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Item 1 Cover Page
Boyum Wealth Architects LLC
3050 Metro Drive Suite 200,
Bloomington, MN 55425
(651) 289-6444
(888) 365-8373 Fax
FIRM CRD #161261
June 11, 2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
Boyum Wealth Architects LLC If you have any questions about the contents of this
brochure, please contact us at (651) 289-6444. 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 Boyum Wealth Architects LLC also is available on the SEC’s
website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Item 2 Material Changes
Since our last annual amendment filing dated February 04, 2025, the following material changes
have occurred:
1. Organizational Change: The firm has undergone a change in legal structure. Specifically, it
converted from a corporation to a limited liability company (LLC). This change is considered
a "change in organization" under Form ADV instructions and was duly reported on Form
ADV Part 1.
2. Firm Name Change: In connection with the organizational change, the firm also changed its
legal name from Heritage Wealth Architects, Inc. to Boyum Wealth Architects LLC. This
change has been reflected across all relevant filings and client communications.
3. Schwab Institutional Intelligence Portfolios: the firm no longer uses Institutional
Intelligence Portfolios offered through Schwab Portfolio Strategies.
4. Qualified Retirement Plans: the firm receives payment of advisory fees related to services
provided to Qualified Retirement Plans at monthly and quarterly increments and both in
advance and in arrears – depending on the billing practices of the Plan Administrator.
These changes may affect how we appear in regulatory databases or on client account
documentation, but do not alter our services, fee structures, or fiduciary responsibilities to clients.
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Item 3 Table of Contents
Brochure
Item 3 Table of Contents .............................................................................................................................3
Item 4 Advisory Business ...........................................................................................................................4
Item 5 Fees and Compensation....................................................................................................................7
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management ..............................................................10
Item 7 Types of Clients and Minimum Account Size ...............................................................................10
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ......................................................10
Item 9 Disciplinary Information ................................................................................................................13
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ....................................................................13
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ...............14
Item 12 Brokerage Practices ......................................................................................................................15
Item 13 Review of Accounts .....................................................................................................................19
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation....................................................................................20
Item 15 Custody ........................................................................................................................................20
Item 16 Investment Discretion ..................................................................................................................20
Item 17 Voting Client Securities ...............................................................................................................20
Item 18 Financial Information ...................................................................................................................21
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Item 4 Advisory Business
A. Description of Advisory Firm
Boyum Wealth Architects LLC (“Boyum Wealth” or “Advisor”) is a privately held limited
liability company organized in the state of Minnesota and has provided investment advisory
services since February 2012. Boyum Wealth’s Principal Owner is James S. Knapp.
B. Description of Advisory Services Offered
Advisory Services
Boyum Wealth principal service is providing fee-based investment advisory services and
financial planning services. The Advisor practices custom management of portfolios, on a
discretionary basis, according to the client’s objectives. The Advisor’s primary approach is to use
a combination of technical and tactical allocation strategy aimed at reducing risk and increasing
performance. The Advisor may use any of the following: exchange listed securities, over-the-
counter securities, corporate debt securities, CDs, municipal securities, mutual funds, options in
securities to accomplish this objective, outside money managers, alternative investments. The
Advisor measures and selects mutual funds and money managers by using various criteria, such
as the fund manager’s tenure, and/or overall career performance, and/or sector exposure. The
Advisor may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the
portfolio in an effort to reduce risk and increase performance. The Advisor may recommend
specific stocks to increase sector weighting and/or dividend potential. The Advisor may
recommend employing cash positions as a possible safeguard against market movement which
may adversely affect the portfolio. The Advisor may recommend selling positions for reasons
that include, but are not limited to, harvesting capital gains or losses, a change in a business’s
strategy, business or sector risk exposure to a specific security or class of securities,
overvaluation or overweighting of the position(s) in the portfolio, change in risk tolerance of
client, or any risk deemed unacceptable for the client’s risk tolerance.
Boyum Wealth will provide investment advisory services and portfolio management services and
will not provide securities custodial or other administrative services. At no time will Boyum
Wealth accept or maintain custody of a client’s funds or securities.
Financial Planning
In addition to investment supervisory services, Boyum Wealth may provide financial planning
services to some of its clients. The Advisor’s financial planning services will include a
consultation with client to discuss the client’s financial goals and objectives whereby the Advisor
will then develop or amend a written financial plan for the client. The Advisor will discuss
recommendations, which may include, but not be limited to, topics such as retirement needs,
investments, taxes, insurance, estate planning, business planning and other relevant topics with
the client. The Advisor’s recommendations for portfolio customization are based on the client’s
investment objectives, goals, financial situation, and risk tolerance. In addition to tailored
investment advice financial planning services may also include recommendations relating to
investment, budgeting, and asset management strategies.
Seminars
Boyum Wealth may also offer educational seminars or workshops on topics including but not
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limited to, investments, financial and estate planning, and business and tax planning. Boyum
Wealth will not charge a fee for these seminars or workshops.
investments offered
to Participants
in
the Plan.
