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Item 1 Cover Page
Fortune Wealth Management, LLC
Name of Registered Investment
Advisor
Address
Phone Number
Website Address
E-mail Address
Date of Last Revision
5910 N. Central Expy, Suite 1599 Dallas, TX 75206
(972) 716-8002
www.fortunewealthmanagement.com
sonja@fortunewealthmanagement.com
April 9, 2025
This Form ADV Part 2A (Investment Advisor Brochure) gives information about the investment
advisor and its business for the use of clients and prospective clients. If you have any questions
about the contents of this brochure, please contact us using one of the methods listed above. The
information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about our firm is available on the SEC’s website
at:www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Item 2 Material Changes
As of the last annual amendment on August 6, 2024, below are Fortune Wealth Management,
LLC’s material changes:
Updated the AUM for December 31, 2024.
Kristina Lake-Bell is no longer employed at Fortune Wealth Management, LLC.
Joe Kreck is no longer an advisor at Fortune Wealth Management, LLC.
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Item 3 Table of Contents
Item 1 Cover Page .....................................................................................................................1
Item 2 Material Changes...........................................................................................................1
Item 3 Table of Contents ...........................................................................................................2
Item 4 Advisory Business ..........................................................................................................3
Item 5 Fees and Compensation .................................................................................................3
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ...........................................5
Item 7 Types of Clients .............................................................................................................5
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss .....................................5
Item 9 Disciplinary Information ...............................................................................................6
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ..................................................6
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading ......................................................................................................................................7
Item 12 Brokerage Practices .....................................................................................................8
Item 13 Review of Accounts ......................................................................................................9
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation .................................................................9
Item 15 Custody ........................................................................................................................9
Item 16 Investment Discretion ................................................................................................ 10
Item 17 Voting Client Securities ............................................................................................. 10
Item 18 Financial Information ................................................................................................ 10
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Item 4 Advisory Business
Fortune Wealth Management, LLC (“FWM”) was established in 2011 by Sonja White, and she
currently serves as President. Prior to forming FWM she served as President of Fortune Financial
Services, LLC for twenty-one years. Sonja White, CLU®, ChFC® has been in the financial
services industry since 1981.
FWM provides investment management services for clients who have investment accounts with
various brokerage firms, mutual fund companies, insurance companies, and/or other custodians.
Investment management services are based on the individual needs of the client. We believe that
every client is unique; that each client has different needs, desires, objectives, risk tolerance
levels, education and experience. An initial interview and data gathering questionnaire is
completed to determine the client's financial situation and investment objectives.
Clients have the opportunity to impose reasonable restrictions on the management of their
account(s). Clients may leave standing instructions with the IAR to refrain from investing in
particular securities or types of securities or to invest in limited amounts of those securities.
Quarterly, the IAR will contact the client in writing requesting notification of any changes in the
client's financial situation, investment objectives, or account restrictions. It is the client's
responsibility to timely notify the IAR of changes.
FWM may also provide financial planning consistent with the individual client's financial and
tax status and risk/reward objectives. Planning may be comprehensive or segmented and focus
on investments, insurance, taxes and/or estate plans.
As of December 31, 2024, FWM had $341,317,614 in discretionary assets under management
and $2,205,127 in non-discretionary assets under management.
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
Fortune Wealth Management, LLC fee schedule
Less than $250,000
$250,000 to $999,999
$1,000,000 to $2,999,999
$3,000,000 to $5,999,999
$6,000,000 to $9,999,999
$10,000,000 to $14,999,999
$15,000,000 to $19,999,999
$20,000,000 and over
1.30%
1.05%
.85%
.70%
.60%
.55%
.45%
.40%
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All of a client’s assets under management with FWM are assessed at the same rate unless
otherwise noted. Fees are negotiable. Financial planning and hourly advice are billed at $250 per
hour. However, asset management clients do not pay an hourly fee unless a financial plan is
requested.
Asset management fees will be payable quarterly in arrears. In the event the agreement is
executed at any time other than the first day of the current calendar quarter, fees will be assessed
on a pro-rata basis.
