Overview

Assets Under Management: $583 million
Headquarters: LAS VEGAS, NV
High-Net-Worth Clients: 119
Average Client Assets: $4 million

Services Offered

Services: Financial Planning, Portfolio Management for Individuals, Portfolio Management for Institutional Clients, Pension Consulting, Investment Advisor Selection

Fee Structure

Primary Fee Schedule (FORM ADV PART 2A - FIRM BROCHURE)

MinMaxMarginal Fee Rate
$0 and above 1.00%
Illustrative Fee Rates
Total AssetsAnnual FeesAverage Fee Rate
$1 million $10,000 1.00%
$5 million $50,000 1.00%
$10 million $100,000 1.00%
$50 million $500,000 1.00%
$100 million $1,000,000 1.00%

Clients

Number of High-Net-Worth Clients: 119
Percentage of Firm Assets Belonging to High-Net-Worth Clients: 73.75
Average High-Net-Worth Client Assets: $4 million
Total Client Accounts: 594
Discretionary Accounts: 594

Regulatory Filings

CRD Number: 285823
Last Filing Date: 2025-01-31 00:00:00
Website: https://acaglobal.com

Form ADV Documents

Primary Brochure: FORM ADV PART 2A - FIRM BROCHURE (2025-07-22)

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Item 1: Cover Page Part 2A of Form ADV: Firm Brochure July 22, 2025 z Buckley Wealth Management, LLC 10100 West Charleston Blvd., Suite 213 Las Vegas, NV 89135-5001 www.BuckleyWealth.com Firm Contact Email: compliance@buckleywealth.com firm is also available on This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Buckley Wealth Management, LLC. If clients have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at 702-805-1010. The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any State Securities Authority. the SEC’s website at information about our Additional www.adviserinfo.sec.gov by searching CRD #285823. Please note that the use of the term “registered investment adviser” and description of our firm and/or our associates as “registered” does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Clients are encouraged to review this Brochure and Brochure Supplements for our firm’s associates who advise clients for more information on the qualifications of our firm and our employees. Item 2: Material Changes Buckley Wealth Management, LLC is required to make clients aware of information that has changed since the last annual update to the Firm Brochure (“Brochure”) and that may be important to them. Clients can then determine whether to review the brochure in its entirety or to contact us with questions about the changes. Since our last annual amendment filing, we no material changes to report. ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 2 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC Item 3: Table of Contents Item 1: Cover Page .................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Item 2: Material Changes ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 Item 3: Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Item 4: Advisory Business.................................................................................................................................................... 4 Item 5: Fees & Compensation ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Item 6: Performance-Based Fees & Side-By-Side Management ........................................................................... 7 Item 7: Types of Clients & Account Requirements .................................................................................................... 8 Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies & Risk of Loss ................................................................... 8 Item 9: Disciplinary Information .................................................................................................................................... 13 Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities & Affiliations .................................................................................. 13 Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions & Personal Trading ............ 14 Item 12: Brokerage Practices ........................................................................................................................................... 15 Item 13: Review of Accounts or Financial Plans ....................................................................................................... 18 Item 14: Client Referrals & Other Compensation ..................................................................................................... 19 Item 15: Custody .................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Item 16: Investment Discretion ....................................................................................................................................... 20 Item 17: Voting Client Securities ..................................................................................................................................... 20 Item 18: Financial Information ........................................................................................................................................ 20 ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 3 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC Item 4: Advisory Business Our firm is dedicated to providing individuals and other types of clients with a wide array of investment advisory services. Our firm is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Nevada in 2017. Our firm is primarily owned by Brian J. Buckley via the Brian J. and Susan E. Buckley Family Trust. Our firm provides asset management and investment consulting services for many different types of clients to help meet their financial goals while remaining sensitive to risk tolerance and time horizons. As a fiduciary, it is our duty to always act in the client’s best interest. This is accomplished in part by knowing the client. Our firm has established a service-oriented advisory practice with open lines of communication. Working with clients to understand their investment objectives while educating them about our process, facilitates the kind of working relationship we value. Types of Advisory Services Offered Comprehensive Portfolio Management: As part of our Comprehensive Portfolio Management service clients will be provided asset management and financial planning or consulting services. This service is designed to assist clients in meeting their financial goals through the use of a financial plan or consultation. Our firm conducts client meetings to understand the client’s current financial situation, existing resources, financial goals, and tolerance for risk. Based on what is learned, an investment approach is presented to the client, that may consist of individual stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds and other public and private securities or investments. Once the appropriate portfolio has been determined, portfolios are continuously and regularly monitored, and if necessary, rebalanced based upon the client’s individual needs, stated goals and objectives. Upon client request, our firm provides a summary of observations and recommendations for the planning or consulting aspects of this service. Where appropriate, our firm may utilize the services of a third-party money manager for the management of client accounts. Prior to referring clients, our firm will provide initial due diligence on third party money managers and ongoing reviews of their management of client accounts. In order to assist in the selection of a third-party money manager, our firm will gather client information pertaining to financial situation, investment objectives, and reasonable restrictions to be imposed upon the management of the account. Our firm will review third party money manager reports provided to the client at least annually. Our firm retains the authority to terminate or replace third-party money managers as we deem appropriate. Our firm will contact clients from time to time in order to review their financial situation and objectives; communicate information to third party money managers as warranted; and, assist