Qualified Retirement Plan Consulting Services
Boyum Wealth will evaluate the Qualified Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) and its operation
including, at a minimum, its: Trustee, custodial and recordkeeping arrangement; design;
fiduciary compliance program; costs and fees associated with investments and service providers;
required and elective contributions; employee communication and education program, and;
investment selection and monitoring process, including its investment policy statement,
hereinafter referred to as the “IPS”. With regard to the IPS, the Advisor will assist the Plan
Sponsor in drafting and adopting a suitable IPS, amending it from time to time, and will provide
information and recommendations, consistent with the IPS, to aid the Plan Sponsor in selecting
and monitoring
Information and
recommendations will be based on data as of the end of each calendar quarter. Within a
reasonable period of time following each calendar quarter, the Advisor will provide the Plan
Sponsor with a written report detailing, at a minimum, all costs and fees associated with
investments and operation of the Plan, and information and recommendations, consistent with
the IPS, for the Plan Sponsor's selection, deletion and replacement of investments offered to
Participants in the Plan.
The Advisor's roles and actions in fulfilling all responsibilities pertaining to this Agreement shall
not include those of the Plan's Trustee, and will be performed solely at the direction of the Plan
Sponsor, its authorized officers, employees and/or agents. At no time will the Advisor accept,
maintain possession of, or have custodial responsibility for, the Plan's assets. The Advisor will
not conduct or effect the purchase or sale of any assets of the Plan on behalf of the Plan Sponsor.
The Advisor will not advise, in any manner, any entity related to the Plan other than the Plan
Sponsor. Communicational and educational activities in which the Advisor engages related to
Participants in the Plan shall be solely at the direction of the Plan Sponsor, and shall not be
represented by the Advisor or Plan Sponsor as investment, tax or legal advice. The Advisor is
not licensed to provide, shall not provide, nor be construed to provide, the services of an attorney
or accountant.
Pension Consulting Services to Plan Participants
Boyum Wealth will offer pension consulting services and participant fiduciary advice to plan
participants for assets held in retirement plans (both qualified and non-qualified), pursuant to the
Pension Protection Act of 2006. The Advisor’s pension consulting services and participant
fiduciary advice will be based on information obtained from the plan participant about goals and
investment objectives, time horizon, risk tolerance and the plan participant's financial situation.
Boyum Wealth will utilize Investment Policy Statements when providing standardized asset
allocation recommendations for the investment assets of plan participants within retirement plans
(both qualified and non-qualified). The plan participant is responsible for implementation of
recommendations and Boyum Wealth will not act on the plan participants behalf to implement
these recommendations.
When Boyum Wealth provides investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account
or individual retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable,
which are laws governing retirement accounts. The way we make money creates some conflicts
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with your interests, so we operate under a special rule that requires us to act in your best interest
and not put our interest ahead of yours.
As a fiduciary, we must provide advice in the “Best Interest” of the Retirement Investor; charge
“reasonable” compensation for the services provided to you; and, not make misleading
statements about investment transactions, compensation, and conflicts of interest.
Selection of Other Advisors
Boyum Wealth may recommend and refer clients to unaffiliated money managers or investment
advisors through Managed Account programs sponsored by a third-party provider. In these
arrangements, the client will then enter into a program and investment advisory agreement with
the program sponsor and sub-advisors. Boyum Wealth will assist and advise the client in
establishing investment objectives for the sub-advisors and continue to provide oversight of the
client account and ongoing monitoring of the activities of the sub-advisors. The sub-advisors will
develop an investment strategy to meet those objectives by identifying appropriate investments
and monitoring such investments. In consideration for such services, the program sponsor will
charge a program fee that includes the investment advisory fee of the sub-advisors, the
administration of the program, trading, clearance, and settlement costs. The program sponsor will
add Boyum Wealth's advisory fee (described below in Item 5A&B) and will deduct the overall
fee from the client account quarterly in advance based on the fair market value of the portfolio
assets under management in the account at the end of the preceding quarter.
The client, prior to entering into an agreement with a third party money manager selected by
Boyum Wealth, will be provided with that manager’s Brochure. In addition, Boyum Wealth and
its client will agree in writing that the client’s account will be managed by that selected third
party money manager on a discretionary basis. Boyum Wealth will review managers and
managed account programs on a regularly scheduled basis, and may act on such information in
accordance with the client agreement.
Business Consulting
Investment Advisor Representatives of Boyum Wealth may provide general advice to clients on
business related topics including, but not limited to, business valuation, business management,
strategy, strategic planning and financial structure. Fees are billed at a rate of $350 per hour and
are paid as referenced in Item 5A&B below. Fees are negotiable. Pre-payment of fees will not
exceed $500 per client, 6 months in advance.
C. Client Tailored Services and Client Imposed Restrictions
Boyum Wealth will tailor its advisory services to its client’s individual needs based on meetings
and conversations with the client. If clients wish to impose certain restrictions on investing in
certain securities or types of securities, the Advisor will address those restrictions with the client
to have a clear understanding of the client’s requirements.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Boyum Wealth does not provide portfolio management services to wrap fee programs.