Fees are deducted from the client’s account at the custodian in accordance with the Investment
Advisory Agreement. It is the client’s responsibility to verify the accuracy of the fee calculation.
The custodian will not determine whether the fee is properly calculated.
FWM’s advisory fees are for advisory services only and do not include any transaction fees or
additional fees which may be charged separately by the custodial firm. See the section entitled
“Brokerage Practices” for more information.
Client’s assets invested in shares of open or closed end mutual funds, exchange traded funds
(ETFs), variable annuity subaccounts, or other investment companies may be charged additional
internal fees and expenses. These fees and expenses are set forth in the investment company’s
respective prospectuses. Mutual funds recommended by FWM’s advisory services will be the
lowest cost institutional shares available.
For portfolio management, services will continue until either party terminates the agreement with
written notice. The client may terminate the agreement within the first five (5) days following
execution of the agreement without penalty. If termination occurs prior to the end of a calendar
quarter, the client will be billed for fees due on a pro-rata basis.
Maximum FWM hourly fees for financial planning and investment consultation are $250 per
hour. Fees are payable at the time of the delivery of the plan or consultation. For financial
planning and investment advice, the client may terminate the agreement at any time and pay a
fee based on time and effort expended prior to termination. Stand-alone agreements for financial
planning and investment consultation terminate upon delivery of the plan or services. FWM does
not charge in advance for financial planning or investment consultation.
General FWM Fee Disclosure
Fees paid by clients in the various advisory programs and services of FWM may be more than
the cost of purchasing the same services separately or similar services elsewhere.
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Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
FWM does not charge performance-based fees.
Item 7 Types of Clients
FWM provides advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans and other
ERISA accounts, trusts, estates and business entities.
FWM’s recommended minimum investment amount for establishing and maintaining a Wealth
Management account is $250,000. Exceptions to this minimum may be granted or imposed at the
discretion of the IAR.
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
FWM uses asset allocation strategies for portfolio management. We use risk tolerance
questionnaires and other client input to develop a target portfolio for each client. The appropriate
target portfolio may be chosen from our model portfolios or custom designed to meet the client’s
needs. We use portfolios that consist of carefully weighted combinations of mutual funds, ETFs,
and individual securities. We can also manage sub-account funds within annuities if need be. We
rebalance as needed to get the portfolio back to investment targets. Although we do not normally
engage in market timing, we will occasionally overweight or underweight certain asset classes if
we believe it is prudent to do so.
FWM employs the following methods of analyzing securities: Charting, Fundamental, Technical
and Cyclical. Fundamental and Cyclical analysis deal with the examination of all the material
factors of the security, the company, the industry in which the company operates, and the
economy as well as seasonal and other factors. Technical analysis and Charting examine patterns
of securities supply and demand as evidenced by market activity. The potential risks of using
Fundamental/Cyclical analysis are that the IAR is utilizing historical information which, while
useful, may not be an accurate predictor of future performance of a security. The potential risks
of using Technical/Charting analysis include the quality of the information being utilized to
support the analysis and lack of consideration of fundamental changes in the underlying
company.
We analyze mutual funds, ETFs, stocks and variable annuities using independent third-party
research reports and databases, information gathered from the fund providers, custodians, and
various independent research providers.
FWM may use the following general investment strategies: long-term (held for more than a
year), short-term (held less than a year), margin transactions, options, and, on extremely rare
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occasions, short sales. Each type of investment strategy has unique risks associated with it. Both
long-term and short-term investment strategies are susceptible to market volatility and inflation.
Margin transactions are subject to maintenance margin requirements, and margin loans must be
repaid regardless of the underlying value of the securities purchased. Investing in options
contracts has several kinds of risks. An options holder risks the entire amount paid for the option.
An options writer may be assigned the option at any time during which the option is exercisable.
Losses in options contracts may be significant. Losses on short sales can theoretically be infinite
if the price of the security sold increases prior to covering or closing the transaction.
There is no guarantee that the investment strategy selected for the client will result in the client’s
goals being met, nor is there any guarantee of profit or protection from loss. For those
investments where prospectuses are available, clients should read the prospectuses in full.
