity of certain
securities, broker availability may be limited. Open orders are worked until they are completely filled, which may
span the course of several days. If an order is filled in its entirety, securities purchased in the aggregated transaction
will be allocated among the accounts participating in the trade in accordance with the allocation statement. If an
order is partially filled, the securities will be allocated pro rata based on the allocation statement. BCM may allocate
trades in a different manner than indicated on the allocation statement (non-pro rata) only if all managed accounts
receive fair and equitable treatment.
DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
Firms are required to report any legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client’s evaluation of our advisory
business and the integrity of our management. There are no required disclosures in relation to BCM and its
management team.
Disclosure information specific to your IAR or Outside RIA can be found on their supplemental ADV 2B and is
available at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
IARs may also be agents/Registered Representatives of a non- affiliated firm such as a broker/dealer or insurance
agency, engaging in the business of selling life, health, long-term care, disability and annuity insurance products
as well as securities. As registered representatives, associates may receive separate compensation in the form of
commissions for the purchase of securities through their affiliated broker/dealer as well as for the sale of insurance
products.
To the extent that the IAR recommends the purchase of securities, insurance or other investment products whereby
the IAR receives commissions for doing so, a conflict of interest exists because the IAR receives compensation
should BCM’s clients elect to follow this recommendation, even if such a recommendation is based on the best
interest of the client. BCM has adopted certain procedures designed to mitigate the effects of these conflicts. For
example, as part of BCM’s fiduciary duty to clients, the IAR will endeavor at all times to put the interests of the
clients first, and recommendations will only be made to the extent that they are reasonably believed to be suitable
and in the best interests of the client. Additionally, material conflicts presented by these practices are disclosed to
clients at the time of entering into any new advisory or consultative arrangement.
BCM is owned by AL BCM LLC (“AL BCM”), which is majority owned by Dean Zayed (CEO of BCM) through
Zayed RIA and AL Marketing, LLC, a sub-division of AmeriLife Holdings, LLC (“AmeriLife”). AmeriLife is a
Florida domiciled insurance company that markets and distributes annuity, life and health insurance products and
is a portfolio company of Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP, a private equity firm. Using AmeriLife is optional for
advisors and BCM is not involved in those insurance sales. BCM advisors may receive commission-based
compensation for the sale of insurance and annuity products. BCM advisors may also receive free marketing
services and other benefits provided by third party marketing firms for annuity and insurance sales. Additionally,
they may receive incentive payments for achieving certain annuity or insurance sales levels.
Booster Asset Management, LLC (“Booster”), is majority owned by Dean Zayed, CEO of Brookstone Capital
Management. Booster is the advisor to the Booster Income Opportunities Fund (BAMIX) and Brookstone Asset
Management (BAM) is the sub-advisor to the fund. Investing in BAMIX creates a conflict of interest for Booster,
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BAM and Brookstone Capital Management since these firms are under common ownership and control and have
a financial interest to recommend this fund.
AL BCM also owns Brookstone Asset Management (“BAM”), an SEC registered investment advisor and
Brookstone Wealth Advisors, LLC (“BWA” also known as Retirement Wealth Advisors or RWA), an SEC
registered investment advisor. The firms under AL BCM’s common ownership and control share corporate
resources including management, administrative operations, and operational personnel. In addition, IARs of BWA
will offer the BCM Platform to the clients of BWA; thus, a conflict of interest exists as the firms are under common
ownership and have a financial incentive to recommend the services of each other.
Certain models available within the BCM Platform contain funds managed by BAM, thus a conflict of interest
exists as BCM, BWA and BAM are under common ownership and control and have a financial interest to
recommend models that contain funds managed by BAM.
A portion of BCM’s business is providing back-office and administrative support services to both affiliated and
unaffiliated RIAs as part of its TAMP, the BCM Platform.
BCM is affiliated, through common ownership, with insurance marketing organizations (IMOs) Brookstone
Insurance Group and other AmeriLife owned IMOs including JD Mellberg Financial. Some BCM advisors may
use Brookstone Insurance Group or other IMOs, including JD Mellberg Financial, to process insurance, including
life, fixed annuities or fixed index annuities. Using any IMO including Brookstone Insurance Group and/or JD
Mellberg Financial is optional for advisors and BCM is not involved in those insurance sales. BCM advisors may
receive commission-based compensation for the sale of insurance and annuity products.
Mr. Zayed is a principal and owner of Prizm Financial Advisors, Inc. (“PFA”). PFA is the corporation name of the
entity that Mr. Zayed uses for his personal clients including financial planning, investments, insurance and tax
planning.