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E. Assets Under Management
Boyum Wealth manages client assets and as of December 31, 2024 has the following assets
under management:
Discretionary assets:
Non-discretionary assets:
$ 227,936,375
$ 88,311,322
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
A. & B. Method of Compensation and Fee Schedule/Client Payment of Fees
Asset Management Fees
Pursuant to an investment advisory contract signed by each client, the client will pay Boyum
Wealth a quarterly management fee, payable in advance, based on the fair market value of
portfolio assets of the account managed by the Advisor at the end of the preceding quarter; and
prorated to the end of the quarter upon inception of the account. The fee schedule is as follows:
Assets Under Management
Annual Fee Percentage*
75,000
$
300,001
$
525,001
$
750,001
$
$
975,001
$ 1,200,001
$ 1,425,001
$ 1,650,001
$ 1,875,001
$ 2,100,001
$ 2,325,001
$ 2,500,001
$ 3,000,001
$ 3,500,001
$ 4,000,001
$ 4,500,001
$ 5,000,001
$ 6,000,001
$ 7,000,001
$ 8,000,001
$ 9,000,001
$ 10,000,001
$ 12,500,001
$ 15,000,001
300,000
$
525,000
$
750,000
$
$
975,000
$ 1,200,000
$ 1,425,000
$ 1,650,000
$ 1,875,000
$ 2,100,000
$ 2,325,000
$ 2,500,000
$ 3,000,000
$ 3,500,000
$ 4,000,000
$ 4,500,000
$ 5,000,000
$ 6,000,000
$ 7,000,000
$ 8,000,000
$ 9,000,000
$ 10,000,000
$ 12,500,000
$ 15,000,000
And above
1.50%
1.45%
1.40%
1.35%
1.30%
1.25%
1.20%
1.15%
1.10%
1.05%
1.00%
0.95%
0.90%
0.85%
0.80%
0.75%
0.70%
0.65%
0.60%
0.55%
0.50%
0.40%
0.30%
0.25%
*The complexity of the wealth design and services may adjust the percentage charged by as
much as 0.50%.
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These fees may be negotiated by the Advisor based upon individual client circumstances, at the
sole discretion of the Advisor. Asset management fees will be automatically deducted from the
client account on a quarterly basis by the qualified custodian. The client will give written
authorization permitting the Advisor to be paid directly from their account held by the custodian.
The custodian will send a quarterly statement to the client.
Qualified Retirement Plan Consulting Fee
The Plan Sponsor will pay Boyum Wealth, as compensation for its services under this
Agreement, a consulting fee at an annual percentage rate as described above based on the assets
in the Plan including the value of any outstanding loans from the Plan to Participants. The
consulting fee is payable monthly or quarterly, in advance or arrears, based on the fair market
value of assets in the Plan at the end of each quarter. The consulting fee in the first month of the
Agreement shall be prorated from the inception date to the end of the quarter. The Advisor shall
invoice the Plan Sponsor for the consulting fee. The Plan Sponsor may, at its election, submit
invoices for this consulting fee to the custodian of the Plan's assets for payment. The Plan
Sponsor agrees to payment of these invoices, whether directly from the Plan Sponsor or from the
Plan's custodian, promptly, and, under normal circumstances, by the end of the quarter in which
the invoice is submitted.
Fees are negotiable and the Plan Sponsor and Advisor may agree to a minimum and/or a
maximum fee.
The Plan Sponsor and Boyum Wealth may agree, from time to time, that the Advisor be
compensated for additional non-investment related duties outside the normal scope of this
Agreement on an hourly basis of $350 per hour. In such cases, the additional duties and hourly
rate of compensation shall be agreed to by both parties, in advance, by execution of a codicil to
the Agreement. Invoices and terms of payment, in such cases, will be as expressed in the
previous paragraph herein. It is expected that such additional duties and compensation will
solely relate to operational and compliance needs of the Plan and not relate to investment
recommendations.
Hourly Fee
Some clients will contract to have investment advisory advice and/or financial planning advice
or plan participant consulting advice provided based on an hourly fee rather than based on the
assets under management. Clients may also request business consulting services also based upon
an hourly rate. The Advisors hourly fee will be billed at a rate of $350 per hour and will be
negotiated and agreed upon by the parties in advance. Hourly fee-based clients are billed
quarterly, in advance prorated to the end of the quarter upon inception of the engagement. If the
final fee is not paid by the client at the delivery of the financial plan or written report, the client
is required to pay the fee within 5 days of delivery of the financial plan or written report. The fee
will be based upon the anticipated number of hours it will take to complete the financial plan or
project.
If the client terminates the Agreement with the Advisor prior to the Advisor's
completion of the financial plan or project, any fees due the Advisor will be invoiced to the client
and payable within 5 days of delivery of the invoice. Any pre-paid fees to the Advisor for work
not yet completed will be pro-rated and refunded to the client, within 5 days of termination of the
Agreement. If the Advisor completes the financial plan or project in less time than originally
planned, the Advisor will refund to the client a pro-rata share of the fee the client paid. The
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Advisor will refund the pro-rata fee to the client within 5 days of delivery of the financial plan or
written report. Any fee not paid after one month will accrue interest at a rate not to be greater
than the short-term applicable federal rate (AFR) as of the delivery of the financial plan, written
report or termination of agreement.
Fixed Fees
Some clients will contract to have financial planning, business consulting services or plan
participant consulting advice charged as a fixed fee in the range of $1,500 to $50,000 per plan or
project as contracted for with client in advance. The fixed fee will be based upon the scope and
complexity of the assets or services requested from the client or business consulting project.