By its nature, financial planning looks to the long-term. After the client's short-term cash needs
and emergency fund are evaluated, investment and insurance strategies are designed to help the
client achieve their financial goals. The quality of a financial plan is dependent upon the quality
of the input provided by the client. If the client provides erroneous or incomplete information,
the financial plan may produce inadequate or erroneous recommendations.
There are risks inherent in all financial decisions and transactions. FWM cannot guarantee the
current or future performance of client accounts, or the success of any investment decision or
strategy that FWM may use with client accounts.
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear.
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
FWM and its IARs do not have any disciplinary history.
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
IARs of the firm can be licensed with life, disability, and other insurance companies. Insurance
products offered by these companies may be recommended. If clients purchase these products
through us, we may receive a commission, thus a conflict of interest exists between our interests
and those of advisory clients. The client is under no obligation to purchase products
recommended, or to purchase products either through us or through these insurance companies.
FWM’s IARs receive less than 1% of their income from Insurance activities and spend less than
1% of their time on Insurance activities.
FWM may exercise agreements with other Registered Investment Advisors and recommend
other Advisors to clients. In such instances, FWM and/or some of our IARs may receive a
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portion of the account fee. In these instances, we will make available to the client a
“Compensation Disclosure Statement” and the Investment Advisor Brochure for the other
Advisor. The client is under no obligation to use the services of the other Advisor(s)
recommended. FWM currently has no such agreements.
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
FWM maintains a Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics sets forth standards of conduct expected
of advisory personnel, requires compliance with the requirements of Section 204A-1 of the
Investment Advisors Act of 1940 and addresses conflicts that arise from personal trading by
advisory personnel. FWM’s Code of Ethics covers all individuals that are classified as
“supervised persons.” All FWM owners and IARs are classified as supervised persons. FWM
requires its supervised persons to consistently act in the FWM clients’ best interest in all
advisory activities. FWM imposes certain requirements on supervised persons to ensure that they
meet FWM’s fiduciary responsibilities to FWM clients. This standard of conduct requirement is
higher than what is ordinarily required and encountered in business. Clients or prospective
clients may request a copy of the Code of Ethics.
FWM’s supervised persons may buy, sell and hold securities for their personal accounts, which
FWM may also recommend to clients, or buy and sell on a discretionary basis for clients. As
these situations present a conflict of interest, it is the policy of FWM that no supervised person
shall place their own interest ahead of the interest of FWM clients.
• No supervised person employed by FWM may buy or sell any security prior to a
transaction being implemented for an advisory account.
• No supervised person employed by FWM may buy or sell securities for their personal
accounts where their decision is derived from information obtained through their
employment with FWM unless the information is also available to the investing public
upon reasonable inquiry.
• FWM maintains a list of all securities holdings for all supervised persons, which is
reviewed on a regular basis by a principal of FWM.
Conflicts of Interest – FWM must disclose any potential or actual conflicts of interest when
dealing with clients. FWM addresses these conflicts through the following Compliance
Oversight Policies:
• FWM Obligations -FWM and its IARs are subject to the following specific obligations
when dealing with clients:
The duty to have a reasonable, independent basis for investment advice;
The duty to ensure that investment advice is suitable to meeting the client’s
individual objectives, needs, and circumstances; and,
A duty to be loyal to clients.
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This Code of Ethics response is only intended to provide clients and potential clients with a
summary description of FWM’s Code of Ethics. If current or potential clients want to review
FWM’s entire Code of Ethics, they may obtain a copy of it by calling FWM at (972) 716-8002,
writing to FWM at 5910 N. Central Expy, Suite 1599 Dallas, TX 75206, or by e-mailing FWM
at sonja@fortunewealthmanagement.com.
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
For custody of assets, the services of Raymond James Financial and/or Charles Schwab may be
recommended. The selection is made based on the discount rates and execution services
available to the client. Clients may pay transaction fees to a custodian for the purchase of some
investments. Raymond James Financial, Charles Schwab, and other custodians provide clients
with consolidated statements. FWM sometimes manages investments in existing accounts that a
client has with another brokerage firm. Neither FWM nor its IARs are affiliated with Raymond
James Financial, Charles Schwab, or other custodians.
