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Delta Wealth Advisors LLC
Firm Brochure - Form ADV Part 2A
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Delta Wealth Advisors LLC.
If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at (317) 735-6445 or by email at:
info@deltawealthadv.com. 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.
Additional information about Delta Wealth Advisors LLC is also available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. Delta Wealth Advisors LLC’s CRD number is: 310504.
3755 East 82nd Street, Ste. 100
Indianapolis, IN 46240
(317) 735-6445
info@deltawealthadv.com
https://www.deltawealthadvisors.com
Branch office:
1 Mid-America Plaza, 3rd floor
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Registration as an investment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
Version Date: 04/29/2026
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Item 2: Material Changes
The material changes in this brochure from the last annual filing amendment of Delta Wealth Advisors
LLC on March 19, 2026, are described below. Material changes relate to Delta Wealth Advisors LLC’s
policies, practices or conflicts of interests.
• Updated information regarding the use of third-party investment managers, including our
authority to select and terminate managers, oversight of selected managers, and related fee
arrangements, including that third-party manager fees may be in addition to our advisory fees.
(Items 4 and 5)
• Updated information regarding the limited use of options strategies, including options trading
conducted directly by us or indirectly through one or more third-party investment managers.
(Item 8)
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Item 3: Table of Contents
Item 1: Cover Page
Item 2: Material Changes ....................................................................................................................................... ii
Item 3: Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................................... iii
Item 4: Advisory Business ......................................................................................................................................4
Item 5: Fees and Compensation .............................................................................................................................9
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ..................................................................12
Item 7: Types of Clients ........................................................................................................................................13
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, & Risk of Loss .............................................................13
Item 9: Disciplinary Information .........................................................................................................................17
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations .........................................................................17
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ...............18
Item 12: Brokerage Practices ................................................................................................................................19
Item 13: Review of Accounts ................................................................................................................................20
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation ..........................................................................................21
Item 15: Custody ....................................................................................................................................................22
Item 16: Investment Discretion ............................................................................................................................23
Item 17: Voting Client Securities (Proxy Voting) ..............................................................................................23
Item 18: Financial Information .............................................................................................................................23
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Item 4: Advisory Business
A. Description of the Advisory Firm
Delta Wealth Advisors LLC (hereinafter “Delta Wealth Advisors”) is a Partnership
organized in the State of Indiana. The firm was formed in October 2017, and the principal
owners are Dino Nikolas Efthimiou and Nicholas Gerald Christ Finnigan.
B. Types of Advisory Services
Investment Advisory Services
Delta Wealth Advisors offers ongoing portfolio management services based on the
individual goals, objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance of each client. Delta Wealth
Advisors creates an Investment Policy Statement for each client, which outlines the client’s
current situation (income, tax levels, and risk tolerance levels) and then constructs a plan
to aid in the selection of a portfolio that matches each client's specific situation. Investment
advisory services include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Investment strategy •
Personal investment policy
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Asset allocation
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Asset selection
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Risk tolerance
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Regular portfolio monitoring
Delta Wealth Advisors evaluates the current investments of each client with respect to
their risk tolerance levels and time horizon. Delta Wealth Advisors will request
discretionary authority from clients in order to select securities and execute transactions
without permission from the client prior to each transaction. Risk tolerance levels are
documented in the Investment Policy Statement, which is given to each client.
Delta Wealth Advisors seeks to provide that investment decisions are made in accordance
with the fiduciary duties owed to its accounts and without consideration of Delta Wealth
Advisors’ economic, investment or other financial interests. To meet its fiduciary
obligations, Delta Wealth Advisors attempts to avoid, among other things, investment or
trading practices that systematically advantage or disadvantage certain client portfolios,
and accordingly, Delta Wealth Advisors’ policy is to seek fair and equitable allocation of
investment opportunities/transactions among its clients to avoid favoring one client over
another over time. It is Delta Wealth Advisors’ policy to allocate investment opportunities
and transactions it identifies as being appropriate and prudent and other investment
opportunities that might have a limited supply, among its clients on a fair and equitable
basis over time.
Investment advisory services offered by Delta Wealth Advisors are available to clients in
the AUM Model and Net Worth Model. These services are specifically tailored to meet the
needs of each client. Prior to delivering investment advisory services, the Adviser will
ascertain each client’s specific investment objective. Then Delta Wealth Advisors will
allocate or recommend that the client allocate their investment assets consistent with the
designated investment objective. Clients may impose reasonable restrictions on any of the
Adviser’s investment advisory services at any time, but restrictions must be delivered to
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the Adviser. More specifically, Delta Wealth Advisors will assist Clients in determining
the appropriate allocation of the Clients’ invested assets among different asset classes. In
addition, the Adviser also provides active trading models to Clients consisting mostly of
stocks and ETFs. Clients in the Adviser’s active trading model must authorize the Adviser
to exercise discretionary trading authority over the assets dedicated to the client’s
recommended investment strategy, which includes the initial allocation and ongoing
rebalancing. The discretionary authority allows Delta Wealth Advisors to buy, sell or
otherwise trade the assets in the client’s account without prior approval of each
transaction.
