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Part 2A of Form ADV: Firm Brochure
Portfolio, LLC
dba Portfolio Wealth Advisors
6100 Uptown Blvd NE, Suite 540
Albuquerque, NM 87110
www.portfoliollc.com
Tel: 505-884-3445
info@portfoliollc.com
January 2026
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Portfolio, LLC
also known as Portfolio Wealth Advisors (referred to as PLLC).
If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at 505-884-3445.
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 PLLC also is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. The searchable IARD/CRD number for PLLC is 145687
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Item 2 − Material Changes
This Item of the Brochure is used to discuss only specific material changes that are made to the
Brochure since the last annual update submitted in January 2025 and provide clients with a
summary of such changes.
There have been no material changes since January 2025.
Currently, our Brochure can be requested by contacting Portfolio, LLC’s Chief Compliance Officer,
Lee Munson at 505-884-3445.
Additional information about PLLC is also available via the SEC’s web site www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
The SEC’s web site also provides information about any persons affiliated with PLLC who are
registered, or are required to be registered, as investment adviser representatives of PLLC.
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Item 3 − Table of Contents
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Item 2 −Material Changes...................................................................................................................
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Item 3 − Table of Contents..................................................................................................................
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Item 4 −Advisory Business...................................................................................................................
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Item 5 − Fees and Compensation .....................................................................................................
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Item 6 − Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ............................................
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Item 7 − Types of Clients ....................................................................................................................
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Item 8 − Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss .......................................
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Item 9 −Disciplinary Information .......................................................................................................
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Item 10 − Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ........................................................
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Item 11 − Code of Ethics.....................................................................................................................
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Item 12 −Brokerage Practices ...........................................................................................................
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Item 13 − Review of Accounts ...........................................................................................................
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Item 14 − Client Referrals and Other Compensation.....................................................................
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Item 15 – Custody.................................................................................................................................
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Item 16 −Investment Discretion ........................................................................................................
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Item 17 − Voting Client Securities.....................................................................................................
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Item 18 −Financial Information .........................................................................................................
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Item 4 − Advisory Business
The principal business of PLLC is furnishing investment advisory services to clients. This activity
includes continuous advice concerning investment of funds consistent with the circumstances,
preferences, and objectives of each client. The investment management process includes an
assessment of each client’s investment goals, risk and return objectives, needs, restrictions, and
portfolio holdings. We attempt to structure each client’s investment program in the context of these
considerations. PLLC also writes an Investment Policy Statement (IPS), which is provided initially and
then reviewed as needed with each client. The IPS details any special circumstances, unique
preferences, and portfolio restrictions that a client wishes to impose.
As of December 5, 2025 PLLC, managed $395,456,386 in client assets. The entire amount is
managed on a discretionary basis. See Item 16 – Investment Discretion for more information.
PLLC manages accounts on a fully discretionary basis using wrap-fee programs. PLLC receives fees
for managing client’s investments. Management fees are billed quarterly in arrears. Fees are directly
deducted from the clients’ accounts through the qualified custodian holding the assets. Please refer
to our Wrap Fee Program Brochure for more detailed information on our wrap-fee programs.
In addition, PLLC does provide financial consulting services to legal counsel. PLLC does not
compensate law firms for client referrals and no fee sharing relationship exists between PLLC and
any law firm. It is PLLC's discretion to work with a client referred by a law firm and not all referrals are
accepted. Lee Munson, CFP®, CFA is primarily responsible for performing the Services in this
matter.
PLLC is owned by Lee E. Munson, CFA, CFP®, who founded PLLC in January 2008.
Item 5 − Fees and Compensation
Clients in the Wrap Fee Programs pay a single annualized fee, based upon a percentage of the
market value of all program assets. A “Wrap-Fee” Program is a convenient single fee that covers
both our services and brokerage services provided by the custodian except certain fees and
expenses the broker charges that either.
1. We do not know about, or
2. We are logistically unable to pay for directly.
Since we mainly use ETFs to construct portfolio, both the fees PLLC pays directly to Schwab for the
Wrap Program and certain non-covered costs are both rare and immaterial. If you have any
questions regarding any fee charged to your account, please contact us immediately.