Additionally, Mr. Zayed is a shareholder in the law firm of Perkins & Zayed, PC. As mentioned in the Form ADV
Part 2A, BCM recommends the services of Perkins & Zayed, PC for implementation of estate planning
recommendations made by BCM. This arrangement is disclosed by BCM as part of the client’s agreement and by
delivery of this Wrap Brochure. Should a client elect to utilize Perkins & Zayed, PC for estate planning services,
the client will be required to enter into a separate written agreement for such services and pay applicable legal fees.
Clients should be aware that any applicable legal fees will be in addition to and separate from the financial planning
fees incurred for services as outlined in the Financial Planning Agreement. Mr. Zayed will also receive individual
compensation in the form of profits due to his role as a shareholder in Perkins & Zayed, PC. This creates a conflict
of interest in that Mr. Zayed, through BCM, has a financial incentive to recommend Perkins & Zayed, PC for estate
planning services. The Client has the sole responsibility for determining whether to implement any such
recommendations made by BCM, and which outside counsel to use for such services.
BCM currently has a partnership with Axos Bank which offers only FDIC insured products. If an IAR of BCM
refers a client to Axos Bank for banking services, he or she will earn a fee for such referral.
These outside activities and affiliations create an additional conflict of interest in that BCM’s CEO and IARs’
obligations to these outside interests may either conflict with the advisement provided by BCM or take up a
substantial amount of their time and therefore the time spent on providing the advisory services described herein
may be limited by virtue of their obligations to these outside interests. Although BCM’s CEO and IARs will devote
as much time to the business and affairs of BCM as is reasonably necessary to deliver the advisory services
described herein, they may devote a significant portion of their time to the affairs of these other activities and
affiliations.
BCM has adopted policies and procedures to address the conflicts presented by these relationships. For example,
as part of the firm’s fiduciary duty to its clients, BCM and its IARs will endeavor at all times to put the interest of
its investment advisory clients first. Additionally, the conflicts presented by this practice are disclosed to clients at
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the time of entering into an advisory agreement. Please refer to the sections of this Wrap Brochure titled Code of
Ethics and Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading (both in this Item 10) for additional
information.
CODE OF ETHICS
In accordance with SEC Rule 204a-1 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, BCM maintains and enforces a Code
of Ethics. The Code requires employee, including IAR, reporting of all securities holdings and transactions may
require prior pre-clearance from the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer for certain securities transactions. The Code
contains requirements regarding compliance with all Laws, Rules and Regulations, and it contains provisions for
reporting violations of the Code to BCM’s Chief Compliance Officer. All BCM IARs are expected to be honest
and ethical, make full and accurate disclosures, remain in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations, and
be accountable for what they do.
BCM and its IARs act as fiduciaries for their clients. They have a fundamental obligation to act in the best interest
of their clients and to provide investment advice in the clients’ best interest. They owe their clients a duty of
undivided loyalty and utmost good faith. While BCM strives to not engage in activities that create a conflict of
interest with our clients, if a conflict of interest does arise, we will disclose that conflict to the client. Reasonable
care is employed BCM and Advisors to avoid misleading clients, and full and fair disclosure of all material facts
(including fees) are made to our clients and prospective clients. Generally, facts are “material” if a reasonable
investor would consider them to be important. They must eliminate, or at least disclose, all conflicts of interest that
might incline them – consciously or unconsciously – to render advice that is not disinterested. If they do not avoid
a conflict of interest that could impact the impartiality of their advice, they must make full and fair disclosure of
the conflict. BCM and its IARs cannot use their clients’ assets for their own benefit or the benefit of other clients.
Departure from this fiduciary standard may constitute “fraud” upon their clients under the Investment Advisers
Act.
To review a copy of BCM’s Code of Ethics, please make a written request to your IAR, contact BCM at 630-923-
6850, or email compliance@ brookstonecm.com.
ANNUITY RECOMMENDATIONS
Most BCM investment advisor representatives also provide insurance or annuities to their clients when appropriate.
Insurance, including fixed index annuities, are not offered through BCM but are sold by insurance licensed agents
using various insurance companies. The issuing insurance companies are not affiliated with BCM. However,
sometimes the fixed insurance product could be used as a replacement or alternative to the BCM fixed income
portion of a portfolio. However, annuity products present their own differences from traditional fixed income
securities, such as bonds, including, but not limited to liquidity, tax implications, and underlying fees. Unlike
bonds, there is no secondary market for annuity products. Annuities also may be subject to caps, restrictions, fees
and surrender charges as described in the annuity contract. Any annuity guarantees are backed by the financial
strength and claims paying ability of issuer. BCM does not charge management fees on commission based fixed
index annuities. However, if the IAR/insurance agent implements an insurance transaction, the agent will receive
a sales commission from the recommendation of an insurance product, like a fixed index annuity. This presents a
conflict of interest since the IAR/insurance agent is incentivized and earns insurance commission(s) for
implementing insurance product recommendations. This conflict is mitigated by the IAR/insurance agent always
acting in the best interest of the client and providing full and frank disclosure to the client when such a conflict
exists.