Sub-Advisor Services
Delta Wealth Advisors utilizes the sub-advisory services of third party investment
advisory firms to aid in the implementation of an investment portfolio designed by our
firm. Before selecting a firm, Delta Wealth Advisors will ensure that the chosen party is
properly licensed or registered. Our firm will not offer advice on any specific securities or
other investments in connection with this service. We will provide initial due diligence on
the third party managers we recommend and ongoing reviews of their management of
client accounts. In order to assist in the selection of a third party 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.
When utilized, we can hire and terminate sub-advisers subject to the discretionary
authority that clients grant us in the Delta Wealth Advisors advisory agreement; the client
does not sign a separate agreement with the sub-adviser. Delta Wealth Advisors will
deliver to sub-adviser at the time of engagement and thereafter updating or revising as
necessary a copy of the client’s investment guidelines, which sub-adviser is instructed to
rely upon to perform its sub-advisory services. When one or more outside managers are
utilized, Delta Wealth Advisors will deliver at the time of engagement and thereafter
updating or revising as necessary a copy of each sub-adviser’s ADV 2A Brochure,
applicable 2B Supplements, and Form CRS.
When applicable, Delta Wealth Advisors will review third party manager reports as part
of our routine oversight of client accounts. Our firm will also contact clients at least
annually in order to review their financial situation and objectives, communicate
information to third party managers as warranted, and assist the client in understanding
and evaluating the services provided by the third party 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 Services
Delta Wealth Advisors includes financial planning services to clients participating in their
Net Worth Model at no additional cost or obligation. Delta Wealth Advisors begins with
an intensive fact-finding session which helps the Adviser become totally familiar with the
client’s current financial situation (including among other things, income taxes,
investments, insurance, estate affairs and family circumstances), as well as their personal
goals and priorities for the next several years. Then, working from this comprehensive
information, the Adviser prepares a detailed financial plan which documents the client’s
situation, identifies all areas which will be impacted, and makes specific goal-oriented
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recommendations. The Adviser’s specific goal-oriented recommendations are designed to
educate and allow a client to coordinate his/her financial affairs more efficiently, increase
cash flow, prudently reduce income taxes, and attempt to improve his/her overall net
worth. Once this written document has been discussed with the client, the
recommendations that the client feels comfortable with are scheduled for implementation
with specific deadlines to be met. Delta Wealth Advisors continues to assist the client
based on a quarterly review of services in all applicable areas of financial planning
including estate, retirement, cash flow and tax planning.
Please Note:
* It is always the client’s responsibility to promptly notify Delta Wealth Advisors if there
is any change in their financial situation or investment objective. This notification of
change allows the Adviser an opportunity to review, evaluate, or revise our previous
recommendations or services.
* Financial Planning is not available in the AUM Model.
Service Models
Delta Wealth Advisors offers two service models for their clients to best meet their
individual needs.
AUM Model
The AUM model is a traditional investment management where the Adviser bases its
annual investment management fee for managed discretionary assets upon a percentage
(%) of the market value of the assets and the specific types of investment management
services provided. In this model clients receive an individually tailored plan addressing
the following:
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Client Goals
Risk Tolerance
Personal Tax Situation
Horizon
Liquidity
Net Worth Model
The Net Worth Model is a full spectrum of financial planning, asset management and tax
services to align assets to goals with tax efficiency. In this model client’s receive an
individually tailored plan addressing the following:
Client Goals
Life Insurance Review
Personal Tax Situation
Long Term Care Insurance Review
Liquidity
Umbrella Liability Insurance Review
Risk Tolerance
Property & Casualty Insurance Review
Time Horizon
Health Insurance Review
Business Successions
Corporate Retirement Plan Guidance
Trust Services
Annuities
Personal Financial Statement
Identity Theft Prevention Planning
Income Tax Planning
Asset Protection Planning
Budgeting and Cash Management Charitable Intent Evaluation
Retirement Funding
Charitable Giving Strategies
Education Planning
Debt Management
Social Security Planning
Employee Benefit Planning
Wealth transfer preferences
Estate Documentation Review
Asset Titling Confirmation
Beneficiary Designation Planning
End of Life Planning
Disability Insurance Review
Written Acknowledgement of Fiduciary Status
When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan
account or individual retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning
of Title 1 of the Employee Retirement Income Act (ERISA) and the Internal
Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. The
way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests, so we operate
under a special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not put out
interest ahead of yours. Under this special rule’s provisions, we must:
• Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations
(give prudent advice);
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• Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations
(give loyal advice);
• Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
• Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in
your best interest;
• Charge no more than a level fee that is reasonable for our services; and
• Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
Private Alternative Investments and Other Types of Investments Offered
to Clients
From time-to-time Delta Wealth Advisors may offer net-worth clients that meet the
definition of “accredited investors” opportunities that may include private investments,
unsecured promissory notes, private equity funds, private business, venture capital and/
or private equity fund advisers. Delta Wealth Advisors does not receive a fee from the
issuers of these offerings when clients enter into these investment deals.
Delta Wealth does not charge origination, acquisition, monitoring or disposition fees on
these Private Alternative Investments. Delta Wealth’s standard net worth advisory fee
does apply to these investments. Delta Wealth does not charge an additional investment
management fee for these private investment opportunities.
Delta Wealth works to follow industry best practices in vetting Private Alternative
Investment opportunities. Standard vetting techniques include review of Operating
Memorandum, Private Placement Memorandum, and other available documents.
