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This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Henry Bragg & Co. If you have any questions about the contents of
this brochure, contact us at 713-393-9444. 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 Henry Bragg & Co. is available on the SEC's website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Henry Bragg & Co. is a registered investment adviser. Registration with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities
authority does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
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Summary of Material Changes
In addition to Schwab, Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC is now
being used as a qualified custodian for client accounts. Please
see Items 12 and 14 for additional information.
We are required to advise you of any material
changes since our last annual update in
March 2025. The following material changes
have occurred since that update:
We have made Flourish Cash, an online cash
management solution, available to our clients.
Please see Items 4, 5, and 10 for additional
information.
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Table of Contents
Item 1 Cover Page
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Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and
Item 2 Summary of Material Changes
2
Affiliations
9
Item 3 Table of Contents
2
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest
Item 4 Advisory Business
3
in Client Transactions, and Personal Trading
9
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
4
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
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Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and
Item 13 Review of Accounts
12
Side-By-Side Management
5
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
12
Item 7 Types of Clients
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Item 15 Custody
12
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment
Item 16 Investment Discretion
13
Strategies and Risk of Loss
6
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
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Item 9 Disciplinary Information
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Item 18 Financial Information
Henry Bragg & Co.
2900 Weslayan St., Ste 450 Houston, TX 77027
(713)393-9444
henrybraggco.com
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Advisory Business
Income, Income and Growth, or Income). HBCo will, if
appropriate, suggest modifications to the model or an
allocation among two or more of the models to address the
client’s individual needs more adequately. HBCo can also vary
from model portfolios to accommodate customized portfolios
where appropriate (see Special Situations within this section).
Description of Firm
Henry Bragg & Co. is a registered investment adviser based
in Houston, TX. We are organized as a limited liability
company (“LLC”) under the laws of the State of Texas. We
have been providing investment advisory services since
November 2020. The principal owner of the firm is Henry S.
Bragg.
Qualified Plan Services
HBCo also offers Qualified Plan Services which consist of
several related advisory services that can be provided
separately or in combination depending on the client's needs.
While the primary clients for these services will be sponsors
of pension, profit sharing, and 401(k) plans, HBCo can also
provide these services, where appropriate, to individuals and
trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. HBCo's Qualified
Plan Services include assisting the client with selecting
suitable investments for the plan, re-evaluating those
selections periodically, and offering educational support to
the plan sponsor and the participants.
The following paragraphs describe our services and fees.
Refer to the description of each investment advisory service
listed below for information on how we tailor our advisory
services to your individual needs. As used in this brochure,
the words “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to Henry Bragg & Co.
(or “HBCo”) and the words “you,” “your,” and “client” refer
to you as either a client or prospective client of our firm.
The nature of the topics to be covered with participants will
be determined by HBCo and the client under the guidelines
established in Section 404(c) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA").
Portfolio Advisory Services
We offer discretionary portfolio advisory services. Our
investment advice is tailored to meet our clients’ needs and
investment objectives.
Trusted Advisor Services
This service is designed to provide advice, consulting, and
other financial services to ultra-high-net-worth clients. The
service may or may not include portfolio advisory services.
Financial Review Services
In certain circumstances, we will review your financial situation
and make suggestions on what we believe is best for you.
If you participate in our discretionary portfolio advisory
services, we require you to grant our firm discretionary
authority to manage your account. Discretionary
authorization will allow us to determine the specific
securities, and the amount of securities, to be purchased or
sold for your account without your approval prior to each
transaction. Discretionary authority is typically granted by the
investment advisory agreement (“IAA”) you sign with our firm
and the appropriate trading authorization forms.
You can limit our discretionary authority (for example, limiting
the types of securities that can be purchased or sold for
your account) by providing our firm with your restrictions and
guidelines in writing.
As part of our portfolio advisory services, in addition to other
types of investments (see disclosures below in this section),
we may invest your assets according to one or more model
portfolios developed by Forum Financial Management, LP
(“Forum,” see Forum Financial Management, LP within this
section). The models are designed for investors with varying
degrees of risk tolerance ranging from a more aggressive
investment strategy to a more conservative investment
approach.
Types of Securities & Selection of Other Advisers
HBCo will primarily use institutional style-specific mutual
funds, Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”), U.S. government
securities, and municipal bonds, to fund various classes
within a portfolio, except when, in the fixed income category,
U.S. Treasuries are a better alternative or when there is a
benefit to directly holding high-yield bonds. We will utilize
Dimensional Fund Advisors, LP. (“DFA”) in all asset classes
unless Vanguard is deemed to offer a better solution. When
appropriate, HBCo will utilize DFA to manage individual
equities. From time to time, HBCo may enter into additional
written agreements with third-party registered investment
advisers or may employ an individual bond strategy or
individual brokerage Certificate of Deposits (CDs) for a portion
of a clients’ portfolios if HBCo deems it appropriate and in the
best interests of clients.
Forum Financial Management, LP
Forum provides services to our firm. We have engaged Forum as
a third-party service provider for the provision of back-office
Once the appropriate portfolio(s) has been determined, the
account is generally managed based on the portfolio's goal.