If a BCM IAR is licensed as an insurance agent and makes a recommendation for transacting in a fixed annuity
and/or life insurance product, this gives rise to conflicts of interest due to the fact that such BCM IAR is receiving
remuneration in the form of commission and in some cases, other compensation (such as a percentage of an
organizations’ profits for selling fixed annuities and/or life insurance) which incentives such IAR to sell that
product. The BCM IAR may also receive free marketing services and other benefits provided by third party
marketing firms for annuity and insurance sales. Additionally, they may receive incentive payments for achieving
certain annuity or insurance sales levels. BCM IARs mitigate this conflict by making recommendations that are in
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the client’s best interest and are suitable for them based on their investment objectives and needs outlined in the
client’s investment policy statement.
PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS AND PERSONAL TRADING
BCM and/ or its IARs may at any time own or invest in the same securities as it recommends to clients. All
employees and IARs of BCM are required to submit to the BCM Compliance Department duplicate copies of all
trades and account statements for review. BCM does not allow any IAR or employee to trade ahead of their clients.
For individual securities such as stocks and bonds, any IARs or employees invested in the same models as clients
are block traded where an average price is used.
REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
BCM IARs periodically review their designated client accounts on a regular basis and no less than annually. Client
accounts are reviewed for appropriateness in light of each client’s investment objectives, risk tolerance and
financial goals. BCM’s CEO, Mr. Zayed, is responsible for the general oversight of all supervised persons, and has
ultimate authority over portfolio management, fundamentals, model portfolio constituents, asset allocation and
areas of potential concern.
In addition to periodic reviews, reviews may be triggered when BCM becomes aware of a change in a client’s
investment objective, a change in market conditions, change of employment, re-balancing of assets to maintain
proper asset allocation and any other activity that is discovered as the account is reviewed. The client is encouraged
to notify BCM, their IAR, or Outside RIA if changes occur in his/her personal financial situation that might
adversely affect his/her investment plan.
The client will receive written statements no less than quarterly from the custodian. In addition, the client may
receive other supporting reports from Mutual Funds, Asset Managers, Trust Companies or Custodians, Insurance
Companies, Broker/Dealers and others who are involved with client accounts, BCM has the ability to prepare
written quarterly reports reflecting current positions and valuations which may be provided to all clients for
managed accounts. Third party custodians also provide monthly statements. Financial planning clients receive a
written copy of their financial plan with all supporting analyses.
CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
BCM has entered into Selling Agreements and Solicitor’s Agreements wherein certain individuals are appointed
to serve as a non-exclusive marketing agent, referral, and client servicing source for BCM’s managed account
Platform (each a “Solicitor” and collectively the “Solicitors”). Through its relationship with the Solicitors, the
individuals and organizations can receive payments for referral of certain clients. In the instance where BCM
receives a client referral from a Solicitor (i.e., the Solicitor was the procuring cause), BCM will pay a cash referral
fee to the Solicitor based upon a percentage of our advisory fee received from that particular client and based on
the client’s assets under management. In the instance where BCM refers a client to another advisor, BCM will
receive a cash referral fee from the advisor for its referral of a BCM client. Under these circumstances, BCM will
enter into a Solicitor’s Agreement with the other advisor. All such agreements will be in writing and comply with
the applicable state and federal regulations. While the specific terms of each agreement may differ, generally, the
compensation will be based upon a varying percentage of the assets under management by the client, or a
fixed amount, which shall be paid by the advisor until the account is closed by written authorization from the client.
Any such fee shall not result in any additional charge to the client.
Each prospective client who is referred under such an arrangement will receive a copy of applicable advisor’s Form
ADV Part 2A and a separate written disclosure document disclosing the nature of the relationship between the
solicitor and the advisor and the amount of compensation that will be paid to the third party solicitor, which must
be acknowledged in writing by the solicited client.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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BCM does not require prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees per client six months or more in advance – as such,
a Balance Sheet is not required and not attached. There is also no known financial condition that is reasonably
likely to impair this firm’s ability to meet contractual commitments to clients, and the firm has not been the subject
of a bankruptcy proceeding.
ITEM 11 - STATE REQUIREMENTS
As Brookstone Capital Management is an SEC registered advisor and not a State registered advisor, this Item is
not applicable.
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