Delta Wealth is responsible for reviewing and regularly communicating with General
Partner, portfolio company and investment partners on private investment opportunities.
For example, Delta Wealth regularly attends quarterly calls, summarizes key findings,
and distributes updates to clients invested in the deal.
Services Limited to Specific Types of Investments
Delta Wealth Advisors generally limits its investment advice to mutual funds, fixed
income securities, equities, ETFs (including ETFs in the gold and precious metal sectors),
treasury inflation protected/inflation linked bonds, non-U.S. securities, venture capital
funds, private equity and private placements, although Delta Wealth Advisors primarily
recommends ETF. Delta Wealth Advisors may use other securities as well to help
diversify a portfolio when applicable.
C. Client Tailored Services and Client Imposed Restrictions
Delta Wealth Advisors will tailor a program for each individual client through its use of
model portfolios. This will include an interview session to get to know the client’s specific
needs and requirements as well as a plan that will be executed by Delta Wealth Advisors
on behalf of the client. Delta Wealth Advisors may use model allocations together with a
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specific set of recommendations for each client based on their personal restrictions, needs,
and targets. Clients may impose reasonable restrictions in investing in certain securities
or types of securities in accordance with their values or beliefs. However, if the restrictions
prevent Delta Wealth Advisors from properly servicing the client account, or if the
restrictions would require Delta Wealth Advisors to deviate from its standard suite of
services, Delta Wealth Advisors reserves the right to end the relationship.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
A wrap fee program is an investment program where the investor pays one stated fee that
includes management fees, transaction costs, and certain other administrative fees. Delta
Wealth Advisors does not participate in wrap fee programs.
E. Assets Under Management
Delta Wealth Advisors has the following assets under management:
Discretionary Amounts: Non-discretionary Amounts: Date Calculated:
$150,437,541
$1,392,345
December 2025
Item 5: Fees and Compensation
A. Fee Schedule
Investment Advisory Fees
Managed Discretionary Asset Fees for the AUM Model
The Adviser bases its annual investment management fee for managed discretionary
assets upon a percentage (%) of the market value of the assets and the specific types of
investment management services provided. Delta Wealth Advisors charges an annual fee
based on the following fee schedule:
Total Assets Under Management Annual Fees
$1 - $999,999
1.25%
$1,000,000 - $2,999,999
1.00%
$3,000,000 - $4,999,999
0.90%
$5,000,000 - $9,999,999
0.80%
$10,000,000 - AND UP
0.70%
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The advisory fee is calculated using the value of the assets in the Account on the last
business day of the prior billing period.
Managed Discretionary Asset Fees for the Net Worth Model
The Adviser bases its annual investment management fee for managed discretionary
assets upon a percentage (%) of your net worth. Delta Wealth Advisors charges an annual
fee based on the following fee schedule:
Net Worth
Annual Fees
First $10,000,000
0.75%
Next $10,000,000
0.50%
Above $20,000,000
0.25%
Minimum Annual Fee
$15,000
These fees are generally negotiable and the final fee schedule will be memorialized in the
client’s advisory agreement. Clients may terminate the agreement without penalty for a
full refund of Delta Wealth Advisors’ fees within five business days of signing the
Advisory Agreement. Thereafter, clients may terminate the Advisory Agreement
immediately upon written notice. these types of fees will not be charged for business
conducted from, in, or into Tennessee.
Trailblazer (Subset of Net Worth) Annual Fee
Net Worth below $2,000.000
$1,875 Quarterly Fee
Minimum Annual Fee
$7,500
Eligible for Next Generation Clients
In Illinois, unless a client has received the firm’s disclosure brochure at least 48 hours prior
to signing the investment advisory contract, the investment advisory contract may be
terminated by the client within five (5) business days of signing the contract without
incurring any advisory fees. these types of fees will not be charged for business conducted
from, in, or into Tennessee.
Pension Planning Fee
Delta Wealth Advisors uses the value of the account as of the last business day of the
billing period, after taking into account deposits and withdrawals, for purposes of
determining the market value of the assets upon which the advisory fee is based.
For start-up plans as of January 1, 2022, Delta Wealth Advisors will charge $2,500 for 3(21)
Fiduciary Services and $3,500 for 3(38) Fiduciary services annually. A start- up plan is
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defined when an employer is developing a new pension plan for its employees, this may
include all recordkeeping, TPA, plan design, etc.
Additional flat fees will be assessed for additional services that are added as the client
may request, these other services may include but are not limited to; educational
workshops, trainings and one on one meetings.
Private Alternative Investments and Other Types of Investment Fees
Expenses related to the ordinary servicing of the Private Alternative Investment Contract
(executed between the client and third-party manager), including but not limited to, fund
Manager under the Contract. Other non-ordinary fees or fees incurred at the direction of
the Client shall be paid by the Client. The fees will not exceed any limit imposed by any
regulatory agency. Specifically, Delta Wealth Advisors may direct clients to third parties
for engagement with them for private alternative investment opportunities. All clients
that will be directed to these investments will be required to prove accredited investor
status.
Sub-Advisor Services
Delta Wealth Advisors’ selected third party managers will debit fees for this service as
disclosed in the executed advisory agreement between the client and the third party
manager. The fees that Delta Wealth Advisors receives for providing investment
management services are separate from the fees charged to clients by third party advisers.