Account supervision is guided by the stated objectives of
the client (i.e., Aggressive Growth, Growth, Growth and
Henry Bragg & Co.
2900 Weslayan St., Ste 450 Houston, TX 77027
(713)393-9444
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Fees and Compensation
Portfolio Advisory Services
The annual fee for our portfolio advisory services is never
more than 1.25% of the market value (plus any credit balance
and minus and debit balance) of client assets under
management. Assets in each of your account(s) are included
in the fee assessment unless specifically identified in writing
for exclusion.
Our annual portfolio management fee is billed and payable,
quarterly in arrears, based on the balance at end of billing
period after adjustments for cash flows during the period.
services for the benefit of clients’ accounts. These services
include but are not limited to account administration, technology,
and trading. As such, the client should understand that we share
relevant client information with Forum and client expressly
permits us to disclose such client information to Forum. Forum
maintains a privacy policy whereby Forum does not disclose
non-public information obtained from us to any non-affiliated third
parties, except as required to process transactions on client’s
behalf or if required by law or regulation. HBCo pays Forum a fee
for its services. Clients are not charged any additional fees by us
for Forum’s services. Forum provides HBCo clients with lower
trading costs given its size and ability to negotiate with outside
providers. Because Mr. Bragg is the sole owner and
investment advisor, HBCo has a succession agreement in place
with Forum (see Brokerage Practices in Item 12). Documentation
of this agreement is on file with our qualified custodian.
If the portfolio management agreement is executed at any
time other than the first day of a calendar quarter, our fees will
apply on a pro rata basis, which means that the advisory fee is
payable in proportion to the number of days in the quarter for
which you are a client.
Flourish Cash
Flourish Cash is an online cash management solution that seeks
to provide clients with competitive APY and elevated FDIC
coverage for their deposits placed at program banks. Flourish
Cash is offered by Flourish Financial LLC (“Flourish”), a
registered broker-dealer and FINRA member. HBCo is not
affiliated with Flourish or any of the program’s banks. HBCo is
not acting as an investment advisor representative or in a
discretionary manner when inviting clients to use Flourish and
only do so with client consent.
Our advisory fee is negotiable, depending on individual client
circumstances. At our discretion, we may combine the
account values of family members living in the same
household to determine the applicable advisory fee. For
example, we may combine account values for you and your
minor children, joint accounts with your spouse, and other
types of related accounts. Combining account values
increases the asset total, which may result in your paying a
reduced advisory fee.
Special Situations
As needed, we will advise you on various types of
investments based on your stated goals and objectives, as well
as provide advice on any type of investment held in your
portfolio. Legacy securities with low basis can be substituted in
the model portfolios for tax reasons. As time goes by, we’ll
attempt to reduce such positions in a tax-efficient way to bring
the portfolio into balance with the recommended securities.
We will deduct our fee directly from your account through the
qualified custodian holding your funds and securities. We will
deduct our advisory fee only when you have given our firm
and custodian written authorization by client agreement or
custodial form permitting the fees to be paid directly from
your account. Further, the qualified custodian will deliver an
account statement to you at least quarterly. These account
statements will show all disbursements from your account.
You should review all statements for accuracy.
Since our investment strategies and advice are based on each
client’s specific financial situation, the investment advice we
provide to you may be different or conflicting with the advice we
give to other clients regarding the same security or investment.
Clients may request to terminate their agreement with our firm
in whole or in part, by providing 30 days advance notice.
Should a client terminate mid-quarter, the client will be billed
for the number of days during the quarter that services were
provided.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2024, we had $338,350,932 of
discretionary assets under management and $3,858,432 of
non-discretionary assets under management totaling
$342,209,364.
Qualified Plan Services
Plan sponsors engaging HBCo to provide Qualified Plan
Services are charged an annual advisory fee based on a
percentage of the total plan value for each calendar quarter,
or part thereof. The annual management fee for Qualified Plan
Services (401(k) Services) shall be no greater than 1.0%.
Henry Bragg & Co.
2900 Weslayan St., Ste 450 Houston, TX 77027
(713)393-9444
henrybraggco.com
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As disclosed above, we offer various levels of advisory
services to employee benefit plans ("Plans") and to the
participants of such plans ("Participants"). The services are
designed to assist Plan sponsors in meeting their
management and fiduciary obligations to Participants under
ERISA. Pursuant to adopted regulations of the U.S.
Department of Labor, we are required to provide the Plan's
responsible fiduciary (the person who has the authority to
engage us as an investment adviser to the Plan) with a
written statement of the services we provide to the Plan, the
compensation we receive for providing those services, and
our status (which is described below).
The services we provide to your Plan and our compensation
for these services are described above and also by written
agreement between parties. HBCo is registered as an
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940, as amended, and represents that it is not subject to
any disqualification as set forth in Section 411 of ERISA.
Additional Fees and Expenses
As part of our investment advisory services to you, we may invest,
or recommend that you invest, in mutual funds, ETFs, or a sub-
adviser other than Forum. The fees that you pay to our firm for
investment advisory services are separate and distinct from the
fees on mutual funds or ETFs (described in each fund’s
prospectus) to their shareholders. These fees will generally
include a management fee and other fund expenses. You will
also incur transaction charges and/or brokerage fees when
purchasing or selling securities. These charges and fees are
typically imposed by the broker-dealer or custodian through
whom your account transactions are executed. We do not share
in any portion of the brokerage fees/transaction charges
imposed by the broker-dealer or custodian. To fully understand
the total cost you will incur, you should review all the fees
charged for the underlying investments (i.e., mutual funds,
ETFs, etc.), our firm, and others (i.e., the qualified custodian).