Fixed fees may be negotiated in advance based at the discretion of the Advisor. Fixed fee-based
clients are billed quarterly, in advance, pro-rated to the end of the quarter upon inception of the
engagement. If the final fee is not paid by the client at the delivery of the financial plan or
report, the client is required to pay the fee within 5 days of delivery of the financial plan or
report. If the client wishes to terminate the Agreement with the Advisor prior to the Advisor's
completion of the financial plan or project, the client must give written notice at least 5 business
days in advance, and upon termination any fees due the Advisor will be invoiced to the client and
payable within 5 days of delivery of the invoice. Any pre-paid fees to the Advisor for work not
yet completed will be pro-rated and refunded to the client, within 5 days of termination of the
Agreement. If the Advisor completes the financial plan or project in less time than originally
planned, the Advisor will refund to the client a pro-rata share of the fee the client paid. The
Advisor will refund the pro-rata fee to the client within 5 days of delivery of the financial plan.
Any fee not paid after one month will accrual interest at a rate not to be greater than the short-
term applicable federal rate (AFR) as of the delivery of the financial plan, written report or
termination of agreement.
For each of the Advisor's services described above, the Client may terminate these services
within five business days of the effective date of an Agreement signed with the Advisor without
penalty or any payment of the Advisor's fee.
C. Additional Client Fees Charged
All fees paid to Boyum Wealth for investment advisory services are separate and distinct from
the expenses charged by mutual funds to their shareholders. These fees and expenses are
described in each fund’s prospectus. These fees will generally include a management fee and
other fund expenses.
At no time will Boyum Wealth accept or maintain custody of a client’s funds or securities except
for authorized fee deduction. Client is responsible for all custodial and securities execution fees
charged by the custodian and executing broker-dealer. The Advisors fee is separate and distinct
from the custodian and execution fees.
D. Prepayment of Client Fees
Boyum Wealth’s management fee is payable in advance. Upon termination, any fees paid in
advance will be prorated to the date of termination and any excess will be refunded to the client.
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E. External Compensation for the Sale of Securities to Clients
Not applicable to Boyum Wealth or its supervised person.
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
Boyum Wealth does not charge performance-based fees.
Item 7 Types of Clients and Minimum Account Size
The Advisor will offer its services to individuals, high net worth individuals, pension and profit
sharing plans, trusts, estates, or charitable organizations, corporations or business entities.
We generally require an account minimum of $50,000 for advisory services clients but may, in
our sole discretion, accept accounts below this minimum. Additionally, certain investment
portfolios/strategies may require a higher minimum account size.
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
A. Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
Boyum Wealth may utilize fundamental, technical or cyclical analysis techniques in formulating
investment advice or managing assets for clients.
Fundamental analysis of businesses involves analyzing, among other things, its financial
statements and health, its management and competitive advantages, its competitors and markets,
business strategy, customer influence, product pipeline, and book to market value. Fundamental
analysis is performed on historical and present data but with the goal of making financial
forecasts. There are several possible objectives, some of which may include; to conduct a
company stock valuation and predict its probable price evolution; to make a projection on its
business performance; to evaluate its management and the management’s ability to make
business decisions, and to calculate its credit risk.
Technical analysis is a method of evaluating securities through the use of market data, such as
charts of price, volume, and open interest. Technical analysis is typically used to help predict
future market trends (usually short-term), and is based on the assumption that investor
psychology influences trading in a way that enables predicting when a stock will rise or fall.
Cyclical analysis of economic cycles is used to determine how these cycles affect the returns of
an investment, an asset class or an individual company’s profits. Cyclical risks exist because the
broad economy has been shown to move in cycles, from periods of peak performance through a
downturn to a trough of low activity. Between the peak and trough of a business or other
economic cycle an investment’s value may adjust in relation to the change in economic or
business conditions. Prices may be more volatile in times of contraction or downturn as there is
greater uncertainty surrounding future returns.
Boyum Wealth will implement investment and budgeting strategies that may include long term
purchases of securities held for at least one year; short term purchases for securities sold within a
year; trading of securities sold within 30 days, short sales, margin transactions, option writing,
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including covered options, uncovered options or spreading strategies.
Clients need to be aware that investing in securities and other assets or investments involves risk
of loss which may include all of their principal. Clients need to be prepared to bear that risk of
loss.
B. Investment Strategy and Method of Analysis of Material Risks
The methods of analysis and investment strategies followed by Boyum Wealth are utilized across
all of the Advisors clients, as applicable. One method of analysis or investment strategy is not
more significant than the other as the Advisor is considering the client’s portfolio, risk tolerance,
time horizon, individual goals, financial condition, and general level of understanding. However,
the client should be aware that with any trading that occurs in their account, the client will incur
transaction and administrative costs which are not collected by or included in the asset under
management fees paid to Boyum Wealth
C. Security Specific Material Risks
Boyum Wealth does not primarily recommend a particular type of security or investment.
However, clients should be aware that with investing in general, there are risks involved. Some
of those general risks are:
Asset Class Risk
Securities in your portfolio(s) or in underlying investments such as mutual funds may
underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes.
Concentration Risk
To the extent that Boyum Wealth recommends portfolio allocations that are concentrated in a
particular market, industry or asset class, your portfolio may be susceptible to loss due to adverse
occurrences affecting that market, industry, or asset class.
Duration Risk
Securities may be forced to be sold or terminated prior to the stated schedule without consent.
This risk may affect the overall performance of the security portfolio, and may create a
unexpected taxable event.