the client in understanding and evaluating the services provided by the third party money manager. Clients will be expected to notify our firm of any changes in their financial situation, investment objectives, or account restrictions that could affect their financial standing. Financial Planning & Consulting: Our firm provides a variety of standalone financial planning and consulting services to clients for the management of financial resources based upon an analysis of current situation, goals, and objectives. Financial planning services will typically involve preparing a financial plan or rendering a financial ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 4 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC consultation for clients based on the client’s financial goals and objectives. This planning or consulting may encompass Investment Planning, Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, Charitable Planning, Education Planning, Corporate and Personal Tax Planning, Cost Segregation Study, Corporate Structure, Real Estate Analysis, Mortgage/Debt Analysis, Insurance Analysis, Lines of Credit Evaluation, or Business and Personal Financial Planning. Retirement Plan Consulting: Our firm provides retirement plan consulting services to employer plan sponsors on an ongoing basis. Generally, such consulting services may consist of assisting employer plan sponsors in establishing, monitoring and reviewing their company's participant-directed retirement plan. As the needs of the plan sponsor dictate, areas of advising could include: investment options, plan structure and participant education. Retirement Plan Consulting services typically include: • • Establishing an Investment Policy Statement – Our firm will assist in the development of a statement that summarizes the investment goals and objectives along with the broad strategies to be employed to meet the objectives. Investment Options – Our firm will work with the Plan Sponsor to evaluate existing investment options and make recommendations for appropriate changes. • • Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction – Our firm will develop strategic asset allocation models to aid Participants in developing strategies to meet their investment objectives, time horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk. Investment Monitoring – Our firm will monitor the performance of the investments and notify the client in the event of over/underperformance and in times of market volatility. In providing services for retirement plan consulting, our firm does not provide any advisory services with respect to the following types of assets: employer securities, real estate (excluding real estate funds and publicly traded REITS), participant loans, non-publicly traded securities or assets, other illiquid investments, or brokerage window programs (collectively, “Excluded Assets”). All retirement plan consulting services shall be in compliance with the applicable state laws regulating retirement consulting services. This applies to client accounts that are retirement or other employee benefit plans (“Plan”) governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). If the client accounts are part of a Plan, and our firm accepts appointment to provide services to such accounts, our firm acknowledges its fiduciary standard within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA as designated by the Retirement Plan Consulting Agreement with respect to the provision of services described therein. Tailoring of Advisory Services Our firm offers individualized investment advice to our Comprehensive Portfolio Management clients. General investment advice will be offered to our Financial Planning & Consulting, Retirement Plan Consulting, and Referrals to Third Party Money Management clients. Each Comprehensive Portfolio Management client has the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be held in the portfolio. Restrictions on investments in certain securities or types of securities may not be possible due to the level of difficulty this would entail in managing the account. Participation in Wrap Fee Programs Our firm does not offer or sponsor a wrap fee program. ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 5 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC Regulatory Assets Under Management As of December 31, 2024, our firm manages $583,151,358 on a discretionary basis and $0 on a non- discretionary basis. Item 5: Fees & Compensation Compensation for Our Advisory Services Comprehensive Portfolio Management: The maximum annual fee charged by BWM for this service will not exceed 1.00%. Fees are negotiable and will be outlined in the advisory agreement to be signed by the client. Annualized fees are billed on a pro-rata basis quarterly in advance based on the value of the account(s) on the last day of the previous quarter and will be deducted from client account(s). Fees may be deducted wholly by our firm, or by both our firm and the chosen Sub-Adviser or SMA. Adjustments will be made for net deposits and withdrawals in excess of $50,000 per day. We will bill advisory fees on cash and cash equivalents unless otherwise agreed to in writing. If accounts are opened during the quarter, the advisory fee due will be calculated on a pro-rata basis. In rare cases, our firm will agree to directly invoice. As part of this process, Clients understand the following: a) The client’s independent custodian sends statements at least quarterly showing the market values for each security included in the account(s) and all account disbursements, including the amount of the advisory fees paid to our firm; b) Clients will provide authorization permitting our firm, Sub-Adviser and/or SMA to be directly paid by these terms. Our firm will send an invoice directly to the custodian for our fee only; and c) If our firm sends a copy of our invoice to the client, a legend urging the comparison of information provided in our statement with those from the qualified custodian will be included. Our firm may utilize the services of a Sub-Adviser. Clients utilizing these services will be charged a separate fee to be paid to the Sub-Adviser in addition to our fee described above. This fee will be outlined in the Sub-Adviser’s advisory agreement to be signed by the client. Financial Planning & Consulting: Our firm charges on a flat fee basis for standalone financial planning and consulting services. The total estimated fee, as well as the ultimate fee charged, is based on the scope and complexity of our engagement with the client. Flat fees will not exceed $50,000 generally charged semi-annually in arrears, payable via direct invoice. The fee-paying arrangements will be determined on a case-by- case basis and will be detailed in the signed consulting agreement. Retirement Plan Consulting: Our Retirement Plan Consulting services are billed either on a or flat fee basis or based on the percentage of Plan assets under management. The total estimated fee, as well as the ultimate fee ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 6 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC charged, is based on the scope and complexity of our engagement with the client. Annual flat fees will not exceed $50,000. Fees based on a percentage of managed Plan assets will not exceed 1.00%. The fee-paying arrangements for this service will be determined on a case-by-case basis and will be detailed in the signed consulting agreement. Other Types of Fees & Expenses Clients will incur transaction fees for trades executed by their chosen custodian, either based on a percentage of the dollar amount of assets in the account(s) or via individual transaction charges. These transaction fees are separate from our firm’s advisory fees and will be disclosed by the chosen custodian. Fidelity also charges markups and markdowns on certain fixed income trades, but does not assess transaction fees for U.S. listed equities and exchange traded funds for clients who opt into electronic delivery of