For information on our brokerage practices, refer to the
Brokerage Practices section of this brochure.
I T E M 6
Trusted Advisor Services
HBCo begins this type of work on an hourly basis before
converting to monthly or quarterly retainer. The initial hourly
rates range up to $700 depending on the staff involved.
Performance-Based Fees and
Side-By-Side Management
Financial Review Services
HBCo can provide services on a short-term project basis at a
pre-determined flat rate or at an hourly fee of $400. This is
negotiable depending upon the services rendered.
We do not accept performance-based fees or participate in
side-by-side management.
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Types of Clients
Selection of Other Advisers
We may recommend the use of a third-party money manager
(“TPMM”). We do not charge you a separate fee for the
selection of other advisers. The fees you pay HBCo when we
use a sub-adviser will not be any more than you would pay
HBCo if we did not use the sub-adviser. The specific amounts
to be charged will be set forth in your advisory contract.
You should review each TPMM’s ADV Part 2A brochure which
will be either provided to you upon commencement of an
executed agreement with our firm or delivered by standard or
electronic mail.
We offer investment advisory services to high-net-worth
(“HNW”) individuals, individuals (other than HNW), and
institutional clients including but not limited to banks, pension,
profit sharing, and 401(k) plans, trusts, estates, charitable
organizations, insurance companies, and other business
entities, particularly those associated with our HNW clients.
Clients do not pay a fee to Forum (see section titled Forum
Financial Management, LP above).
In general, we prefer a minimum dollar amount of $2 million to
open and maintain a portfolio management account. We have
the right to decline or terminate your account if it is deemed
too small to manage effectively.
We may also combine account values for you and your minor
children, joint accounts with your spouse, and other types of
related accounts for fee purposes.
Flourish Cash
HBCo receives an admin/service annual fee of 0.10% of the
value of the client’s Flourish Cash account if a client
participates in the cash management program from Flourish.
This fee is deducted from the client’s overall APY. This fee is
not negotiable. This account is separate from HBCo’s
portfolio management fee.
Henry Bragg & Co.
2900 Weslayan St., Ste 450 Houston, TX 77027
(713)393-9444
henrybraggco.com
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market both domestically and internationally. The five core
mandates are defined as follows:
• Income (0-30% equity, 70-100% fixed income) The
Methods of Analysis, Investment
Strategies and Risk of Loss
portfolio is typically heavily weighted towards mutual funds and
ETFs that have bonds as the primary underlying investment. It
is generally designed for investors whose concern is
protecting their assets, or who simply desire a decreased level
of market volatility.
• Income & Growth (40% equities, 60% fixed income) The
portfolio seeks current income with a secondary objective of
growth of capital. This portfolio is suitable for investors who
want the potential for some growth of assets but are more
concerned with protecting their principal investment.
• Growth & Income (50% equities, 50% fixed income) The
portfolio seeks growth of capital and current income as near-
equal objectives. The portfolio's goal is to balance risk and
reward.
Methods of Analysis
HBCo's investment advice is based on long-term investment
strategies incorporating the principles of Modern Portfolio
Theory, the Capital Pricing Model, and the Five-Factor Model
(described in further detail below). HBCo's investment
approach is firmly rooted in the belief that markets are
efficient, and that investors' returns are determined
principally by asset allocation decisions, not by market timing
or stock picking. HBCo focuses on developing diversified
portfolios, principally through the use of DFA's asset class
mutual funds and ETFs. DFA's mutual funds are available only
to institutional investors and clients of a network of selected
investment advisers.
• Growth (60-70% equity, 30-40% fixed income) The portfolio
seeks growth of principal. This portfolio is suitable for investors
who are willing to accept risk to have the potential for higher
returns over time, and generally have a 6-10 year investment
horizon, i.e., before they begin withdrawing their savings in
retirement.
Modern Portfolio Theory states that by diversification among
investments that have a low or negative correlation the risk
of a portfolio can be reduced without necessarily sacrificing
the expected return. The goal is to combine investments
that do not move in the same direction so that when some
investments lose value others may increase in value. This
should lower the volatility, or risk, of a portfolio.
• Aggressive Growth (80-100% equity, 0-20% fixed income)
The portfolio's goal is to produce growth of principal and will
have higher volatility. This portfolio is for investors who are
willing to accept risk to have the potential for higher returns
over time and have at least a 10-year investment horizon.
Customized Portfolios
HBCo can vary from the model portfolios to accommodate
customized portfolios where appropriate.
Capital Pricing Model identifies two risks, Market Risk and
Non-Market Risk. Market Risk is one risk that is rewarded - it
is the inherent risk of investing in the market and cannot be
diversified away. Non-Market Risk is the risk in a specific
company, sector, or industry that can be reduced through a
well-diversified portfolio.