Equity Securities Risk
Equity securities are subject to changes in value that may be attributable to market perception of
a particular issuer or general stock market fluctuations that affect all issuers. Investments in
equity securities may be more volatile than other types of investments.
Growth Securities Risk
Growth companies are companies whose earnings growth potential appears to be greater than the
market, in general, and whose revenue growth is expected to continue over an extended period.
Stocks of growth companies or “growth securities” have market values that may be more volatile
than those of other types of investments. Growth securities typically do not pay a dividend,
which may help cushion stock prices in market downturns and reduce potential losses.
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Issuer Risk
Your account’s performance depends on the performance of individual securities in which your
account invests. Any issuers may perform poorly, causing the value of its securities to decline.
Poor performance may be caused by poor management decisions, competitive pressures, changes
in technology, disruptions in supply, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings,
fraudulent disclosures, or other factors. Changes to the financial condition or credit rating of an
issuer of those securities may cause the value of the securities to decline.
Institutional Risk
Securities prices with large institutional holdings may experience great volatility than securities
in similar markets or sectors. Securities with such exposure may experience price fluctuations
that cannot be explained through typical analysis methods.
Management Risk
The performance of your account is subject to the risk that our investment management strategy
may not produce the intended results.
Market Risk
Your account could lose money over short periods due to short-term market movements and over
longer periods during market downturns. The value of a security may decline due to general
market conditions, economic trends, or events that are not specifically related to the issuer of the
security or to factors that affect a particular industry or industries. During a general downturn in
the securities markets, multiple asset classes may be negatively affected.
Market Trading Risks
Your investment account faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an
active market for investments held in your account and losses from trading in secondary markets.
Larger Company Securities Risk
Securities of companies with larger market capitalizations may underperform securities of
companies with smaller and mid-sized market capitalizations in certain economic environments.
Larger, more established companies might be unable to react as quickly to new competitive
challenges, such as changes in technology and consumer tastes. Some larger companies may be
unable to grow at rates higher than the fastest growing smaller companies, especially during
extended periods of economic expansion.
Liquidity Risk
A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired without adversely affecting the price.
Regulatory Risk
Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An
insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that
adversely affect an investment.
Smaller Company Securities Risk
Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations, historically, tend to be more volatile
and less liquid than larger company stocks. Smaller companies may have no or relatively short
operating histories, or be newly public companies. Some of these companies have aggressive
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capital structures, including high debt levels, or are involved in rapidly growing or changing
industries and/or new technologies, which pose additional risks.
Value Style Investment Risk
Value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and from other types of stocks.
Value stocks may be purchased based upon the belief that a given security may be out of favor.
Value investing seeks to identify stocks that have depressed valuations, based upon a number of
factors which are thought to be temporary in nature, and to sell them at superior profits when
their prices rise when the issues which caused the valuation of the stock to be depressed are
resolved. While certain value stocks may increase in value more quickly during periods of
anticipated economic upturn, they may also lose value more quickly in periods of anticipated
economic downturn. Furthermore, there is a risk that the factors which caused the depressed
valuations are longer term or even permanent in nature, and that there will not be any rise in
value. Finally, there is the increased risk in such situations that such companies may not have
sufficient resources to continue as ongoing businesses, which would result in the stock of such
companies potentially becoming worthless.
Derivatives Risk
The use of derivatives such as futures, options, and swap agreements can lead to losses,
including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return
rather than offset risk.
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
Clients should be aware that neither Boyum Wealth nor its management person has had any legal
or disciplinary events, currently or in the past.
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
A. Broker-Dealer or Representative Registration
Boyum Wealth is not registered as a Broker-Dealer; nor is its management person registered as a
registered representative of a Broker-Dealer firm.
B. Futures or Commodity Registration
Not applicable to Boyum Wealth or its management person.
C. Material Relationships Maintained by this Advisory Business and Conflicts of Interest
Mr. James Knapp, President of Boyum Wealth is licensed to sell insurance products. From time
to time Mr. Knapp may recommend insurance products for any client in need of such services
and will receive separate, yet typical compensation in the form of commissions for the purchase
of insurance products. To the extent that advisory clients purchase insurance products from Mr.
Knapp, this creates a conflict of interest, as commissions will be paid to Boyum Wealth
Architects. To mitigate this conflict, all costs associated with the insurance product will be
disclosed to clients prior to the sale. Clients are not required to utilize the services of Boyum
Wealth or Mr. Knapp for insurance related products. However, in such instances, there is no
advisory fee associated with these insurance products.
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D. Recommendation or Selection of Other Investment Advisers and Conflicts of Interest
Boyum Wealth does recommend or select other investment advisors for clients. For more
specific detail see the response to Item 4B above.
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading
A. Code of Ethics Description
Boyum Wealth is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and has adopted a
Code of Ethics.
Boyum Wealth has adopted a Code of Ethics that sets forth the basic policies of ethical conduct
for all managers, officers, and employees of the adviser. In addition, the Code of Ethics governs
personal trading by each employee of Boyum Wealth deemed to be an Access Person and is
intended to ensure that securities transactions effected by Access Persons of Boyum Wealth are
conducted in a manner that avoids any conflict of interest between such persons and clients of
the adviser or its affiliates. Boyum Wealth collects and maintains records of securities holdings
and securities transactions effected by Access Persons. These records are reviewed to identify
and resolve conflicts of interest. Boyum Wealth maintains a code of ethics and they will provide
a copy to any client or prospective client upon request.