statements or maintain at least $1 million in assets at Fidelity. Clients may also pay holdings charges imposed by the chosen custodian for certain investments, 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, initial or deferred sales charges, mutual fund sales loads, 12b-1 fees, surrender charges, variable annuity fees, IRA and qualified retirement plan fees, and other fund expenses). Our firm does not receive a portion of these fees. For more information on brokerage arrangements, please refer to Item 12 of this Brochure. Termination & Refunds Either party may terminate the advisory agreement signed with our firm for Comprehensive Portfolio Management services in writing at any time. Upon notice of termination our firm will process a pro-rata refund of the unearned portion of the advisory fees charged in advance at the beginning of the quarter. Either party to a Retirement Plan Consulting Agreement may terminate at any time by providing written notice to the other party. Full refunds will only be made in cases where cancellation occurs within 5 business days of signing an agreement. After 5 business days from initial signing, either party must provide the other party 30 days’ written notice to terminate billing. Billing will terminate 30 days after receipt of termination notice. Clients will be charged on a pro-rata basis, which takes into account work completed by our firm on behalf of the client. Clients will incur charges for bona fide advisory services rendered up to the point of termination (determined as 30 days from receipt of said written notice) and such fees will be due and payable. Commissionable Securities Sales Our firm and representatives do not sell securities for a commission in advisory accounts. Item 6: Performance-Based Fees & Side-By-Side Management Our firm does not charge performance-based fees. ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 7 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC Item 7: Types of Clients & Account Requirements Our firm has the following types of clients: • Individuals and High Net Worth Individuals; • Trusts, Estates or Charitable Organizations; • Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; • Corporations, Limited Liability Companies and/or Other Business Types. Our firm does not impose requirements for opening and maintaining accounts or otherwise engaging us. Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies & Risk of Loss Methods of Analysis We may use the following methods of analysis in formulating our investment advice and/or managing client assets: Charting: In this type of technical analysis, we review charts of market and security activity in an attempt to identify when the market is moving up or down and to predict how long the trend may last and when that trend might reverse. Cyclical Analysis: The statistical analysis of specific events occurring at a sufficient number of relatively predictable intervals that they can be forecasted into the future. Cyclical analysis asserts that cyclical forces drive price movements in the financial markets. Risks include that cycles may invert or disappear and there is no expectation that this type of analysis will pinpoint turning points. This method can also be used in conjunction with other methods of analysis. Fundamental Analysis: We attempt to measure the intrinsic value of a security by looking at economic and financial factors (including the overall economy, industry conditions, and the financial condition and management of the company itself) to determine if the company is underpriced or overpriced. Fundamental analysis does not attempt to anticipate market movements. This presents a potential risk, as the price of a security can move up or down along with the overall market regardless of the economic and financial factors considered in evaluating the stock. Technical Analysis: We analyze past market movements and apply that analysis to the present in an attempt to recognize recurring patterns of investor behavior and potentially predict future price movement. Technical analysis does not consider the underlying financial condition of a company. This presents a risk in that a poorly-managed or financially unsound company may underperform regardless of market movement. ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 8 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC Investment Strategies We Use We may use the following strategies in managing client accounts, provided that such strategies are appropriate to the needs of the client and consistent with the client's investment objectives, risk tolerance, and time horizons, among other considerations: Asset Allocation: Rather than focusing primarily on securities selection, we attempt to identify an appropriate ratio of securities, fixed income, and cash suitable to the client’s investment goals and risk tolerance. A risk of asset allocation is that the client may not fully participate in sharp increases in a particular security, industry or market sector. Another risk is that the ratio of securities, fixed income, and cash will change over time due to stock and market movements and, if not corrected, will no longer be appropriate for the client’s goals. Exchange Traded Funds (“ETF”): An ETF is a type of Investment Company (usually, an open-end fund or unit investment trust) whose primary objective is to achieve the same return as a particular market index. The vast majority of ETFs are designed to track an index, so their performance is close to that of an index mutual fund, but they are not exact duplicates. A tracking error, or the difference between the returns of a fund and the returns of the index, can arise due to differences in composition, management fees, expenses, and handling of dividends. ETFs benefit from continuous pricing; they can be bought and sold on a stock exchange throughout the trading day. Because ETFs trade like stocks, orders can be placed just like with individual stocks - such as limit orders, good- until-canceled orders, stop loss orders etc. They can also be sold short. ETFs are bought and sold at the market prices on the exchanges, which resemble the underlying net asset value (“NAV”) but are independent of it. Arbitrageurs will ensure that ETF prices are kept very close to the NAV of the underlying securities. Anyone can buy any ETF no matter where in the world it trades. One of the main features of ETFs are their low annual fees, especially when compared to traditional mutual funds. The passive nature of index investing, reduced marketing, and distribution and accounting expenses all contribute to the lower fees. Individual investors, however, must pay a brokerage commission to purchase and sell ETF shares. For those investors who trade frequently, this can significantly increase the cost of investing in ETFs. An actively managed fund, however, selects its stocks and the weightings in any given company or industry. This means that the actively managed fund has the opportunity to outperform the index as well as the ability to underperform the index. Fixed Income: Typically, the values of fixed-income securities change inversely with prevailing interest rates. Therefore, a fundamental risk of fixed-income securities is interest rate risk, which is the risk that their value will generally decline as prevailing interest rates rise, which may cause your account value to likewise decrease, and vice versa. How specific fixed income securities may react to changes in interest rates will depend on the specific characteristics of each security. Fixed-income securities are also subject to credit risk, prepayment risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. Credit risk is the chance that a bond issuer will fail to pay interest and principal in a timely manner, or that negative perceptions of the issuer’s ability to make such payments will cause the price of a bond to decline. Long-Term Purchases: When utilizing this strategy, we may purchase securities with the idea of holding them for a relatively long time (typically for at least a year). A risk in a long-term purchase strategy is that by holding the security for this length of time, we may not take advantages of short- term gains that could be profitable to a client. Moreover, if our predictions are incorrect, a security ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 9 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC may decline sharply in value before we make the decision to sell. We typically employ this sub- strategy when we believe the securities to be attractively valued; and/or we want exposure to a particular asset class over time, regardless of the current projection for this class. The potential risks associated with this investment strategy involve a lower than expected return, for many years in a row. Lower-than-expected returns that last for a long time and/or that are severe in nature would have the impact of dramatically lowering the ending value of your portfolio, and thus could significantly threaten your ability to meet financial goals. Cryptocurrency Products: We may recommend investment in digital (crypto) currency products. These products are typically structured as a trust or exchange traded fund which pool capital together to purchase holdings of digital currencies or derivatives based on their value. Such products are extremely volatile and are suitable only as a means of diversification for investors with high risk tolerances. Furthermore, these securities carry very high internal expense ratios, and may use derivatives to achieve leverage or exposure in lieu of direct cryptocurrency holdings. This can result in tracking error and may sell at a premium or discount to the market value of their underlying holdings. Security is also a concern for digital currency investments which make them subject to the additional risk of theft, as they are typically held with a non-traditional custodial platform. Municipal Bonds: Municipal bonds are debt obligations generally issued to obtain funds for various public purposes, including the construction of public facilities. Municipal bonds pay a lower rate of return than most other types of bonds. Because of a municipal bond’s tax-favored status, investors should compare the relative after-tax return to the after-tax return of other bonds, depending on the investor’s tax bracket. Investing in municipal bonds carries the same general risks as investing in bonds in general. Those risks include interest rate risk, reinvestment risk, inflation risk, market risk, call or redemption risk, credit risk, and liquidity and valuation risk. Investing in municipal bonds carries risk unique to these types of bonds, which may include: (a) Legislative risk includes the risk that a change in the tax code could affect the value of taxable or tax-exempt interest income.; (b) Municipal bonds generate tax-free income, and therefore pay lower interest rates than taxable bonds. Investors who anticipate a significant drop in their marginal income-tax rate may benefit from the higher yield available from taxable bonds.; (c) The risk that investors may have difficulty finding a buyer when they want to sell and may be forced to sell at a significant discount to market value. Liquidity risk is greater for thinly traded securities such as lower-rated bonds, bonds that were part of a small issue, bonds that have recently had their credit rating downgraded or bonds sold by an infrequent issuer. Municipal bonds may be less liquid than other bonds.; (d) Credit risk includes the risk that a borrower will be unable to make interest or principal payments when they are due and therefore default. To reduce investor concern, insurance policies that guarantee repayment in the event of default back many municipal bonds. Mutual Funds: A mutual fund pools money from many investors to construct a portfolio of stocks, bonds, real estate, or other securities based upon the objectives of the fund. The portfolio is professionally managed, and each share represents an investor’s proportionate ownership of the portfolio and the income it generates. The price that investors pay for mutual fund shares is the fund’s approximate NAV per share plus any fees that the fund imposes at the time of purchase (such as sales loads). Investors typically cannot ascertain the exact make-up of a fund’s portfolio at any given time, nor can they directly influence which securities the fund manager buys and sells or the timing of those trades. With an individual stock, investors can obtain real-time (or close to real-time) pricing information with relative ease by checking financial websites or by calling a broker or your investment adviser. Investors can also monitor how a stock’s price changes from hour to hour—or even second to second. By contrast, with a mutual fund, the price at which an investor purchases or redeems shares will typically depend on the fund’s NAV, which is calculated daily after market close. ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 10 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC Third-Party Money Manager Analysis: We examine the experience, expertise, investment philosophies, and past performance of independent third-party investment managers in an attempt to determine if that manager has demonstrated an ability to invest over a period of time and in different economic conditions. We monitor the manager’s underlying holdings, strategies, concentrations and leverage as part of our overall periodic risk assessment. Additionally, as part of our due-diligence process, we survey the manager’s compliance and business enterprise risks. A risk of investing with a third-party manager who has been successful in the past is that he/she may not be able to replicate that success in the future. In addition, as we do not control the underlying investments in a third-party manager’s portfolio, there is also a risk that a manager may deviate from the stated investment mandate or strategy of the portfolio, making it a less suitable investment for our clients. Moreover, as we do not control the manager’s daily business and compliance operations, we may be unaware of the lack of internal controls necessary to prevent business, regulatory or reputational deficiencies. Active Trading: The buying and selling of securities with the intention of holding the securities for a short duration, typically for no more than one day. Active Trading as an investment strategy seeks to take advantage of short-term movements in price, and often focuses on financial instruments in higher demand, such as stocks, currencies, options, and derivatives. Active Trading is considered one of the most speculative trading strategies. Because security prices are constantly moving up and down, active trading often requires investors to forgo in-depth analysis. Instead the investor may focus on patterns, moving averages, break points and price momentum to determine what the likelihood of an upward or downward movement in price will be. This practice may not be suitable for every investor, and may involve a high volume of trading activity. Each trade generates a commission and the total daily commission on such a high volume of trading can be considerable. This activity may result in the loss of more than 100% of an investment. Risk of Loss Investing in securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. Investment values will rise and fall depending on economic news, industry conditions, global political activity, management decisions and changes, and many other unforeseeable factors. It is important that clients understand the risks associated with investing in the stock market, that they appropriately diversify their investments, and that they feel free to ask any questions at any time. Capital Risk: Capital risk is one of the most basic, fundamental risks of investing; it is the risk that you may lose 100% of your money. All investments carry some form of risk and the loss of capital is generally a risk for any investment instrument. Currency Risk: Fluctuations in the value of the