The Five-Factor Model (2015) is based on academic
research published by American economists Eugene F. Fama
and Kenneth R. French, which identified five factors that
explain the return of an asset class.
Client-Selected Portfolios
Clients have the option to retain HBCo to manage their
portfolio in accordance with a model selected by the client
that is different from the model portfolio recommended by
HBCo. The client will direct HBCo to invest their accounts
according to the client's selected target allocation whether
directly or through a sub-adviser. Often, clients have multiple
accounts managed as one portfolio. Any purchases or sales
of securities made in the accounts will be made in an effort to
implement the portfolio specified by the client.
Sources of Information
HBCo relies on DFA, an SEC-Registered Investment Advisor,
for a significant part of its investment research as well as
research papers, professional publications, magazines, and
professional seminars. We also rely on research conducted
by Forum's Investment Policy Committee (“Forum’s IPC”).
Changes to Model Portfolios
HBCo leverages Forum’s IPC and reviews all findings from the
committee to ensure model changes are deemed in the best
interest of clients.
Investment Strategies
HBCo offers clients several model portfolios based on
varying stock and bond allocations. HBCo manages
portfolios according to five broad mandates: Income,
Income & Growth, Growth & Income, Growth, and Aggressive
Growth while providing broad exposure to the total stock
Investments Held Away
HBCo has from time to time advised clients with respect to
investment accounts not directly supervised and managed by
HBCo. The accounts include but are not limited to 401(k),
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Our investment approach constantly keeps the risk of loss in
mind. Investors can face the following investment risks:
403(b), and 529 accounts. The fees for such services will
be deducted from the accounts managed by HBCo. This
advice will generally include asset allocation and fund
selection. The fee for assets held away is the same fee for
assets under direct management, which are evidenced in
the client’s IAA (defined in Item 4). Funds selected will be
primarily chosen on their asset class description and fees in
a manner consistent with HBCo's model portfolios.
Market Risk: The price of a security, bond, or mutual fund
may drop in reaction to tangible and intangible events and
conditions. This type of risk is caused by external factors
independent of a security's particular underlying
circumstances. For example, political, economic, and social
conditions may trigger market events.
Inflation and Interest Rate Risk: Security prices and portfolio
returns will likely vary in response to changes in inflation and
interest rates. Inflation causes the value of future dollars to be
worth less and may reduce the purchasing power of a client’s
future interest payments and principal. Inflation also generally
leads to higher interest rates which can cause the value of
many types of fixed income investments to decline.
Currency Risk: Overseas investments are subject to
fluctuations in the value of the dollar against the currency of
the investment's originating country. This is also referred to
as exchange rate risk.
Tax Considerations
Our strategies and investments may have unique and
significant tax implications. However, unless we specifically
agree otherwise, and in writing, tax efficiency is not our
primary consideration in the management of your assets.
Regardless of your account size or any other factors, we
strongly recommend that you consult with a tax professional
regarding the investing of your assets. While we take taxes
into consideration and optimize your portfolio for tax
efficiency, transactions (particularly withdrawing invested
funds) can adversely affect dollars available to invest and
long-term investment performance of maximizing after-tax
invested dollars.
Business Risk: These risks are associated with a particular
industry or a particular company within an industry. For
example, oil-drilling companies depend on finding oil and then
refining it, a lengthy process, before they can generate a
profit. They carry a higher risk of profitability than an electric
company, which generates its income from a steady stream
of customers who buy electricity no matter what the
economic environment is like.
Custodians and broker-dealers must report the cost basis of
equities acquired in client accounts. The default accounting
method for client accounts is Tax Lot OptimizerTM. This
method optimizes capital gains by selling losses first and
gains last. If you or your tax advisor believe another
accounting method is more advantageous, provide written
notice to our firm immediately and we will alert your account
custodian of your individually selected accounting method.
Liquidity Risk: Liquidity is the ability to readily convert an
investment into cash. Generally, assets are more liquid if
many traders are interested in a standardized product. For
example, Treasury Bills are highly liquid, while real estate
properties are not. Other examples of illiquid securities
include private placement securities, including hedge fund or
pooled vehicle interests.
Risk of Loss
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that you should be
prepared to bear. We do not represent or guarantee that our
services or methods of analysis can or will predict future
results, successfully identify market tops or bottoms, or
insulate clients from losses due to market corrections or
declines. We cannot offer any guarantees or promises that
your financial goals and objectives will be met. Past
performance is in no way an indication of future
performance.
Credit Risk: Credit risk typically applies to debt investments such
as corporate, municipal, and sovereign fixed income or bonds.
A bond issuing entity can experience a credit event that could
impair or erase the value of an issuer’s securities held by a client.
Horizon and Longevity Risk: The risk that your investment horizon
is shortened because of an unforeseen event, for example, the
loss of your job. This may force you to sell investments that
you were expecting to hold for the long-term. If you must sell at
a time when the markets are down, you may lose money.
Longevity Risk is the risk of outliving your savings. This risk is
particularly relevant for people who are retired or are nearing
retirement.