B. Investment Recommendations Involving a Material Financial Interest and Conflicts of
Interest.
There are currently no investment recommendations made involving a material financial interest
by Boyum Wealth or its management persons. If such situation arises Boyum Wealth will
disclose the extent of such relationship, and provide only public information to advisory clients.
If a management person has a material financial interest in an investment said management
person shall not provide any advice relating to investments in that which they have a material
financial interest.
C. Advisory Firm Purchase of Same Securities Recommended to Clients and Conflicts of
Interest
Boyum Wealth and/or its investment advisory representative may from time to time purchase or
sell products that it may recommend to clients. Boyum Wealth and/or its investment advisory
representative has a fiduciary duty to put the interests of their clients ahead of their own. Boyum
Wealth requires that its investment advisory representatives follow its policies and ethical
standards as set forth in its Code of Ethics. Boyum Wealth has adopted a Code of Ethics that
sets forth the basic policies of ethical conduct for all managers, officers, and employees of the
adviser. In addition, the Code of Ethics governs personal trading by each employee of Boyum
Wealth deemed to be an Access Person and is intended to ensure that securities transactions
effected by Access Persons of Boyum Wealth are conducted in a manner that avoids any conflict
of interest between such persons and clients of the adviser or its affiliates. Boyum Wealth
collects and maintains records of securities holdings and securities transactions effected by
Access Persons. These records are reviewed to identify and resolve conflicts of interest. Boyum
Wealth’s Code of Ethics is available upon request.
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D. Client Securities Recommendations or Trades and Concurrent Advisory Firm
Securities Transactions and Conflicts of Interest
See the response to Item 11C above.
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
A. Factors Used to Select Broker-Dealers for Client Transactions
The Custodian and Brokers We Use
Boyum Wealth ("we/our") does not maintain custody of your assets that we manage (although
we may be deemed to have custody of your assets if you give us authority to withdraw assets
from your account (see Item 15Custody, below). Your assets must be maintained in an account
at a "qualified custodian," generally a broker-dealer or bank. We recommend that our clients
use Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), a FINRA-registered broker-dealer, member SIPC, as
the qualified custodian. We are independently owned and operated and not affiliated with
Schwab. Schwab will hold your assets in a brokerage account and buy and sell securities when
we instruct them to. While we recommend that you use Schwab as custodian/broker, you will
decide whether to do so and open your account with Schwab by entering into an account
agreement directly with them. We do not open the account for you. Even though your account
is maintained at Schwab, we can still use other brokers to execute trades for your account, as
described in the next paragraph.
How We Select Brokers/Custodians
We seek to recommend a custodian/broker who will hold your assets and execute transactions on
terms that are overall most advantageous when compared to other available providers and their
services. We consider a wide range of factors, including, among others, these:
• combination of transaction execution services along with asset custody services
(generally without a separate fee for custody)
• capability to execute, clear and settle trades (buy and sell securities for your
account)
• capabilities to facilitate transfers and payments to and from accounts (wire
transfers, check requests, bill payment, etc.)
• breadth of investment products made available (stocks, bonds, mutual funds,
exchange traded funds (ETFs, etc.)
• availability of investment research and tools that assist us in making investment
decisions
• quality of services
• competitiveness of the price of those services (commission rates, margin interest
rates, other fees, etc.) and willingness to negotiate them
reputation, financial strength and stability of the provider
their prior service to us and our other clients
•
•
• availability of other products and services that benefit us, as discussed below (see
"Products and Services Available to Us from Schwab'')
Your Custody and Brokerage Costs
For our clients' accounts it maintains, Schwab 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 Schwab account. This commitment benefits you because the
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overall commission rates you pay are lower than they would be if we had not made the
commitment. In addition to commissions Schwab charges you a flat dollar amount as a "prime
broker'' or "trade away" fee for each trade that we have executed by a different broker-dealer but
where the securities bought or the funds from the securities sold are deposited (settled) into your
Schwab account. These fees are in addition to the commissions or other compensation you pay
the executing broker-dealer. Because of this, in order to minimize your trading costs, we have
Schwab execute most trades for your account.
Products and Services Available to Us from Schwab
Schwab Advisor Services (formerly called Schwab Institutional) is Schwab's business serving
independent investment advisory firms like us. They provide us and our clients with access to its
institutional brokerage- trading, custody, reporting and related services - many of which are not
typically available to Schwab retail customers. Schwab 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. Schwab's support services are generally available on an
unsolicited basis (we don't have to request them) and at no charge to us as long as we keep a total
of at least $10 million of our clients' assets in accounts at Schwab. If we have less than $10
million in client assets at Schwab, it may charge us quarterly service fees of $750.00. Here is a
more detailed description of Schwab's support services:
Services that Benefit You. Schwab'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 Schwab include some to which we might not
otherwise have access or that would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment by
our clients. Schwab's services described in this paragraph generally benefit you and your
account.
Services that May Not Directly Benefit You. Schwab also makes available to us other products
and services that benefit us but may not directly benefit you or your account. These products and
services assist us in managing and administering our clients' accounts. They include investment
research, both Schwab's own and that of third parties. We may use this research to service all or
some substantial number of our clients' accounts, including accounts not maintained at Schwab.