The third party managers we recommend will not directly charge you a higher fee than
they would have charged without us introducing you to them.
B. Payment of Fees
Payment of Investment Advisory Fees
Delta Wealth Advisors’ investment management fees shall be assessed quarterly, in
advance, based on the asset values as of the day prior to the period being billed. New
accounts will be assessed a prorated fee dependent upon the number of days remaining
in the quarter. Delta Wealth Advisors clients must provide their consent in advance to
direct debiting of investment management fees from their custodial account. The
Investment Advisory Agreement and the custodial/ clearing agreement authorize the
custodian to debit the client account for the amount of the Adviser’s investment
management fee, and to directly remit that investment management fee to Delta Wealth
Advisors in compliance with regulatory procedures. In the limited event that the Adviser
bills the client directly, payment in full is expected upon presentation of the invoice. In
the event an agreement is terminated, the client will receive a prorated refund for fees
paid in advance.
Payment of Financial Planning Fees
Delta Wealth Advisors provides financial planning services to Net Worth Model clients
at no additional cost or obligation.
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Payment of Pension Planning Fees
Pension planning fees will be paid either by using Advice Pay, credit card or check.
Private Alternative Investments and Other Types of Investment Fees
Fees for the selection of third-party private investments will be agreed upon between the
client and the third party through a private offering agreement. (Net worth clients will
continue to pay DWA the agreed upon fee).
Sub-Advisor Services Fees
Fees under these programs are billed in accordance with the outside manager’s billing
methodology (e.g., arrears/advance, quarterly/semi-annually), as described in each
respective manager’s separate written disclosure documents. Clients should consider the
additional cost of paying sub-advisory fees since Delta Wealth Advisors does not discount
or offset our standard management fee for clients that choose to participate in sub-advisory
programs.
C. Client Responsibility For Third Party Fees
Clients are responsible for the payment of all third-party fees (i.e. custodian fees,
brokerage fees, mutual fund fees, transaction fees, etc.). Those fees are separate and
distinct from the fees and expenses charged by Delta Wealth Advisors. Please see Item 12
of this brochure regarding broker-dealer/custodian.
D. Prepayment of Fees
Delta Wealth Advisors collects fees in advance. Refunds for fees paid in advance but not
yet earned will be refunded on a prorated basis and returned within fourteen days to the
client via check, or return deposit back into the client’s account.
For all asset-based fees paid in advance, the fee refunded will be equal to the balance of
the fees collected in advance minus the daily rate* times the number of days elapsed in
the billing period up to and including the day of termination. (*The daily rate is calculated
by dividing the annual asset-based fee rate by 365.)
E. Outside Compensation For the Sale of Securities to Clients
Neither Delta Wealth Advisors nor its supervised persons accept any compensation for
the sale of investment products, including asset-based sales charges or service fees from
the sale of mutual funds.
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
Delta Wealth Advisors does not accept performance-based fees or other fees based on a share of
capital gains on or capital appreciation of the assets of a client.
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Item 7: Types of Clients
Delta Wealth Advisors generally provides advisory services to the following types of clients:
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Individuals
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High-Net-Worth Individuals
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Corporations or Business Entities
❖ Accredited Investors
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, & Risk of
Loss
A. Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
Methods of Analysis
DWA’s methods of analysis include modern portfolio theory, charting analysis,
fundamental analysis and cyclical analysis.
Charting analysis involves the use of patterns in performance charts. DWA uses this
technique to search for patterns used to help predict favorable conditions for buying
and/or selling a security.
Fundamental analysis involves the analysis of financial statements, the general financial
health of companies, and/or the analysis of management or competitive advantages.
Cyclical analysis involves the analysis of business cycles to find favorable conditions for
buying and/or selling a security.
Modern portfolio theory is an investment approach that attempts to maximize portfolio
expected return for a given amount of portfolio risk, or equivalently minimize risk for a
given level of expected return, by carefully choosing the proportions of various assets.
Investment Strategies
Delta Wealth Advisors uses long term trading and short term trading.
Investing in securities involves a risk of loss that you, as a client, should be prepared
to bear.
B. Material Risks Involved
Methods of Analysis
Charting analysis strategy involves using and comparing various charts to predict long
and short term performance or market trends. The risk involved in using this method is
that only past performance data is considered without using other methods to crosscheck
data. Using charting analysis without other methods of analysis would be making the
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assumption that past performance will be indicative of future performance. This may not
be the case.
Fundamental analysis concentrates on factors that determine a company’s value and
expected future earnings. This strategy would normally encourage equity purchases in
stocks that are undervalued or priced below their perceived value. The risk assumed is
that the market will fail to reach expectations of perceived value.
Cyclical analysis assumes that the markets react in cyclical patterns which, once
identified, can be leveraged to provide performance. The risks with this strategy are two-
fold: 1) the markets do not always repeat cyclical patterns and 2) if too many investors
begin to implement this strategy, it changes the very cycles these investors are trying to
exploit.
Modern portfolio theory assumes that investors are risk averse, meaning that given two
portfolios that offer the same expected return, investors will prefer the less risky one.