Our investment strategies and advice may vary depending
upon each client’s specific financial situation. As such, we
determine investments and allocations based upon your
predefined objectives, risk tolerance, time horizon, financial
information, liquidity needs, and other various suitability
factors. Your restrictions and guidelines may affect the
composition of your portfolio. It is important that you notify
us immediately with respect to any material changes to your
financial circumstances, including, for example, a change in
your current or expected income level, tax circumstances, or
employment status.
Henry Bragg & Co.
2900 Weslayan St., Ste 450 Houston, TX 77027
(713)393-9444
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Other Risk Considerations
When evaluating risk, financial loss may be viewed differently by
each client and may depend on many different risks, each of
which may affect the probability and magnitude of any potential
losses. The following risks are not all-inclusive, and should be
considered carefully by a prospective client before retaining our
services.
Long-Term Purchases - securities purchased with the
expectation that the value of those securities will grow over a
relatively long period of time, generally greater than one year.
Stocks: There are numerous ways of measuring the risk of equity
securities (also known simply as “equities” or “stock”). In very
broad terms, the value of a stock depends on the financial
health of the company issuing it. However, stock prices can be
affected by many other factors including but not limited to the
class of stock (for example, preferred or common); the health
of the market sector of the issuing company; and the overall
health of the economy. In general, larger, better established
companies (“large cap”) tend to be safer than smaller start-up
companies (“small cap”), but the mere size of an issuer is not,
by itself, an indicator of the safety of the investment.
Risk: Using a long-term purchase strategy generally assumes
the financial markets will go up in the long-term which may not
be the case. There is also the risk that the segment of the
market that you are invested in or perhaps just your particular
investment will go down over time even if the overall financial
markets advance. Purchasing investments long-term may
create an opportunity cost by “locking-up” assets that would
have performed better in other investments in the short-term.
Margin Transactions - a securities transaction in which an
investor borrows money to purchase a security, in which case
the security serves as collateral on the loan.
Risk: If the value of the shares drops sufficiently, the investor will
be required to either deposit more cash into the account or sell
a portion of the stock in order to maintain the margin
requirements of the account. This is known as a “margin call.” An
investor’s overall risk includes the amount of money invested plus
the amount that was loaned to them.
Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds: Mutual funds and ETFs
are professionally managed collective investment systems that
pool money from many investors and invest in stocks, bonds,
short-term money market instruments, other mutual funds, other
securities, or any combination thereof. The fund will have a
manager that trades the fund’s investments in accordance with the
fund’s investment objective. While mutual funds and ETFs
generally provide diversification, risks can be significantly
increased if the fund is concentrated in a particular sector of the
market, primarily invests in small cap or speculative companies,
uses leverage (i.e., borrows money) to a significant degree, or
concentrates in a particular type of security (i.e., equities) rather
than balancing the fund with different types of securities. ETFs
differ from mutual funds since they can be bought and sold
throughout the day like stock and their price can fluctuate
throughout the day. The returns on mutual funds and ETFs can
be reduced by the costs to manage the funds. Also, while
some mutual funds are “no load” and charge no fee to buy
into, or sell out of, the fund, other types of mutual funds do
charge such fees which can also reduce returns. Mutual funds
can also be “closed-end” or “open-end.” So-called “open-end”
mutual funds continue to allow in new investors indefinitely
whereas “closed-end” funds have a fixed number of shares to
sell, which can limit their availability to new investors.
Recommendation of Particular Types of Securities
We primarily recommend mutual funds and ETFs. However, we
may advise on other types of investments as appropriate for you
since each client has different needs and different tolerance
for risk. Each type of security has its own unique set of risks
associated with it and it would not be possible to list here all of
the specific risks of every type of investment. Even within
the same type of investment, risks can vary widely. However,
in very general terms, the higher the anticipated return of an
investment, the higher the risk of loss associated with the
investment.
ETFs and indexed mutual funds may have tracking error risks. For
example, the ETF investment adviser may not be able to cause
the ETF’s performance to match that of its Underlying Index or
other benchmark, which may negatively affect the ETF’s
performance. In addition, for leveraged and inverse ETFs that
seek to track the performance of their Underlying Indices or
benchmarks on a daily basis, mathematical compounding may
prevent the ETF from correlating with performance of its
benchmark. In addition, an ETF may not have investment
exposure to all of the securities included in its Underlying Index,
or its weighting of investment exposure to such securities may
vary from that of the Underlying Index. Some ETFs may invest in
securities or financial instruments that are not included in the
Underlying Index, but which are expected to yield similar
performance. DFA’s funds do not trade to a specific index. The
Municipal Securities: Municipal securities, while generally
thought of as safe, can have significant risks associated with
them including but not limited to the credit worthiness of the
governmental entity that issues the bond; the stability of the
revenue stream that is used to pay the interest to the
bondholders; when the bond is due to mature; and whether or
not the bond can be “called” prior to maturity. When a bond is
called, it may not be possible to replace it with a bond of
equal character paying the same amount of interest or yield to
maturity.
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flexibility can result in superior execution when compared to
traditional index funds.
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Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest
in Client Transactions, and Personal
Trading
Disciplinary Information
We are required to disclose the facts of any legal or
disciplinary events that are material to a client’s evaluation of
our advisory business or the integrity of our management.
We do not have any legal or disciplinary events, currently or
in the past.