In addition to investment research, Schwab also makes available software and other technology
that:
• 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;
facilitate payment of our fees from our clients' accounts; and
• provide pricing and other market data;
•
• assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping and client reporting.
Services that Generally Benefit Only Us. Schwab also offers other services intended to help us
manage and further develop our business enterprise. These services include:
technology, compliance, legal, and business consulting;
• educational conferences and events
•
• publications and conferences on practice management and business succession; and
• access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants and insurance
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providers.
Schwab may provide some of these services itself. In other cases, it will arrange for third-party
vendors to provide the services to us. Schwab may also discount or waive its fees for some of
these services or pay all or a part of a third party's fees. Schwab may also provide us with other
benefits such as occasional business entertainment of our personnel.
Our Interest in Schwab's Services
The availability of these services from Schwab benefits us because we do not have to produce or
purchase them. We don't have to pay for Schwab's services so long as we keep a total of at least
$10 million of client assets in accounts at Schwab. Beyond that, these services are not contingent
upon us committing any specific amount of business to Schwab in trading commissions or assets
in custody. The $10 million minimum may give us an incentive to recommend that you maintain
your account with Schwab based on our interest in receiving Schwab's services that benefit our
business rather than based on your interest in receiving the best value in custody services and the
most favorable execution of your transactions. This is a potential conflict of interest. We
believe, however, that our selection of Schwab as custodian and broker is in the best interests of
our clients. It is primarily supported by the scope, quality and price of Schwab's services (based
on the factors discussed above - see "How We Select Brokers/Custodians") and not Schwab's
services that benefit only us.
Schwab Advisor Services™ (formerly called Schwab Institutional) is Schwab’s business serving
independent investment advisory firms like us. Through Schwab Advisor Services, CS&Co.
provides us and our clients with access to its institutional brokerage services— trading, custody,
reporting, and related services—many of which are not typically available to CS&Co. retail
customers. CS&Co. 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. CS&Co.’s support services described below are generally available on an unsolicited
basis (we don’t have to request them) and at no charge to us. The availability to us of CS&Co.’s
products and services is not based on us giving particular investment advice, such as buying
particular securities for our clients. Here is a more detailed description of CS&Co.’s support
services: CS&Co.’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 Schwab include some to which we might not otherwise
have access or that would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment by our
clients. CS&Co.’s services described in this paragraph generally benefit the client and the
client’s account.
CS&Co. also makes available to us other products and services that benefit us but may not
directly benefit the client or its account. These products and services assist us in managing and
administering our clients’ accounts. They include investment research, both Schwab’s own and
that of third parties. We may use this research to service all or some substantial number of our
clients’ accounts, including accounts not maintained at CS&Co. In addition to investment
research, CS&Co. also makes available software and other technology that:
• 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
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accounts;
facilitate payment of our fees from our clients’ accounts; and
• provide pricing and other market data;
•
• assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping, and client reporting.
CS&Co. also offers other services intended to help us manage and further develop our business
enterprise. These services include:
educational conferences and events technology, compliance, legal, and business consulting;
•
• publications and conferences on practice management and business succession; and
access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, and insurance
•
providers.
CS&Co. may provide some of these services itself. In other cases, it will arrange for third-party
vendors to provide the services to us. CS&Co. may also discount or waive its fees for some of
these services or pay all or a part of a third party’s fees. CS&Co. may also provide us with other
benefits such as occasional business entertainment of our personnel.
The availability of services from CS&Co. benefits us because we do not have to produce or
purchase them. We don’t have to pay for these services, and they are not contingent upon us
committing any specific amount of business to CS&Co. in trading commissions or assets in
custody. In light of our arrangements with Schwab, we may have an incentive to
[recommend/require] that our clients maintain their accounts with CS&Co. based on our interest
in receiving Schwab’s services that benefit our business rather than based on the client’s interest
in receiving the best value in custody services and the most favorable execution of transactions.
This is a potential conflict of interest. We believe, however, that our selection of CS&Co. as
custodian and broker is in the best interests of our clients. It is primarily supported by the scope,
quality, and price of CS&Co.’s services and not Schwab’s services that benefit only us.
Brokerage for Client Referrals
Boyum Wealth does not receive client referrals from any broker-dealer or third party as a result
of the firm selecting or recommending that broker-dealer to clients.
Directed Brokerage
Boyum Wealth recommends that all clients use a particular broker-dealer, Schwab (see above
response) for execution and/or custodial services. Schwab is recommended based on criteria
such as, but not limited to, reasonableness of commissions charged to the client, tools and
services made available to the client and the Advisor, and convenience of access to the account
trading and reporting. The client will provide authority to Boyum Wealth to direct all
transactions through that broker-dealer in the investment advisory agreement.
As an investment advisory firm, Boyum Wealth has a fiduciary duty to seek best execution for
client transactions. While best execution is difficult to define and challenging to measure, there
is some consensus that it does not solely mean the achievement of the best price on a given
transaction. Rather, it appears to be a collective consideration of factors concerning the trade in
question. Such factors include the security being traded, the price of the trade, the speed of the
execution, apparent conditions in the market, and the specific needs of the client. Boyum
Wealth’s primary objectives when placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities for client
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accounts is to obtain the most favorable net results taking into account such factors as 1) price, 2)
size of order, 3) difficulty of execution, 4) confidentiality 5) skill required of the broker, 6) speed
in filling order, and 6) completeness of filling order. Boyum Wealth may not necessarily pay
the lowest commission or commission equivalent as specific transactions may involve
specialized services on the part of the broker.