Thus, an investor will take on increased risk only if compensated by higher expected
returns. Conversely, an investor who wants higher expected returns must accept more
risk. The exact trade-off will be the same for all investors, but different investors will
evaluate the trade-off differently based on individual risk aversion characteristics. The
implication is that a rational investor will not invest in a portfolio if a second portfolio
exists with a more favorable risk-expected return profile – i.e., if for that level of risk an
alternative portfolio exists which has better expected returns.
Investment Strategies
Long term trading is designed to capture market rates of both return and risk. Due to its
nature, the long-term investment strategy can expose clients to various types of risk that
will typically surface at various intervals during the time the client owns the investments.
These risks include but are not limited to inflation (purchasing power) risk, interest rate
risk, economic risk, market risk, and political/regulatory risk.
Short term trading risks include liquidity, economic stability, and inflation, in addition to
the long term trading risks listed above. Frequent trading can affect investment
performance, particularly through increased brokerage and other transaction costs and
taxes.
Investing in securities involves a risk of loss that you, as a client, should be prepared
to bear.
C. Risks of Specific Securities Utilized
Clients should be aware that there is a material risk of loss using any investment strategy.
The investment types listed below (leaving aside Treasury Inflation Protected/Inflation
Linked Bonds) are not guaranteed or insured by the FDIC or any other government
agency.
Mutual Funds: Investing in mutual funds carries the risk of capital loss and thus you may
lose money investing in mutual funds. All mutual funds have costs that lower investment
returns. The funds can be of bond “fixed income” nature (lower risk) or stock “equity”
nature.
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Equity investment generally refers to buying shares of stocks in return for receiving a
future payment of dividends and/or capital gains if the value of the stock increases. The
value of equity securities may fluctuate in response to specific situations for each
company, industry conditions and the general economic environments.
Fixed income investments generally pay a return on a fixed schedule, though the amount
of the payments can vary. This type of investment can include corporate and government
debt securities, leveraged loans, high yield, and investment grade debt and structured
products, such as mortgage and other asset-backed securities, although individual bonds
may be the best known type of fixed income security. In general, the fixed income market
is volatile and fixed income securities carry interest rate risk. (As interest rates rise, bond
prices usually fall, and vice versa. This effect is usually more pronounced for longer-term
securities.) Fixed income securities also carry inflation risk, liquidity risk, call risk, and
credit and default risks for both issuers and counterparties. The risk of default on treasury
inflation protected/inflation linked bonds is dependent upon the U.S. Treasury defaulting
(extremely unlikely); however, they carry a potential risk of losing share price value, albeit
rather minimal. Risks of investing in foreign fixed income securities also include the
general risk of non-U.S. investing described below.
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): An ETF is an investment fund traded on stock exchanges,
similar to stocks. Investing in ETFs carries the risk of capital loss (sometimes up to a 100%
loss in the case of a stock holding bankruptcy). Areas of concern include the lack of
transparency in products and increasing complexity, conflicts of interest and the
possibility of inadequate regulatory compliance. Risks in investing in ETFs include
trading risks, liquidity and shutdown risks, risks associated with a change in authorized
participants and non-participation of authorized participants, risks that trading price
differs from indicative net asset value (iNAV), or price fluctuation and disassociation from
the index being tracked. With regard to trading risks, regular trading adds cost to your
portfolio thus counteracting the low fees that one of the typical benefits of ETFs.
Additionally, regular trading to beneficially “time the market” is difficult to achieve. Even
paid fund managers struggle to do this every year, with the majority failing to beat the
relevant indexes. With regard to liquidity and shutdown risks, not all ETFs have the same
level of liquidity. Since ETFs are at least as liquid as their underlying assets, trading
conditions are more accurately reflected in implied liquidity rather than the average daily
volume of the ETF itself. Implied liquidity is a measure of what can potentially be traded
in ETFs based on its underlying assets. ETFs are subject to market volatility and the risks
of their underlying securities, which may include the risks associated with investing in
smaller companies, foreign securities, commodities, and fixed income investments (as
applicable). Foreign securities in particular are subject to interest rate, currency exchange
rate, economic, and political risks, all of which are magnified in emerging markets. ETFs
that target a small universe of securities, such as a specific region or market sector, are
generally subject to greater market volatility, as well as to the specific risks associated with
that sector, region, or other focus. ETFs that use derivatives, leverage, or complex
investment strategies are subject to additional risks. Precious Metal ETFs (e.g., Gold,
Silver, or Palladium Bullion backed “electronic shares” not physical metal) specifically
may be negatively impacted by several unique factors, among them (1) large sales by the
official sector which own a significant portion of aggregate world holdings in gold and
other precious metals, (2) a significant increase in hedging activities by producers of gold
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or other precious metals, (3) a significant change in the attitude of speculators and
investors. The return of an index ETF is usually different from that of the index it tracks
because of fees, expenses, and tracking error. An ETF may trade at a premium or discount
to its net asset value (NAV) (or indicative value in the case of exchange-traded notes). The
degree of liquidity can vary significantly from one ETF to another and losses may be
magnified if no liquid market exists for the ETF’s shares when attempting to sell them.
Each ETF has a unique risk profile, detailed in its prospectus, offering circular, or similar
material, which should be considered carefully when making investment decisions.