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Other Financial Industry Activities and
Affiliations
Description of Our Code of Ethics
We strive to comply with applicable laws and regulations
governing our practices. Therefore, our Code of Ethics includes
guidelines for professional standards of conduct for persons
associated with our firm. Our goal is to protect your interests at all
times and to demonstrate our commitment to our fiduciary duties
of honesty, good faith, and fair dealing with you. All persons
associated with our firm are expected to adhere strictly to these
guidelines. Persons associated with our firm are also required to
report any violations of our Code of Ethics. Additionally, we
maintain and enforce written policies reasonably designed to
prevent the misuse or dissemination of material, non-public
information about you or your account holdings by persons
associated with our firm.
We are not affiliated with any financial industry entities.
Clients or prospective clients may obtain a copy of our Code of
Ethics by contacting us at the telephone number on the cover
page of this brochure.
Recommendation of Other Advisers
We may recommend that you use a third-party money
manager (“TPMM”) based on your needs and suitability. We
will not receive separate compensation, directly or indirectly,
from the TPMM for recommending that you use their
services. Refer to the Advisory Business section (Item 4)
above for additional disclosures on this topic.
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
Neither our firm nor any persons associated with our firm has
any material financial interest in client transactions beyond the
provision of investment advisory services as disclosed in this
brochure.
Flourish Cash
As stated above, HBCo has made available Flourish Cash, an
online cash management solution that seeks to provide
clients with competitive APY and elevated FDIC coverage for
their deposits placed at program banks.
HBCo is not affiliated with Flourish or any of the program’s
banks. HBCo is not acting as an investment advisor
representative or in a discretionary manner when inviting
clients to use Flourish and only do so with client consent.
Personal Trading Practices
Our firm or persons associated with our firm may buy or sell the
same securities that we recommend to you or securities in which
you are already invested. A conflict of interest exists in such cases
because we have the ability to trade ahead of you and potentially
receive more favorable prices than you will receive. To mitigate this
conflict of interest, it is our policy that neither our firm nor persons
associated with our firm shall have priority over your account in
the purchase or sale of securities.
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Brokerage Practices
Your assets must be maintained in an account at a “qualified
custodian,” generally a broker-dealer or bank. In recognition of
the value of the services the custodian provides, you may pay
higher commissions and/or trading costs than those that may
be available elsewhere.
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providers and their services, we take into account a wide
range of factors including:
• Combination of transaction execution services and asset custody
We seek to recommend a custodian/broker that will hold your
assets and execute transactions on terms that are, overall, the
most favorable compared to other available providers and their
services. We consider various factors including:
services (generally without a separate fee for custody)
• Capability to buy and sell securities for your account itself or to
• Capability to execute, clear, and settle trades (buy and sell
facilitate such services.
securities for your account)
• Capability to facilitate transfers and payments to and from accounts
(wire transfers, check requests, bill payment, etc.)
• Breadth of available investment products (stocks, bonds, mutual
funds, exchange-traded funds [ETFs], etc.)
• Availability of investment research and tools that assist us in
making investment decisions
• The likelihood that your trades will be executed.
• Availability of investment research and tools.
• Overall quality of services.
• Competitiveness of price.
• Reputation, financial strength, and stability.
• Existing relationship with our firm and our other clients.
• Quality of services
• Competitiveness of the price of those services (commission
rates, margin interest rates, other fees, etc.) and willingness to
negotiate the prices
• Reputation, financial strength, security, and stability
• Prior service to us and our clients
• Services delivered or paid for by the Custodian
• Availability of other products and services that benefit us, as
The custodians and brokers we use
We do not maintain custody of your assets on which we advise,
although we are deemed to have custody of your assets if you
give us authority to withdraw assets from your account (see Item
15—Custody, below). We recommend that our clients use
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”) or Fidelity Brokerage
Services LLC (“Fidelity”), registered broker-dealers, members
SIPC, as the qualified custodian (“the Custodian”).
discussed below (see “Products and services available to us
from the Custodian”)
Your brokerage and custody costs
For our clients’ accounts that the Custodian maintains, the
Custodian generally does not charge you separately for
custody services but is compensated by charging you
commissions or other fees on trades that it executes or that
settle into your account.
We are independently owned and operated and are not affiliated
with the Custodian. The Custodian will hold your assets in a
brokerage account and buy and sell securities when we
instruct them to do so. While we require that you use the
Custodian as custodian/broker, you will decide whether to do
so and will open your account with the Custodian by entering
into an account agreement directly with them. Conflicts of
interest associated with this arrangement are described below
as well as in Item 14 (Client referrals and other compensation).
You should consider these conflicts of interest when selecting
your custodian.
We are not required to select the broker or dealer that charges
the lowest transaction cost, even if that broker provides
execution quality comparable to other brokers or dealers.
We do not open the account for you, although we assist you in
doing so. If you do not wish to place your assets with the
Custodian, then we may not be able to manage your account.
Not all advisors require their clients to use a particular broker-
dealer or other custodian selected by the advisor. Even though
your account is maintained at the Custodian, and we anticipate
that most trades will be executed through the Custodian, we can
still use other brokers to execute trades for your account as
described below (see “Your brokerage and custody costs” in this
section).