B. Aggregating Securities Transaction for Client Accounts
Boyum Wealth may combine orders into block trades when more than one account is
participating in the trade. This blocking or bunching technique must be equitable and potentially
advantageous for each such account (e.g. for the purposes of reducing brokerage commissions or
obtaining a more favorable execution price). Block trading is performed when it is consistent
with the duty to seek best execution and is consistent with the terms of Boyum Wealth’s
investment advisory agreements. Equity trades are blocked based upon fairness to client, both in
the participation of their account, and in the allocation of orders for the accounts of more than
one client. Allocations of all orders are performed in a timely and efficient manner. All
managed accounts participating in a block execution receive the same execution price (average
share price) for the securities purchased or sold in a trading day. Any portion of an order that
remains unfilled at the end of a given day will be rewritten on the following day as a new order
with a new daily average price to be determined at the end of the following day. Due to the low
liquidity of certain securities, broker availability may be limited. Open orders are worked until
they are completely filled, which may span the course of several days, or cancelled by Boyum
Wealth or the Client due to concerns such as but not limited to liquidity, execution, and market
dynamics. If an order is filled in its entirety, securities purchased in the aggregated transaction
will be allocated among the accounts participating in the trade in accordance with the allocation
statement. If an order is partially filled, the securities will be allocated pro rata based on the
allocation statement. Boyum Wealth may allocate trades in a different manner than indicated on
the allocation statement (non-pro rata) only if all managed accounts receive fair and equitable
treatment.
Item 13 Review of Accounts
Boyum Wealth and its IARs review client accounts no less than annually to confirm the current
investment strategies are consistent with each client’s unique investment objectives, risk
tolerance and financial situation. In addition to periodic reviews, we may perform reviews as
appropriate or otherwise required. These reviews may be triggered on the basis or specific events
set forth in the client’s Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”). Financial Plans, once prepared and
delivered to the client are not reviewed again for a year unless the client requests a financial plan
be updated. The client is encouraged to notify the Advisor and Investment Advisor
Representative if changes occur in his/her personal financial situation that might materially affect
his/her investment plan.
The client will receive written statements no less than quarterly from the custodian. In addition,
the client will receive other supporting reports from mutual funds, asset managers, trust
companies or other custodians, insurance companies, broker-dealers and others who are involved
with client accounts according to the agreed upon schedule. Client may request statements more
frequently and understands that additional costs may be included.
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Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
A. Economic Benefits Provided to the Advisory Firm From External Sources and Conflicts
of Interest
Boyum Wealth receives an economic benefit from Schwab in the form of the support products
and services it makes available to us. These products and services, how they benefit us, and the
related conflicts of interest are described above under Item 12 Brokerage Practices. The
availability to us of Schwab’s products and services is not based on us giving particular
investment advice, such as buying particular securities for our clients.
B. Advisory Firm Payments for Client Referrals
Boyum Wealth does not compensate persons or firms for client referrals, therefore this question
is not applicable.
Item 15 Custody
Under government regulations, we are deemed to have custody of a client’s assets if the client
authorizes us to instruct CS&Co. to deduct our advisory fees directly from the client’s account.
CS&Co. maintains actual custody of clients’ assets. Clients receive account statements directly
from CS&Co. at least quarterly. They will be sent to the email or postal mailing address the
client provides to CS&Co. Clients should carefully review those statements promptly when
received. We also urge clients to compare CS&Co.’s account statements to the periodic [account
statements/portfolio reports] clients receive from us.
Item 16 Investment Discretion
Boyum Wealth generally has discretion over the selection and amount of securities to be bought
or sold in client accounts without obtaining prior consent or approval from the client for each
transaction. However, these purchases or sales may be subject to specified investment
objectives, guidelines, or limitations previously set forth by the client and agreed to by Boyum
Wealth as referenced in the IPS.
Discretionary authority will only be provided upon full disclosure to the client. The granting of
such authority will be evidenced by the client’s execution of an Investment Advisory Agreement
containing all applicable limitations to such authority. All discretionary trades made by Boyum
Wealth will be in accordance with each client’s investment objectives and goals.
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
Boyum Wealth will not vote, nor advise clients how to vote, proxies for securities held in client
accounts. The client clearly keeps the authority and responsibility for the voting of all proxies.
Also, Boyum Wealth cannot give any advice or take any action with respect to the voting of any
proxy. The client and Boyum Wealth agree to this by contract. Clients will receive proxy
solicitations from their custodian and/or transfer agent.
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Item 18 Financial Information
A. Balance Sheet
Boyum Wealth does not require or solicit prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees per client, six
months or more in advance, therefore a balance sheet is not included within this document.
B. Financial Conditions Reasonably Likely to Impair Advisory Firm’s Ability to Meet
Commitments to Clients
Boyum Wealth has discretionary authority over client accounts and is not aware of any financial
condition that will likely impair its ability to meet contractual commitments to clients. If Boyum
Wealth does become aware of any such financial condition, this brochure will be updated and
clients will be notified.
C. Bankruptcy Petitions During the Past Ten Years
Boyum Wealth has never been the subject to a bankruptcy petition.
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