currency in which your investment is denominated may affect the value of your investment and thus, your investment may be worth more or less in the future. All currency is subject to swings in valuation and thus, regardless of the currency denomination of any particular investment you own, currency risk is a realistic risk measure. That said, currency risk is generally a much larger factor for investment instruments denominated in currencies other than the most widely used currencies (U.S. dollar, British pound, German mark, Euro, Japanese yen, French franc, etc.). Economic Risk: The prevailing economic environment is important to the health of all businesses. Some companies, however, are more sensitive to changes in the domestic or global economy than others. These types of companies are often referred to as cyclical businesses. Countries in which a ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 11 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC large portion of businesses are in cyclical industries are thus also very economically sensitive and carry a higher amount of economic risk. If an investment is issued by a party located in a country that experiences wide swings from an economic standpoint or in situations where certain elements of an investment instrument are hinged on dealings in such countries, the investment instrument will generally be subject to a higher level of economic risk. Inflation Risk: Inflation risk involves the concern that in the future, your investment or proceeds from your investment will not be worth what they are today. Throughout time, the prices of resources and end-user products generally increase and thus, the same general goods and products today will likely be more expensive in the future. The longer an investment is held, the greater the chance that the proceeds from that investment will be worth less in the future than what they are today. Said another way, a dollar tomorrow will likely get you less than what it can today. Interest Rate Risk: Certain investments involve the payment of a fixed or variable rate of interest to the investment holder. Once an investor has acquired or has acquired the rights to an investment that pays a particular rate (fixed or variable) of interest, changes in overall interest rates in the market will affect the value of the interest-paying investment(s) they hold. In general, changes in prevailing interest rates in the market will have an inverse relationship to the value of existing, interest paying investments. In other words, as interest rates move up, the value of an instrument paying a particular rate (fixed or variable) of interest will go down. The reverse is generally true as well. Liquidity Risk: Certain assets may not be readily converted into cash or may have a very limited market in which they trade. Thus, you may experience the risk that your investment or assets within your investment may not be able to be liquidated quickly, thus, extending the period of time by which you may receive the proceeds from your investment. Liquidity risk can also result in unfavorable pricing when exiting (i.e. not being able to quickly get out of an investment before the price drops significantly) a particular investment and therefore, can have a negative impact on investment returns. Market Risk: The value of your portfolio may decrease if the value of an individual company or multiple companies in the portfolio decreases or if our belief about a company’s intrinsic worth is incorrect. Further, regardless of how well individual companies perform, the value of your portfolio could also decrease if there are deteriorating economic or market conditions. It is important to understand that the value of your investment may fall, sometimes sharply, in response to changes in the market, and you could lose money. Investment risks include price risk as may be observed by a drop in a security’s price due to company specific events (e.g. earnings disappointment or downgrade in the rating of a bond) or general market risk (e.g. such as a “bear” market when stock values fall in general). For fixed-income securities, a period of rising interest rates could erode the value of a bond since bond values generally fall as bond yields go up. Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns. Market Timing Risk: Market timing can include high risk of loss since it looks at an aggregate market versus a specific security. Timing risk explains the potential for missing out on beneficial movements in price due to an error in timing. This could cause harm to the value of an investor's portfolio because of purchasing too high or selling too low Past Performance: Charting and technical analysis are often used interchangeably. Technical analysis generally attempts to forecast an investment’s future potential by analyzing its past performance and other related statistics. In particular, technical analysis often times involves an evaluation of historical pricing and volume of a particular security for the purpose of forecasting ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 12 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC where future price and volume figures may go. As with any investment analysis method, technical analysis runs the risk of not knowing the future and thus, investors should realize that even the most diligent and thorough technical analysis cannot predict or guarantee the future performance of any particular investment instrument or issuer thereof. Description of Material, Significant or Unusual Risks Our firm generally invests client cash balances in money market funds, FDIC Insured Certificates of Deposit, high-grade commercial paper and/or government backed debt instruments. our firm tries to achieve the highest return on client cash balances through relatively low-risk conservative investments. In most cases, at least a partial cash balance will be maintained in a money market account so that our firm may debit advisory fees for services related to Comprehensive Portfolio Management services, as applicable. Item 9: Disciplinary Information There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to the evaluation of our advisory business or the integrity of our management. Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities & Affiliations Our firm maintains a business relationship with Dynasty Financial Partners, LLC (“Dynasty”), which provides our firm with operational and back office support, including access to a network of service providers. Through the Dynasty network of service providers, our firm has access to trading technology, transition support, reporting, custody, brokerage, investments, compliance and other related services. Our firm may also engage and/or recommend Dynasty’s subsidiary, Dynasty Wealth Management LLC, a registered investment adviser, to clients for certain outsourced investment services, such as separate account management, asset allocation strategies and externally managed investment programs. While our firm believes this open architecture structure for both operational and investment services best serves the interests of its Clients, this relationship may potentially present certain conflicts of interest due to the fact that Dynasty retains a portion of the platform or other third party fees paid by our firm or Clients for the services referenced above. In light of the foregoing, our firm seeks at all times to ensure that any material conflicts are addressed on a fully-disclosed basis and handled in a manner that is aligned with Clients’ best interests. Our firm does not receive any portion of the fees paid directly to Dynasty, its affiliates or the service providers made available through Dynasty’s platform. In addition, our firm reviews all such relationships, including the service providers engaged through Dynasty, on an ongoing basis in an effort to ensure clients are receiving competitive rates in relation to the quality and scope of the services provided. Our firm is not registered, nor does it have an application pending to register, as a broker-dealer, investment company or pooled investment vehicle, other investment adviser or financial planner, futures commission merchant, commodity pool operator, commodity trading advisor, banking or thrift institution, accountant or accounting firm, lawyer or law firm, insurance company or agency, ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 13 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC pension consultant, real estate broker or dealer or a sponsor or syndicator of limited partnership, or an associated person of the foregoing entities. Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions & Personal Trading As a fiduciary, it is an investment adviser’s responsibility to provide fair and full disclosure of all material facts and to act solely in the best interest of each of our clients at all times. Our fiduciary duty is the underlying principle for our firm’s Code of Ethics, which includes procedures for personal securities transaction and insider trading. Our firm requires all representatives to conduct business with the highest level of ethical standards and to comply with all federal and state securities laws at all times. Upon employment with our firm, and at least annually thereafter, all representatives of our firm will acknowledge receipt, understanding and compliance with our firm’s Code of Ethics. Our firm and representatives must conduct business in an honest, ethical, and fair manner and avoid all circumstances that might negatively affect or appear to affect our duty of complete loyalty to all clients. This disclosure is provided to give all clients a summary of our Code of Ethics. If a client or a potential client wishes to review our Code of Ethics in its entirety, a copy will be provided promptly upon request. Our firm recognizes that the personal investment transactions of our representatives demands the application of a Code of Ethics with high standards and requires that all such transactions be carried out in a way that does not endanger the interest of any client. At the same time, our firm also believes that if investment goals are similar for clients and for our representatives, it is logical, and even desirable, that there be common ownership of some securities. In order to prevent conflicts of interest, our firm has established procedures for transactions effected by our representatives for their personal accounts1. In order to monitor compliance with our personal trading policy, our firm has pre-clearance requirements and a quarterly securities transaction reporting system for all of our representatives. Neither our firm nor a related person recommends, buys or sells for client accounts, securities in which our firm or a related person has a material financial interest without prior disclosure to the client. Related persons of our firm may buy or sell securities and other investments that are also recommended to clients. In order to minimize this conflict of interest, our related persons will place client interests ahead of their own interests and adhere to our firm’s Code of Ethics, a copy of which is available upon request. Likewise, related persons of our firm buy or sell securities for themselves at or about the same time they buy or sell the same securities for client accounts. In order to minimize this conflict of interest, our related persons will place client interests ahead of their own interests and adhere to our firm’s Code of Ethics, a copy of which is available upon request. Further, our related persons will refrain from buying 1 For purposes of the policy, our associate’s personal account generally includes any account (a) in the name of our associate, his/her spouse, his/her minor children or other dependents residing in the same household, (b) for which our associate is a trustee or executor, or (c) which our associate controls, including our client accounts which our associate controls and/or a member of his/her household has a direct or indirect beneficial interest in. ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 14 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC or selling the same securities prior to buying or selling for our clients in the same day unless included in a block trade. Item 12: Brokerage Practices Selecting a Brokerage Firm Our firm does not maintain custody of client assets. Client assets must be maintained by a qualified custodian. Our firm seeks to recommend a custodian who will hold client assets and execute transactions on terms that are overall most advantageous when compared to other available providers and their services. The factors considered, among others, are these: • Timeliness of execution • Timeliness and accuracy of trade confirmations • Research services provided • Ability to provide investment ideas • Execution facilitation services provided • Record keeping services provided • Custody services provided • Frequency and correction of trading errors • Ability to access a variety of market venues • Expertise as it relates to specific securities • Financial condition • Business reputation • Quality of services Our firm has an arrangement with National Financial Services LLC and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (collectively, and together with all affiliates, "Fidelity") through which Fidelity provides our firm with "institutional platform services." Our firm is independently operated and owned and is not affiliated with Fidelity. The institutional platform services include, among others, brokerage, custody, and other related services. Fidelity's institutional platform services that assist us in managing and administering clients' accounts include software and other technology that (i) provide access to client account data (such as trade confirmations and account statements); (ii) facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts; (iii) provide research, pricing and other market data; (iv) facilitate payment of fees from its clients' accounts; and (v) assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping and client reporting. Our clients may pay a transaction fee or commission to Fidelity that is higher than another qualified broker dealer might charge to effect the same transaction where our firm determines in good faith that the commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided to the client as a whole. Fidelity recently eliminated transaction fees for U.S. listed equities and exchange traded funds for clients who opt into electronic delivery of statements or maintain at least $1 million in assets at Fidelity. Fidelity may make certain research and brokerage services available at no additional cost to our firm. include: research reports on Research products and services provided by Fidelity may recommendations or other information about particular companies or industries; economic surveys, data and analyses; financial publications; portfolio evaluation services; financial database software and ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 15 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC services; computerized news and pricing services; quotation equipment for use in running software used in investment decision-making; and other products or services that provide lawful and appropriate assistance by Fidelity to our firm in the performance of our investment decision-making responsibilities. The aforementioned research and brokerage services qualify for the safe harbor exemption defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Fidelity does not make client brokerage commissions generated by client transactions available for our firm’s use. The aforementioned research and brokerage services are used by our firm to manage accounts for which our firm has investment discretion. Without this arrangement, our firm might be compelled to purchase the same or similar services at our own expense for the management of all accounts. Our firm also receives from Fidelity certain additional benefits that may or may not be offered to any