Although we are not required to execute all trades through the
Custodian, we have determined that having the Custodian
execute most trades is consistent with our duty to seek “best
execution” of your trades. Best execution means the most
favorable terms for a transaction based on all relevant factors
including those listed above (see “How we select
brokers/custodians” in this section). By using another broker or
dealer you may pay lower transaction costs. In addition, our
relationship with Forum may provide access to lower trading
costs for clients.
We may establish additional custodial relationships based on
client preference for new substantial relationships.
Products and services available to us from Schwab
Schwab Advisor Services™ is Schwab’s business serving
independent investment advisory firms like us. They provide us
and our clients with access to their institutional brokerage
services (trading, custody, reporting, and related services), many
of which are not typically available to Schwab retail customers.
How we select brokers/custodians
We use the Custodian, a custodian/broker that will hold your
assets and execute transactions. When considering whether
the terms that the Custodian provides are, overall, most
advantageous to you when compared with other available
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• Access to employee benefits providers, human capital
However, certain retail investors may be able to get institutional
brokerage services from Schwab without going through us.
consultants, and insurance providers
• Marketing consulting and support
The Custodian also makes available various support services.
Some of those services help us manage or administer our
clients’ accounts, while others help us manage and grow our
business. The Custodian’s support services are generally
available on an unsolicited basis (we do not have to request
them) and at no charge to us. Following is a more detailed
description of the Custodian’s support services.
The Custodian provides some of these services itself. In other
cases, it will arrange for third-party vendors to provide the
services to us. The Custodian also discounts or waives its fees
for some of these services or pays all or a part of a third-party’s
fees. The Custodian also provides us with other benefits, such
as occasional business entertainment of our personnel.
If you did not maintain your account with the Custodian, we would
be required to pay for these services from our own resources.
Services that benefit you. the Custodian’s institutional
brokerage services include access to a broad range of
investment products, execution of securities transactions,
and custody of client assets.
The investment products available through the Custodian include
some to which we might not otherwise have access or that
would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment by
our clients. The Custodian’s services described in this paragraph
generally benefit you and your account.
Our Interest in the Custodian’s Services
The availability of these services from the Custodian benefits
us because we do not have to produce or purchase them. We
do not have to pay for the Custodian’s services. These services
are not contingent upon us committing any specific amount of
business to the Custodian in trading commissions or assets in
custody. The fact that we receive these benefits from the
Custodian is an incentive for us to recommend the use of the
Custodian rather than making such a decision based exclusively
on your interest in receiving the best value in custody services
and the most favorable execution of your transactions. This is a
conflict of interest. We believe, however, that taken in the
aggregate, our recommendation of the Custodian as custodian
and broker is in the best interests of our clients. Our selection is
primarily supported by the scope, quality, and price of the
Custodian’s services (see “How we select brokers/custodians” in
this section) and not the Custodian’s services that benefit only us.
Services that do not directly benefit you. The Custodian also
makes available to us other products and services that benefit
us but do not directly benefit you or your account. These
products and services assist us in managing and administering
our clients’ accounts and operating our firm. They include
investment research, both the Custodian’s own and that of third
parties. We may use this research to service all or a substantial
number of our clients’ accounts including accounts not
maintained at the Custodian, if any. In addition to investment
research, the Custodian also makes available software and other
technology that:
Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits
We do not have any soft dollar arrangements.
• Provide access to client account data (such as duplicate trade
confirmations and account statements)
• Facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for
multiple client accounts
• Provide pricing and other market data
• Facilitate payment of our fees from our clients’ accounts
• Assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping, and client
reporting
Services that generally benefit only us. The Custodian also
offers other services intended to help us manage and further
develop our business enterprise. These services include:
• Educational conferences and events
• Consulting on technology and business needs
• Consulting on legal and related compliance needs
• Publications and conferences on practice management and
Economic Benefits
As a registered investment adviser, we have access to the
institutional platform of your account custodian. As such, we
will also have access to research products and services from
your account custodian and/or other brokerage firm. These
products may include financial publications, information about
particular companies and industries, research software, and
other products or services that provide lawful and appropriate
assistance to our firm in the performance of our investment
decision-making responsibilities. Such research products and
services are provided to all investment advisers that utilize the
institutional services platforms of these firms and are not
considered to be paid for with soft dollars. However, you should
be aware that the commissions charged by a particular broker for
a particular transaction or set of transactions may be greater than
the amounts another broker who did not provide research
services or products might charge.
business succession
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Brokerage for Client Referrals
We do not receive client referrals from broker-dealers in
exchange for cash or other compensation, such as brokerage
services or research.
Client Referrals and Other
Compensation
Directed Brokerage
Clients do not direct us to execute transactions through a
specified broker-dealer.
Aggregated Trades
When investing in an ETF or stock position for several client
accounts, a block trade can be utilized if it is considered to
be beneficial to the clients’ ability to obtain the best price. All
block trades will be allocated by close of business on the
day of the trade and all participating accounts will receive an
equivalent price.
The Custodian
We receive an economic benefit from the Custodian in the form
of the support products and services it makes available to us and
other independent investment advisors whose clients maintain
their accounts at the Custodian. You do not pay more for assets
maintained at the Custodian as a result of these arrangements.