Private Equity funds carry certain risks. Capital calls will be made on short notice, and
the failure to meet capital calls can result in significant adverse consequences, including
but not limited to total loss of investment.
Private placements carry a substantial risk as they are subject to less regulation than are
publicly offered securities, the market to resell these assets under applicable securities
laws may be illiquid, due to restrictions, and the liquidation may be taken at a substantial
discount to the underlying value or result in the entire loss of the value of such assets.
Venture capital funds invest in start-up companies at an early stage of development in
the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event; the risk is high
as a result of the uncertainty involved at that stage of development.
Non-U.S. securities present certain risks such as currency fluctuation, political and
economic change, social unrest, changes in government regulation, differences in
accounting and the lesser degree of accurate public information available.
Options: Under very limited circumstances, and only in close consultation with the client,
Delta Wealth Advisors may utilize option strategies as an investment strategy. Options
trading may be conducted directly, pursuant to the discretionary authority clients grant
us, or indirectly through one or more subadvisors that we recommend. An option is the
right but not the obligation to either buy or sell a specified amount or value of a particular
underlying interest at a fixed exercise price by exercising the option before its specified
expiration date. An option that gives a right to buy is a call option. An option that gives a
right to sell is a put option. Calls and puts are distinct types of options and the buying or
selling of one type does not involve the other. Options can involve certain costs and risk
such as liquidity, interest rate, market, credit, and the risk that a position could not be
closed when most favorable. Selling covered call options may place a limit on upside
gains, while selling put options may result in the purchase of a security at a price higher
than the current market price.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Investing in securities involves a
risk of loss that you, as a client, should be prepared to bear.
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Item 9: Disciplinary Information
A. Criminal or Civil Actions
There are no criminal or civil actions to report.
B. Administrative Proceedings
There are no administrative proceedings to report.
C. Self-regulatory Organization (SRO) Proceedings
There are no self-regulatory organization proceedings to report.
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
A. Registration as a Broker/Dealer or Broker/Dealer Representative
Neither Delta Wealth Advisors nor its representatives are registered as, or have pending
applications to become, a broker/dealer or a representative of a broker/dealer.
B. Registration as a Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity
Pool Operator, or a Commodity Trading Advisor
Neither Delta Wealth Advisors nor its representatives are registered as or have pending
applications to become either a Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity Pool
Operator, or Commodity Trading Advisor or an associated person of the foregoing
entities.
C. Registration Relationships Material to this Advisory Business
and Possible Conflicts of Interests
Dino Nikolas Efthimiou is owner in Delta Wealth CPA’s & Advisors, LLC. From time to
time, he may offer clients advice or products from those activities and clients should be
aware that these services may involve a conflict of interest. Delta Wealth Advisors LLC
always acts in the best interest of the client and clients always have the right to decide
whether or not to utilize the services of any Delta Wealth Advisors LLC representative
in such individuals outside capacities. This outside business activity does not take up
more than 5% of Mr. Efthimiou’s time per week.
Nicholas Gerald-Christ Finnigan is owner in Delta Wealth CPA’s & Advisors, LLC.
From time to time, he may offer clients advice or products from those activities and
clients should be aware that these services may involve a conflict of interest. Delta
Wealth Advisors LLC always acts in the best interest of the client and clients always
have the right to decide whether or not to utilize the services of any Delta Wealth
Advisors LLC representative in such individuals outside capacities. This outside
business activity does not take up more than 5% of Mr. Finnigan’s time per week
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D. Selection of Other Advisers or Managers and How This Adviser
is Compensated for Those Selections
Delta Wealth Advisors does not utilize nor select third-party investment advisers.
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client
Transactions and Personal Trading
A. Code of Ethics
Delta Wealth Advisors has a written Code of Ethics that covers the following areas:
Prohibited Purchases and Sales, Insider Trading, Personal Securities Transactions,
Exempted Transactions, Prohibited Activities, Conflicts of
Interest, Gifts and
Entertainment, Confidentiality, Service on a Board of Directors, Compliance Procedures,
Compliance with Laws and Regulations, Procedures and Reporting, Certification of
Compliance, Reporting Violations, Compliance Officer Duties, Training and Education,
Recordkeeping, Annual Review, and Sanctions. Delta Wealth Advisors’ Code of Ethics is
available free upon request to any client or prospective client.
B. Recommendations Involving Material Financial Interests
Delta Wealth Advisors does not recommend that clients buy or sell any security in which
a related person to Delta Wealth Advisors or Delta Wealth Advisors has a material
financial interest.
C. Investing Personal Money in the Same Securities as Clients
From time to time, representatives of Delta Wealth Advisors may buy or sell securities for
themselves that they also recommend to clients. This may provide an opportunity for
representatives of Delta Wealth Advisors to buy or sell the same securities before or after
recommending the same securities to clients resulting in representatives profiting off the
recommendations they provide to clients. Such transactions may create a conflict of
interest. Delta Wealth Advisors will always document any transactions that could be
construed as conflicts of interest and will never engage in trading that operates to the
client’s disadvantage when similar securities are being bought or sold.