A separate account is maintained for Clients with the custodian.
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Item 5 − Fees and Compensation
Below is our 2025 fee schedule for new clients:
• All Accounts are FEE ONLY – No commissions
• All Accounts are bound by our fiduciary responsibility to only work in your best interests
• Fees are deducted from the accounts in arrears and traditional IRA accounts have fees paid
on a pre-tax basis
• Breakpoint Schedule:
• $250,000 to $999,999
1.5%
• $1,000,000 to $4,999,999
1.1%
• Over $5,000,000
0.85%
The schedule above is for the assets managed directly by PLLC. For instance, while we advise on
assets held outside of our firm (401k’s, 529 plans, real estate and privately held businesses), we only
charge a fee for what we have discretion to trade at our custodian.
Using a breakpoint schedule means you pay one rate based on assets, not a rate on each asset tier.
For example, if PLLC manages $2,000,000 the single fee is 1.1%.
PLLC currently has a $1,500,000 asset minimum.
The actual fee charged to each client may be negotiable based on factors such as the client’s
amount of assets under management and the overall complexity of the services provided.
PLLC does not negotiate the fee we charge to clients based on custodial fees, including trading and
executions, for our Wrap program. We do not adjust our fee based on changes and adjustments to
fees charged by the custodian of your account.
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Item 5 − Fees and Compensation
When a custodian lowers their costs, we do not pass along the lower fees to you.
This creates a benefit for us because we retain a higher portion of the overall fee charged by our
firm to your account (s). Similarly, if the custodian raises their fees, including trading or execution,
we will not pass along those increased costs to you. Because we benefit from lower overall
custodian and execution fees, we have an incentive to seek the lowest cost custodian platform
available. Since our recommend custodian-broker/dealer, Charles Schwab, does not charge fees to
trade domestic equities and ETFs, the custodial costs for trading our core portfolios are minimal to
non-existent.
Please know, lowest cost is not the sole determining factor for choosing a custodian broker/dealer
for our wrap fee program. We analyze a variety of different factors when evaluating brokerage
arrangements and overall best execution taking into account the totality of the situation and our
fiduciary duty to clients. Please refer to Item 12 – Brokerage Practices for more information.
Program fees are divided and billed quarterly in arrears. Quarterly fees shall be calculated based on
the ending quarterly balance adjusted for contributions and distributions, not adjusted by any
margin debit. Fees are generally deducted directly from a client’s account.
Clients must provide qualified custodian with written authorization to have fees deducted from the
account and paid to PLLC. The custodian will send client statements detailing account activity for
the prior period including a description of all disbursements for the account including the amount
of PLLC’s fee deducted directly from the account. At the discretion of PLLC, clients can request to
pay fees directly upon receipt of their billing statement.
Other Fees
Wrap Fee Program fees charged by PLLC are separate and distinct from the fees and expenses
charged by investment company securities that are recommended to clients. We do not buy mutual
funds that charge 12-B1 fees. A description of mutual fund expense ratios is available in each
investment company security’s prospectus.
Financial Consulting Services (Expert Witness) to Legal Counsel. The hourly rate for Financial
Consulting Services is $500 per hour, plus applicable New Mexico gross receipts tax. The hourly
rates apply to all Financial Consulting Services, including, but not limited to, telephone calls and
conferences, factual investigation and research, drafting reports, analyses, letters and other
documents, travel time, time in meetings, time in depositions and other discovery proceedings, and
time in hearings and other case---related proceedings. These services are only provided and
designed for expert witness services to legal counsel.
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Item 6 − Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
PLLC does not charge any performance-based fees of any kind.
Item 7 − Types of Clients
PLLC provides investment supervisory and management services to a wide variety of clients
including individuals, high net-worth individuals, family offices, pension and profit-sharing plans,
trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations or other business entities. PLLC currently
has a $1,500,000 asset minimum.
Item 8 − Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
PLLC uses a combination of fundamental and technical methods to assess risk and opportunities in
global markets.