However, we benefit from the referral arrangement because the
cost of these services would otherwise be borne directly by us.
You should consider these conflicts of interest when selecting a
custodian. The products and services provided by the Custodian,
how they benefit us, and the related conflicts of interest are
described above (see Item 12—Brokerage Practices).
Refer to the Brokerage Practices section above for disclosures on
research and other benefits we may receive resulting from our
relationship with your account custodian.
Mutual Fund Share Classes
HBCo primarily invests in DFA funds, which are institutional
style asset-class specific funds. They typically offer a tax-
managed version of each fund, which we use in taxable
accounts to reduce taxes incurred by the client. If legacy
mutual funds transfer in extremely low basis, we will review
the share class to determine if a less expensive share class
is available.
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Review of Accounts
We engage an independent promoter to provide client
referrals over $2 million. If a client is referred to us by the
promoter, this practice is disclosed to the client in writing by
the promoter, and we pay the promoter out of our own
funds—specifically, we generally pay the promoter a portion
of the advisory fees earned for managing the capital of the
client that was referred. The use of this promoter is strictly
regulated under applicable federal and state law.
Henry Bragg, CCO, will monitor your accounts on an ongoing
basis, with assistance from Forum, to ensure cash is
promptly invested and will conduct account reviews at least
annually to ensure the advisory services provided to you are
consistent with your investment needs and objectives.
Additional reviews may be conducted based on various
circumstances including but not limited to:
We receive client referrals from the following promoters:
Wealthramp, Inc. and Thomas Tucker (“promoters”), which
are independent of and unaffiliated with us. Promoters do not
supervise us and have no responsibility for our management
of client portfolios or our other advice or services. We pay
promoters an ongoing fee for each successful client referral.
This fee is a percentage of the advisory fee that the client
pays to us. We will not charge clients referred through
promoters any fees or costs higher than our standard fee
schedule offered to our clients.
• contributions and withdrawals;
• year-end tax planning;
• market-moving events;
• security specific events; and/or
• changes in your risk/return objectives.
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Custody
We will not provide you with regular written reports. You will
receive trade confirmations and monthly or quarterly statements
from your account custodian(s) or TPMM.
We offer annual client review meetings to determine if the
investment advice provided is consistent with your investment
needs and objectives.
As paying agent for our firm, your independent custodian will
directly debit your account(s) for the payment of our advisory
fees. This ability to deduct our advisory fees from your accounts
causes our firm to exercise limited custody over your funds or
securities. We do not have physical custody of any of your funds
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Voting Client Securities
and/or securities. Your funds and securities will be held with a
bank, broker-dealer, or other qualified custodian. You will receive
account statements from the qualified custodian(s) holding your
funds and securities at least quarterly. The account statements
from your custodian(s) will indicate the amount of our advisory
fees deducted from your account(s) each billing period. You
should carefully review account statements for accuracy.
As a general rule, we do not vote proxies on behalf of your
advisory accounts. If requested, we will offer you advice
regarding corporate actions and the exercise of your proxy voting
rights. If you own shares of applicable securities, you are
responsible for exercising your right to vote as a shareholder.
We have standing letters of authorization to third parties to
withdraw client funds maintained with a qualified custodian upon
its instruction to the qualified custodian. According to the SEC,
this means that we have custody of those clients’ assets and
are required to comply with the Custody Rule. Because the
SEC’s seven conditions have been met, a surprise exam is not
required.
In most cases, you will receive proxy materials directly from the
account custodian. However, in the event we were to receive
any written or electronic proxy materials, we would forward them
directly to you by mail, unless you have authorized our firm to
contact you by electronic mail, in which case, we would forward
any electronic solicitations to vote proxies.
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Financial Information
Trustee Services
Persons associated with our firm may serve as trustees to
certain accounts for which we also provide investment
advisory services. In all cases, the persons associated with
our firm have been appointed trustee as a result of a family or
personal relationship with the trust grantor and/or beneficiary
and not as a result of employment with our firm. Therefore, we
are not deemed to have custody over the advisory accounts for
which persons associated with our firm serve as trustee.
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Our firm does not have any financial condition or impairment that
would prevent us from meeting our contractual commitments to
you. We do not take physical custody of client funds or securities,
or serve as trustee or signatory for client accounts, and we do
not require the prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees six or
more months in advance. Therefore, we are not required to
include a financial statement with this brochure.
Investment Discretion
We have not filed a bankruptcy petition at any time in the past ten
years.
Before we can buy or sell securities on your behalf, you must
first sign our discretionary investment advisory agreement and
the appropriate trading authorization forms.
You may grant our firm discretion over the selection and amount
of securities to be purchased or sold for your account(s)
without obtaining your consent or approval prior to each
transaction. You may specify investment objectives, guidelines,
and/or impose certain conditions or investment parameters for
your account(s). For example, you may specify that the
investment in any particular stock or industry should not exceed
specified percentages of the value of the portfolio and/or
restrictions or prohibitions of transactions in the securities of a
specific industry or security. Refer to the Advisory Business
section (Item 4) in this brochure for more information on our
discretionary management services.
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