Soft Dollar Arrangements
FWM does not participate in any soft dollar arrangements.
FWM understands its duty for best execution and considers all factors in making
recommendations to clients. While FWM may not always obtain the lowest fee structure, FWM
believes that the fees are reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research
services provided. The amount of assets that FWM places with a custodian affects not only the
services provided to FWM but also the fees and costs that the custodians charge our clients. This
causes us to recommend only a small number of custodians.
If a client has an account with a custodian other than a firm recommended by FWM, we may
provide investment management services within the existing account. It is up to the client to
negotiate the commission rate. The client may not be able to negotiate the most competitive rate,
and as a result, the client may pay more than the rate available through the custodian used by
FWM. In such cases, the client may not be able to participate in aggregated (“block”) trades,
which can help reduce the cost of execution. Where the client does not otherwise designate a
custodian, FWM recommends custodians with competitive clearing rates.
While individual client advice is provided for each account, client trades may be executed as a
block trade at any particular custodian. The Advisor will not aggregate a client's order if in a
particular instance the Advisor believes that aggregation would cause the client's cost of
execution to be increased. The custodian will be notified of the amount of each trade for each
account. The Advisor and/or its IARs may participate in block trades with clients and may also
participate on a pro-rata basis for partial fills but only if clients receive fair and equitable
treatment.
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Item 13 Review of Accounts
FWM monitors the individual investments within client accounts and the asset allocation of
portfolios on an ongoing basis. Portfolio performance is reviewed on a quarterly basis at a
minimum. The account reviews are performed by the client’s IAR.
All clients receive standard account statements from investment sponsors and custodians.
Portfolio management clients receive a written quarterly performance report from FWM.
A financial plan is a snapshot in time and not an ongoing contract. We recommend that financial
planning clients engage us to update their financial plan when any significant changes occur in
their personal or financial situation.
Sonja White, the owner and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of FWM is responsible for
supervising FWM advisory accounts and other advisory activities. The main reports and
documents the CCO reviews to supervise/review these activities are Investor Profile
Questionnaires, new account documents, trade tickets, confirmations, brokerage statements,
performance reports, daily activity reports and planning documents.
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
FWM does not pay for or receive compensation for client referrals. All compensation received
by FWM or its IARs has been described, as applicable, in the “Fees and Compensation” and
“Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations and Brokerage Practices” sections. Please
refer to those sections for further details regarding other types of compensation.
Item 15 Custody
Clients may authorize fee deduction directly from the client’s account via the Investment
Advisory Agreement. The custodian will deduct the fees from the client’s account and send them
to FWM. FWM will not have authority to withdraw funds or to take custody of client funds or
securities other than under the terms of the fee payment authorization in the Investment Advisory
Agreement. Although FWM does not take custody of client assets, under some government
regulations the fee deduction may be deemed custody. Your funds and securities will be
physically maintained with a “qualified custodian” as required under Rule 206(4)-2 under the
Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
Clients will receive account statements at least quarterly from the custodian. Clients are urged to
compare custodial account statements against performance reports prepared by FWM for
accuracy. Minor variations may occur because of reporting dates, accrual methods of interest and
dividends and other factors. The custodial statement is the official record of your account for tax
and other purposes.
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Item 16 Investment Discretion
FWM has discretionary authority as to the securities and amount of securities that are traded in
the client’s account(s) unless otherwise noted.
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
FWM will not exercise proxy-voting authority over the securities held in client accounts where
FWM provides Portfolio Management services. The obligation to vote client proxies shall at all
times rest with the clients. However, clients may contact FWM for advice or information about a
particular proxy vote. FWM shall not be deemed to have proxy-voting authority solely as a result
of providing such advice to a client. Should FWM inadvertently receive proxy information for a
security held in account, such information shall be immediately forwarded to client.
Item 18 Financial Information
FWM has no financial information to report, since FWM does not maintain custody of client
accounts other than direct fee deduction. FWM does not solicit payments of $500 or more per
client six (6) months or more in advance for services. FWM has no financial condition that
would impair its ability to meet contractual commitments. FWM has had no bankruptcies.
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