PLLC obtains information from a wide variety of publicly available sources. PLLC does not have, nor
does it claim to have, sources of inside or private information. The recommendations developed by
PLLC are based upon the professional judgment of PLLC and the results of its recommendations
are not guaranteed.
Risk. All investments present the risk of loss of principal. PLLC cannot guarantee the future
performance of client’s accounts, promise any specific level of performance or promise that its
investment decisions, strategies or overall management will be successful.
The investment decisions PLLC makes are subject to various market, currency, economic, political
and business risks, and will not necessarily be profitable. Investing in securities involves risk of loss
that you, as the client, should be prepared to bear.
Except as otherwise be provided by law, PLLC will not be liable to clients for any loss
i. That the clients suffer as a result of PLLC’s good faith decisions or actions where PLLC
exercises the degree of care, skill, prudence and diligence that a prudent person acting in
a fiduciary capacity would use
ii. Caused by following clients’ instructions; or
iii. Caused by the custodian, any broker or dealer to which PLLC directs transactions for the
clients or by any other person
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Item 9 − Disciplinary Information
There are no legal or disciplinary events to disclose for PLLC or any of its advisors.
Item 10 − Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Mr. Munson is a guest lecturing at the Anderson School of Business. This includes mentoring
students at the Anderson School of Business at University of New Mexico. This takes up less than 5%
of his time.
Item 11 − Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
Section 204A-1 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 requires all investment advisers to establish,
maintain and enforce a Code of Ethics. PLLC has established a Code of Ethics that will apply to all of
its associated persons. An investment adviser is considered a fiduciary according to the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940. As a fiduciary, it is an investment adviser’s responsibility to provide fair and full
disclosure of all material facts and to act solely in the best interest of each of our clients at all times.
Advisors with PLLC have a fiduciary duty to all clients. This fiduciary duty is considered the core
underlying principle for the advisor’s Code of Ethics, which also covers its Insider Trading and
Personal Securities Transactions Policies and Procedures.
PLLC requires all of its supervised persons to conduct business with the highest level of ethical
standards and to comply with all federal and state securities laws at all times. Upon employment or
affiliation and at least annually thereafter, all supervised persons will sign an acknowledgement that
they have read, understand and agree to comply with the PLLC’s Code of Ethics. PLLC has the
responsibility to make sure that the interests of all clients are placed ahead of the PLLC or its
supervised person’s own investment interest.
Full disclosure of all material facts and potential conflicts of interest will be provided to clients prior
to any services being conducted. PLLC and its supervised persons must conduct business in an
honest, ethical and fair manner and avoid all circumstances that might negatively affect or appear to
affect our duty of complete loyalty to all clients.
This disclosure is provided to give all clients a summary of advisor’s Code of Ethics. However, if a
client or a potential client wishes to review PLLC’s Code of Ethics in its entirety, a copy will be
provided promptly upon request by contacting Portfolio, LLC’s Chief Compliance Officer Lee
Munson at 505-884-3445.
When PLLC or its supervised persons buy or sell securities for themselves that they also recommend
to clients, they will comply with PLLC’s Code of Ethics and never put themselves in a position to
benefit before clients.
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Item 12 − Brokerage Practices
Use of Schwab Institutional
PLLC requires the use of Schwab for clients.
PLLC participates in the Institutional advisor program (the “Program”) offered by Schwab. Through
this arrangement, accounts will be maintained at Schwab a registered broker/dealer, member
FINRA and SIPC. Schwab is an independent and unaffiliated SEC-registered broker-dealer and
FINRA member. Schwab offers PLLC services that include custody of securities, trade execution,
clearance, and settlement of transactions. PLLC receives some benefits from Schwab through its
participation in the Program.
While quality of execution at the best price is an important determinant, best execution does not
necessarily mean lowest price and it is not the sole consideration. The trading process of any
broker/dealer suggested by PLLC must be efficient, seamless, and straightforward.
Overall custodial support services, trade correction services, statement preparation, and
administrative back-office support are some of the factors determined when suggesting a
broker/dealer. PLLC does not have any soft dollar arrangements with any third party.