Delta Wealth Advisors and its associated persons may have material financial interests in
issuers of securities that Delta Wealth Advisors may recommend for purchase or sale by
advisory clients. This presents a conflict of interest in that Advisor and Client’s will be
purchasing the same or similar securities. These investments include the private funds,
private equities and other non-liquid opportunities. The fact that Delta Wealth Advisors
and its associated persons purchase or sell private offering for themselves does not
indicate that these funds are vetted or managed differently than other securities that the
Advisor or its related persons do not purchase or sell alongside the advisory clients.
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D. Trading Securities At/Around the Same Time as Clients’
Securities
From time to time, representatives of Delta Wealth Advisors may buy or sell securities for
themselves at or around the same time as clients. This may provide an opportunity for
representatives of Delta Wealth Advisors to buy or sell securities before or after
recommending securities to clients resulting in representatives profiting off the
recommendations they provide to clients. Such transactions may create a conflict of
interest; however, Delta Wealth Advisors will never engage in trading that operates to the
client’s disadvantage if representatives of Delta Wealth Advisors buy or sell securities at
or around the same time as clients.
Item 12: Brokerage Practices
A. Factors Used to Select Custodians and/or Broker/Dealers
Custodians/broker-dealers will be recommended based on Delta Wealth Advisors’ duty
to seek “best execution,” which is the obligation to seek execution of securities transactions
for a client on the most favorable terms for the client under the circumstances. Clients will
not necessarily pay the lowest commission or commission equivalent, and Delta Wealth
Advisors may also consider the market expertise and research access provided by the
broker-dealer/custodian, including but not limited to access to written research, oral
communication with analysts, admittance to research conferences and other resources
provided by the brokers that may aid in Delta Wealth Advisors’ research efforts. Delta
Wealth Advisors will never charge a premium or commission on transactions, beyond the
actual cost imposed by the broker-dealer/custodian.
Delta Wealth Advisors recommends Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services and
Altruist Financial LLC (CRD#299274), an unaffiliated SEC-registered broker dealer and
FINRA/SIPC member, as the introducing broker to Apex Clearing Corporation, an
unaffiliated SEC-registered broker dealer and FINRA/SIPC member.
1. Research and Other Soft-Dollar Benefits
While Delta Wealth Advisors has no formal soft dollars program in which soft dollars
are used to pay for third party services, Delta Wealth Advisors may receive research,
products, or other services from custodians and broker-dealers in connection with
client securities transactions (“soft dollar benefits”). Delta Wealth Advisors may enter
into soft-dollar arrangements consistent with (and not outside of) the safe harbor
contained in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. There
can be no assurance that any particular client will benefit from soft dollar research,
whether or not the client’s transactions paid for it, and Delta Wealth Advisors does
not seek to allocate benefits to client accounts proportionate to any soft dollar credits
generated by the accounts. Delta Wealth Advisors benefits by not having to produce
or pay for the research, products or services, and Delta Wealth Advisors will have an
incentive to recommend a broker-dealer based on receiving research or services.
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Clients should be aware that Delta Wealth Advisors’ acceptance of soft dollar benefits
may result in higher commissions charged to the client.
2. Brokerage for Client Referrals
Delta Wealth Advisors receives no referrals from a broker-dealer or third party in
exchange for using that broker-dealer or third party.
3. Clients Directing Which Broker/Dealer/Custodian to Use
Delta Wealth Advisors may permit clients to direct it to execute transactions through
a specified broker-dealer. If a client directs brokerage, then the client will be required
to acknowledge in writing that the client’s direction with respect to the use of brokers
supersedes any authority granted to Delta Wealth Advisors to select brokers; this
direction may result in higher commissions, which may result in a disparity between
free and directed accounts; the client may be unable to participate in block trades
(unless Delta Wealth Advisors is able to engage in “step outs”); and trades for the client
and other directed accounts may be executed after trades for free accounts, which may
result in less favorable prices, particularly for illiquid securities or during volatile
market conditions. Not all investment advisers allow their clients to direct brokerage.
B. Aggregating (Block) Trading for Multiple Client Accounts
If Delta Wealth Advisors buys or sells the same securities on behalf of more than one
client, then it may (but would be under no obligation to) aggregate or bunch such
securities in a single transaction for multiple clients in order to seek more favorable prices,
lower brokerage commissions, or more efficient execution. In such case, Delta Wealth
Advisors would place an aggregate order with the broker on behalf of all such clients in
order to ensure fairness for all clients; provided, however, that trades would be reviewed
periodically to ensure that accounts are not systematically disadvantaged by this policy.
Delta Wealth Advisors would determine the appropriate number of shares and select the
appropriate brokers consistent with its duty to seek best execution, except for those
accounts with specific brokerage direction (if any).
Item 13: Review of Accounts
A. Frequency and Nature of Periodic Reviews and Who Makes
Those Reviews
All client accounts for Delta Wealth Advisors’ advisory services provided on an ongoing
basis are reviewed at least Quarterly by Dino N Efthimiou and Nicholas G.C. Finnigan,
with regard to clients’ respective investment policies and risk tolerance levels. All
accounts at Delta Wealth Advisors are assigned to a reviewer.
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B. Factors That Will Trigger a Non-Periodic Review of Client
Accounts
Reviews may be triggered by material market, economic or political events, or by changes
in client's financial situations (such as retirement, termination of employment, physical
move, or inheritance).