other independent investment advisers participating in the program, including transition related expenses, client account closing fees to assist with the transition, etc. Fidelity provides this to our firm in its sole discretion and at its own expense. Our firm’s receipt of these services raises potential conflicts of interest. In providing these services to our firm, Fidelity most likely considers the amount and profitability to Fidelity of the assets in, and trades placed for, our firm’s Client accounts maintained with Fidelity. Review of soft dollars made available to our firm, and whether or not such benefits assist with the provision of services to all clients is included in our best execution review. Our firm may receive without cost from Fidelity computer software and related systems support, which allows our firm to better monitor client accounts maintained at Fidelity. We may receive the software and related support without cost because our firm renders investment management services to Clients that maintain assets at Fidelity. The software and support is not provided in connection with securities transactions of clients (i.e., not “soft dollars”), but is tied specifically to the amount of Client assets at Fidelity. The software and related systems support may benefit our firm, but not Clients directly. In fulfilling its duties to our Clients, our firm endeavors at all times to put the interests of Clients first. Clients should be aware, however, that our firm’s receipt of economic benefits from a broker-dealer creates a conflict of interest since these benefits may influence our choice of broker-dealer over another that does not furnish similar software, systems support or services. Specifically, our firm may receive the following benefits from Fidelity: • Payments made directly to qualifying third-party service providers, including Dynasty, who make certain transition support services, software and technology available to our firm; • Receipt of duplicate client confirmations and bundled duplicate statements; • Access to a trading desk that exclusively services its institutional traders; • Access to block trading which provides the ability to aggregate securities transactions and then allocate the appropriate shares to client accounts; and • Access to an electronic communication network for client order entry and account information. As part of our fiduciary duty to our clients, our firm will endeavor at all times to put the interests of our clients first. Clients should be aware, however, that the receipt of economic benefits by our firm or our related persons creates a potential conflict of interest and may indirectly influence our firm’s choice of Fidelity as a custodial recommendation. Our firm examined this potential conflict of interest when our firm chose to recommend Fidelity and have determined that the recommendation is in the best interest of our firm’s clients and satisfies our fiduciary obligations, including our duty to seek best execution. In seeking best execution, the determinative factor is not the lowest possible cost, but whether the transaction represents the best qualitative execution, taking into consideration the full range of a ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 16 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC broker-dealer’s services, including the value of research provided, execution capability, commission rates, responsiveness, and the use of additional benefits and how they’ll be utilized by the firm or with clients, as applicable. Although our firm will seek competitive rates, to the benefit of all clients, our firm may not necessarily obtain the lowest possible commission rates for specific client account transactions. Our firm receives “eligible” products and services under safe harbor as determined under the Securities and Exchange Act, Section 28(e). These products and services include educational events sponsored or co-sponsored by various investment management and fund companies. As a fiduciary, our firm endeavors to act in its clients’ best interest. However, our recommendations may be based in part on various benefits, products, services and other arrangements made available to us, and not solely based on the nature, cost, investment offerings or quality of custody and brokerage services. Our firm has examined this potential conflict of interest and determined the relationship to be in our clients’ best interest, satisfies client obligations and meets our duty to seek best execution. Client Brokerage Commissions Fidelity does not make client brokerage commissions generated by client transactions available for our firm’s use. Our firm does not direct client transactions to a particular broker-dealer in return for soft dollar benefits. Our firm does not receive brokerage for client referrals. Directed Brokerage In certain instances, clients may seek to limit or restrict our discretionary authority in making the determination of the brokers with whom orders for the purchase or sale of securities are placed for execution, and the commission rates at which such securities transactions are effected. Clients may seek to limit our authority in this area by directing that transactions (or some specified percentage of transactions) be executed through specified brokers in return for portfolio evaluation or other services deemed by the client to be of value. Any such client direction must be in writing (often through our advisory agreement), and may contain a representation from the client that the arrangement is permissible under its governing laws and documents, if this is relevant. Our firm provides appropriate disclosure in writing to clients who direct trades to particular brokers, that with respect to their directed trades, they will be treated as if they have retained the investment discretion that our firm otherwise would have in selecting brokers to effect transactions and in negotiating commissions and that such direction may adversely affect our ability to obtain best price and execution. In addition, our firm will inform clients in writing that the trade orders may not be aggregated with other clients’ orders and that direction of brokerage may hinder best execution. Special Considerations for ERISA Clients A retirement or ERISA plan client may direct all or part of portfolio transactions for its account through a specific broker or dealer in order to obtain goods or services on behalf of the plan. Such direction is permitted provided that the goods and services provided are reasonable expenses of the plan incurred in the ordinary course of its business for which it otherwise would be obligated and empowered to pay. ERISA prohibits directed brokerage arrangements when the goods or services purchased are not for the exclusive benefit of the plan. Consequently, our firm will request that plan sponsors who direct plan brokerage provide us with a letter documenting that this arrangement will be for the exclusive benefit of the plan. ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 17 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC Client-Directed Brokerage Our firm allows clients to direct brokerage outside our recommendation. Our firm may be unable to achieve the most favorable execution of client transactions. Client directed brokerage may cost clients more money. For example, in a directed brokerage account, clients may pay higher brokerage commissions because our firm may not be able to aggregate orders to reduce transaction costs, or clients may receive less favorable prices. Aggregation of Purchase or Sale Our firm provides investment management services for various clients. There are occasions on which portfolio transactions may be executed as part of concurrent authorizations to purchase or sell the same security for numerous accounts served by our firm, which involve accounts with similar investment objectives. Although such concurrent authorizations potentially could be either advantageous or disadvantageous to any one or more particular accounts, they are affected only when our firm believes that to do so will be in the best interest of the effected accounts. When such concurrent authorizations occur, the objective is to allocate the executions in a manner which is deemed equitable to the accounts involved. In any given situation, our firm attempts to allocate trade executions in the most equitable manner possible, taking into consideration client objectives, current asset allocation and availability of funds using price averaging, proration and consistently non-arbitrary methods of allocation. Item 13: Review of Accounts or Financial Plans Our management personnel or financial advisors periodically review accounts on at least a quarterly basis for our Comprehensive Portfolio Management, and Third Party Money Management clients. The nature of these reviews is to learn whether client accounts are in line with the client’s investment objectives, and are appropriately positioned based on market conditions, and investment policies, if applicable. Our firm does not provide written reports to clients, unless asked to do so. Verbal reports to clients take place on at least an annual basis when clients are contacted. Our firm may review client accounts more frequently than described above and may suggest different asset allocations at any time based upon market conditions. Among the factors which may trigger an off-cycle review are major market or economic events, the client’s life events, requests by the client, etc. Financial Planning clients do not receive reviews of their written plans unless they take action to schedule a financial consultation with us. Our firm does not provide ongoing services to financial planning clients, but are willing to meet with such clients upon their request to discuss updates to their plans, changes in their circumstances, etc. Financial Planning clients do not receive written or verbal updated reports regarding their financial plans unless they separately engage our firm for a post-financial plan meeting or update to their initial written financial plan. Retirement Plan Consulting clients receive reviews of their retirement plans for the duration of the service. Our firm also provides ongoing services where clients are met with upon their request to discuss updates to their plans, changes in their circumstances, etc. Retirement Plan Consulting clients do not receive written or verbal updated reports regarding their plans unless they choose to engage our firm for ongoing services. ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 18 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC Item 14: Client Referrals & Other Compensation Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC Except for the arrangements outlined in Item 12 of Form ADV Part 2A, our firm has no additional arrangements to disclose. Dynasty Financial Partners, LLC Dynasty has assisted our firm in negotiating or facilitating payments from Fidelity in the form of credits to be applied toward qualifying third party service provider expenses incurred in relation to transition costs or the provision of core services. This may include, but is not limited to, support of our firm’s research, marketing, technology or software platforms. In some instances, Dynasty may serve in an administrative capacity to support the disbursement of these funds furnished by Fidelity. Product Sponsor Funded Events Various product wholesalers provide financial assistance to allow us to sponsor client educational seminars, or attend such seminars hosted by the product sponsor. This money is not directly tied to our use of their products, nor it is contingent upon any future business to be directed to their products, nonetheless it creates a conflict of interest that may incentivize us to utilize their products. Our firm will adhere to our fiduciary duty to act in our client’s best interest when selecting what products to use in client accounts. Referral Fees Our firm does not pay referral fees (non-commission based) to independent solicitors (non- registered representatives) for the referral of their clients to our firm in accordance with Rule 206 (4)-3 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Item 15: Custody Our firm does not have custody of client funds or securities, except for in the limited instance of third- party money movement outlined below. All of our clients receive account statements directly from their qualified custodians at least quarterly upon opening of an account. If our firm decides to also send account statements to clients, such notice and account statements include a legend that recommends that the client compare the account statements received from the qualified custodian with those received from our firm. Clients are encouraged to raise any questions with us about the custody, safety or security of their assets and our custodial recommendations. The SEC issued a no‐action letter (“Letter”) with respect to the Rule 206(4)‐2 (“Custody Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”). The letter provided guidance on the Custody Rule as well as clarified that an adviser who has the power to disburse client funds to a third party under a standing letter of instruction (“SLOA”) is deemed to have custody. As such, our firm has ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 19 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC adopted the following safeguards. As such, our firm has adopted the following safeguarding procedures in conjunction with our custodian, Fidelity: • Fidelity’s forms, used to establish a standing letter of authorization, include the name and account number on the receiving account and must be signed by the client. • Fidelity’s SLOA forms currently require client’s signature. • Fidelity performs verification on all SLOA forms and sends a transfer of notice to the client promptly following the transaction. • Clients always have the ability to terminate (or amend) an SLOA in writing. • Our firm has no authority, or ability, to amend the third party designated on a standing instruction. • Our firm maintains records showing the third party is not a related party of our firm or located at our firm. • Fidelity notifies the client in writing when a new standing instruction is set up. Clients also receive an annual mailing reconfirming the existence of the standing instruction. Item 16: Investment Discretion Clients have the option of providing our firm with investment discretion on their behalf, pursuant to an executed investment advisory client agreement. By granting investment discretion, our firm is authorized to execute securities transactions, determine which securities are bought and sold, when securities are bought and sold, and the total amount to be bought and sold. Limitations may be imposed by the client in the form of specific constraints on any of these areas of discretion with our firm’s written acknowledgement. Item 17: Voting Client Securities Our firm does not accept the proxy authority to vote client securities. Clients will receive proxies or other solicitations directly from their custodian or a transfer agent. In the event that proxies are sent to our firm, our firm will forward them to the appropriate client and ask the party who sent them to mail them directly to the client in the future. Clients may call, write or email us to discuss questions they may have about particular proxy votes or other solicitations. Item 18: Financial Information Our firm is not required to provide financial information in this Brochure because: • Our firm does not require the prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees when services cannot be rendered within 6 months. • Our firm does not take custody of client funds or securities. • Our firm does not have a financial condition or commitment that impairs our ability to meet contractual and fiduciary obligations to clients. Our firm has never been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding. ADV Part 2A – Firm Brochure Page 20 of 20 Buckley Wealth Management, LLC