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Item 12 − Brokerage Practices
In connection with the use and recommendation of Schwab, there is no direct link between PLLCs
participation in the program and the investment advice it gives to its clients, although PLLC receives
economic benefits through its participation in the program that are typically not available to Schwab
retail investors.
These benefits include the following products and services (provided without cost or at a discount):
• Receipt of duplicate client statements and confirmations
• Research related products and tools
• Consulting services
• Access to a trading desk serving adviser participants
• Access to block trading (which provides the ability to aggregate securities transactions for
execution and then allocate the appropriate shares to client accounts)
• The ability to have advisory fees deducted directly from client accounts
• Access to an electronic communications network for client order entry and account
information
• Access to mutual funds with no transaction fees and to certain institutional money
managers; and discounts on compliance, marketing, research, technology, and practice
management products or services provided to PLLC by third party vendors.
Schwab has paid for business consulting and professional services received by PLLC’s related
persons. Some of the products and services made available by Schwab through the program
benefit PLLC but not benefit its client accounts. These products or services assist PLLC in managing
and administering client accounts at Schwab.
Other services made available by Schwab are intended to help PLLC manage and further develop
its business enterprise. The benefits received by PLLC or its personnel through participation in the
program do not depend on the amount of brokerage transactions directed to Schwab.
As part of its fiduciary duties to clients, the firm endeavors at all times to put the interests of its
clients first. Clients should be aware that the benefits described above directly influences PLLC’s
ongoing decision to use Schwab for custody and brokerage services.
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Item 12 − Brokerage Practices
PLLC does not currently use outside Broker-Dealers in addition to Schwab to execute trades.
Item 13 − Review of Accounts
PLLC’s Chief Investment Officer reviews model strategies monthly. To ensure that individual client
portfolios are in alignment with the model portfolios, client accounts are reviewed monthly by the
operations team. It is at the full discretion of PLLC to rebalance or re-optimize client accounts on a
monthly basis.
Custom securities outside our models are reviewed annually. These custom securities include ad
hoc positions the client specifically requested to be purchased for them or legacy positions
transferred in from a previous portfolio that the client wants to continue to hold or have a low-cost
tax basis.
It is the responsibility of the Client to inform the Advisor of any changes in their preference for
custom securities. It is the Client’s responsibility to notify PLLC whenever material changes in their
financial situation or risk tolerance warrant a change in their investment plan and/or asset allocation.
Item14 − Client Referrals and Other Compensation
PLLC does not pay client referral fees, directly or indirectly, to any third party.
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Item 15 – Custody
PLLC does not have custody of client assets. Clients will receive statements at least quarterly from
the custodian holding their investment assets. PLLC urges clients to carefully review such statements
and compare these custodial records with the quarterly reports provided by PLLC. PLLC reports will
vary from custodial statements based on accounting procedures, reporting dates, or valuation
methodologies of certain securities.
Item 16 − Investment Discretion
Clients grant PLLC discretionary trading authority over their account (s) that will be managed by
PLLC. Clients also grant PLLC the authority to make all decisions to buy, sell or hold securities, cash
or other investments for the account (s). PLLC’s has sole discretion without first consulting with
clients. Clients give PLLC full power and authority to carry out investment decisions by giving
instructions, on behalf of clients, to brokers and dealers and the custodian for the account (s).
Clients authorize PLLC to provide evidence of PLLC’s authority. Any changes to investment
instructions and limitations must be delivered to PLLC in writing.
Item 17 − Voting Client Securities
PLLC does not perform proxy-voting services on a client’s behalf. Clients retain the responsibility for
receiving and voting proxies for any and all securities maintained in client portfolios. Also, PLLC
does not give any advice or take any action with respect to the voting of these proxies. Clients and
PLLC agree to this in writing pursuant to the signed Client Agreement.
Item 18 − Financial Information
Registered investment advisors are required to provide in this Item to provide you with certain
financial information or disclosures about PLLC’s financial condition. There is no known financial
condition that is reasonably likely to impair this firm’s ability to meet contractual commitments to
clients. The firm and its owner have not been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
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