C. Content and Frequency of Regular Reports Provided to Clients
Each client of Delta Wealth Advisors’ advisory services provided on an ongoing basis will
receive a monthly report detailing the client’s account, including assets held, asset value,
and calculation of fees. This written report will come from the custodian. Delta Wealth
Advisors will also provide at least semiannual a separate written statement to the client.
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation
A. Economic Benefits Provided by Third Parties for Advice
Rendered to Clients (Includes Sales Awards or Other Prizes)
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services provides Delta Wealth Advisors with
access to Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services’ institutional trading and
custody services, which are typically not available to Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Advisor Services retail investors. These services generally are available to
independent investment advisers on an unsolicited basis, at no charge to them so long
as a total of at least $10 million of the adviser’s clients’ assets are maintained in
accounts at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Advisor Services includes brokerage services that are related to the execution of
securities transactions, custody, research, including that in the form of advice,
analyses and reports, and access to mutual funds and other investments that are
otherwise generally available only to institutional investors or would require a
significantly higher minimum initial investment. For Delta Wealth Advisors client
accounts maintained in its custody, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services
generally does not charge separately for custody services but is compensated by
account holders through commissions or other transaction-related or asset-based fees
for securities trades that are executed through Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor
Services or that settle into Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services accounts.
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services also makes available to Delta Wealth
Advisors other products and services that benefit Delta Wealth Advisors but may not
benefit its clients’ accounts. These benefits may include national, regional or Delta
Wealth Advisors specific educational events organized and/or sponsored by Charles
Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services. Other potential benefits may include occasional
business entertainment of personnel of Delta Wealth Advisors by Charles Schwab &
Co., Inc. Advisor Services personnel, including meals, invitations to sporting events,
including golf tournaments, and other forms of entertainment, some of which may
accompany educational opportunities. Other of these products and services assist
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Delta Wealth Advisors in managing and administering clients’ accounts. These
include software and other technology (and related technological training) that
provide access to client account data (such as trade confirmations and account
statements), facilitate trade execution (and allocation of aggregated trade orders for
multiple client accounts, if applicable), provide research, pricing information and
other market data, facilitate payment of Delta Wealth Advisors’s fees from its clients’
accounts (if applicable), and assist with back-office training and support functions,
recordkeeping and client reporting. Many of these services generally may be used to
service all or some substantial number of Delta Wealth Advisors’s accounts. Charles
Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services also makes available to Delta Wealth Advisors
other services intended to help Delta Wealth Advisors manage and further develop
its business enterprise. These services may include professional compliance, legal and
business consulting, publications and conferences on practice management,
information technology, business succession, regulatory compliance, employee
benefits providers, and human capital consultants, insurance and marketing. In
addition, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services may make available, arrange
and/or pay vendors for these types of services rendered to Delta Wealth Advisors by
independent third parties. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services may discount
or waive fees it would otherwise charge for some of these services or pay all or a part
of the fees of a third-party providing these services to Delta Wealth Advisors. Delta
Wealth Advisors is independently owned and operated and not affiliated with
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services.
B. Compensation to Non – Advisory Personnel for Client Referrals
Delta Wealth Advisors does not directly or indirectly compensate any person who is not
advisory personnel for client referrals.
Item 15: Custody
When advisory fees are deducted directly from client accounts at client's custodian, Delta Wealth
Advisors will be deemed to have limited custody of client's assets and must have written
authorization from the client to do so. Clients will receive all account statements and notification
of fees billed to the accounts electronically if opted, or by mail directly from the Custodian. Client
should always carefully review those statements for accuracy.
Custody is also disclosed in Form ADV because Delta Wealth Advisors has authority to transfer
money from client account(s), which constitutes a standing letter of authorization (SLOA).
Accordingly, Delta Wealth Advisors will follow the safeguards specified by the SEC rather than
undergo an annual audit.
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Item 16: Investment Discretion
Delta Wealth Advisors provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory
services to clients. The advisory contract established with each client sets forth the discretionary
authority for trading. Where investment discretion has been granted, Delta Wealth Advisors
generally manages the client’s account and makes investment decisions without consultation
with the client as to when the securities are to be bought or sold for the account, the total amount
of the securities to be bought/sold, what securities to buy or sell, or the price per share. In some
instances, Delta Wealth Advisors’ discretionary authority in making these determinations may
be limited by conditions imposed by a client (in investment guidelines or objectives, or client
instructions otherwise provided to Delta Wealth Advisors.
Item 17: Voting Client Securities (Proxy Voting)
Delta Wealth Advisors will not ask for, nor accept voting authority for client securities. Clients
will receive proxies directly from the issuer of the security or the custodian. Clients should direct
all proxy questions to the issuer of the security.
Item 18: Financial Information
A. Balance Sheet
Delta Wealth Advisors neither requires nor solicits prepayment of more than $1,200 in
fees per client, six months or more in advance, and therefore is not required to include a
balance sheet with this brochure.
B. Financial Conditions Reasonably Likely to Impair Ability to
Meet Contractual Commitments to Clients
Neither Delta Wealth Advisors nor its management has any financial condition that is
likely to reasonably impair Delta Wealth Advisors’ ability to meet contractual
commitments to clients.
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C. Bankruptcy Petitions in Previous Ten Years
Delta Wealth Advisors has not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition in the last ten
years.
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