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March 17, 2026
Viewpoint Capital Management LLC
Madrona Plaza
1421 34th Avenue, Suite 214
Seattle, WA 98112
(c) 206.902.6706
(p) 206.219.1410
(f) 206.219.1455
ryan@viewpontcapitalllc.com
www.viewpointcapitalllc.com
CRD Number: 158899
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Viewpoint Capital
Management LLC. If you have any questions about the content of this brochure, please contact us at
206.219.1410 or via email to ryan@viepointcapitalllc.com.
The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority. Additional information about Viewpoint
Capital Management is available on the SEC’s website at https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/.
Viewpoint Capital Management is a registered investment adviser with the SEC. Registration as an
investment adviser does not require any level of skill or training.
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Item 2 - Material Changes
For your information, there are NO material amendments in this Annual Update Amendment filed when
compared to the version dated February 19,2025.
This is the current version of Form ADV Part 2 AB, dated March 17, 2026.
Starting on Page 5 of this brochure, PTE 2020-02 and the DOL were in court to address this PTE. The
law still exists but the exemption was never rescinded.
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2/13/2023, the US District court vacated the DOL’s 2021 FAQ guidance that interpreted the
PTE, not the rule itself.
- On July 7 – 9, 2025, US District court vacated limited portions of the text and preamble of
PTE 2020-02 and rejected Title II (IRA advice) and rejected future relationship and single
rollover to on going advice theories, but again, not PTE 2020-02 itself.
As a result, PTE 2020-02 “stands for now.”
The total of assets under management (AUM) was updated through the end of last year; December 31,
2025. A change (increase or decrease) in assets under management is NOT a material change to this
document (ADV Part 2AB).
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Item 3 - Table of Contents
Contents
Item 1 - Cover Page ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Item 2 - Material Changes .......................................................................................................................... 2
Item 3 - Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................... 3
Item 4 - Advisory Business ......................................................................................................................... 4
Item 5 - Fees and Compensation ................................................................................................................ 6
Item 6 – Performance Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management ........................................................ 9
Item 7 – Types of Clients ........................................................................................................................... 9
Item 8 - Method of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risks of Loss ................................................ 9
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information ......................................................................................................... 10
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations .......................................................... 10
Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation, or Interest in Client Transactions ..................................... 11
Item 12 - Brokerage Practices .................................................................................................................... 12
Item 13 – Review of Accounts ................................................................................................................ 13
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation ......................................................................... 14
Item 15 – Custody .................................................................................................................................... 16
Item 16 – Investment Discretion .............................................................................................................. 16
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities ......................................................................................................... 16
Item 18 – Financial Information ............................................................................................................ 16
Form ADV Part 2 B, Brochure Supplement Item 1 – Cover Page ....................................................... 17
Privacy Disclosure ..................................................................................................................................... 18
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Item 4 - Advisory Business
Viewpoint Capital Management LLC (referred to in this brochure as “Firm,” “Advisor,” “We,” “Us,”
“Our”) is a registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Viewpoint was founded in 2011.
Ryan P. Sawyer is our managing member, sole owner and is also the Chief Compliance Officer.
Advisory Services
Viewpoint provides comprehensive investment advisory (portfolio management) services. These include
the following:
Identification of each client’s objectives and risk tolerances through the client’s profile
Asset allocation / recommendations
Security selection, purchase, sale or hold decisions and,
Overall portfolio management with investment discretionary authority,
Directed brokerage to Schwab, each client’s independent (from Viewpoint) third party, qualified
custodian, and broker.
We develop individual investment portfolios that integrate the long-term investment goals, risk tolerances
and financial objectives of our clients as described in written and verbal communications.
When you establish an advisory relationship with us, we document who you are and what your current
investment goals and objectives are in the Client Profile. This Profile then guides our investment
decisions and recommendations. We then manage your account assets with your unique circumstances in
mind.
We tailor our advice to you and your assets by:
Making investment decisions (for discretionary accounts) in accordance with each Client’s
profile. This means that we will determine which securities, the number of securities and timing
of transactions to make for your account based on our professional determination (as guided by
your profile)
Portfolios contain investments from multiple asset classes based on objectives and the risk
tolerance of each client. In client portfolios we employ primarily individual stocks and bonds
and passively managed ETFs, mutual funds and cash. We can access other types of liquid
securities, if required, consistent with your goals and objectives.
Clients may place reasonable restrictions upon the type of securities or specific securities that are
bought, sold, or held in your account, within your Profile. These restrictions requested by each client
are made by the client, in the Client Profile and can be changed by updating your Profile. They are
not accepted until reviewed and accepted by Viewpoint. Any restrictions that limit the ability of
Viewpoint to manage the assets that have an adverse impact on portfolio diversification or return
objectives are discussed and the impact of those restrictions. The result is they may be accepted or
rejected.
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Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2024, we had the following assets under management. These numbers include
fee paying and non-fee-paying assets managed by Viewpoint, including the assets of employees and
families, both discretionary and non-discretionary:
Investment Discretionary Authority
Non- Discretionary Authority
$ 222,968,000
$ 44,831,000
Fiduciary Advice Exemption: PTE 2020-02. As shown above, under material changes, this PTE
has been in court due to suits against the DOL (Department of Labor). As a result, the PTE has been
changed as indicated above by these suits.
The suits caused PTE 2020-02 to be changed by striking down aggressive DOL interpretations and
vacated specific pre-able statements of PTE 2020-02.
This means PTE 2020-02 is still an exemption which allows financial institutions to receive
otherwise prohibited compensation if they are (like Viewpoint) fiduciaries under the existing 1975
five-part test. As a fiduciary, the following conditions are enforceable when fiduciary status exists:
- Best interest standard (prudence and loyalty)
- Reasonalbe compensation for services provided.
- No misleading statements are provided.
For fiduciaries like Viewpoint, written policies and procedures are required for:
- Conflict mitigation policies
- Documentation of rollover and transfers
- Supervisory oversight; and
- Retrospective review.
Viewpoint has a PTE 2020-02 worksheet that must be completed and retained internally within 10 days
of making a recommendation to a retirement investor.
We disclose here, that “Viewpoint does not generally recommend to any client that they roll over a 401k
to an IRA.”
I.
Investment advice has been defined through The Impartial Conduct Standard which has three parts:
Provide investment advice that is in the best interest of the retirement investor, prudence
(proper and suitable). Viewpoint meets our fiduciary obligations to all our clients, including
retirement investors.
II. We charge only reasonable compensation (as disclosed in the next section, below). Security
transactions for the retirement investor account (IRA, etc.) managed by Viewpoint are
directed brokerage transactions, only (see Item 12, below).
III. We make no misleading statements to the retirement investor regarding the recommendation
and relevant matters.
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Senior Safe Act Legislation and Compliance
As required by law, via the Senior Safe Act, which provides immunity to Viewpoint when we see or
suspect a senior client of being exploited. To comply, we have in our policies and procedures information
related to this topic and what we will do and must do. For reader’s information:
Viewpoint defines a senior investor at 65 years of age.
We function as a fiduciary for all clients.
Diminished capacity is the most often complaint our research has told us. This is now called
major neurocognitive disorder.
Financial Exploitation: Ryan looks for physical or emotional abuse, neglect and blocked access to
the senior client accounts and assets, through a power of attorney that was not previously present,
among many others.
We ask that you be aware of Senior Safe Act issues and our compliance.
In addition, we are now running reports of our clients owned by those On and over, and the assets held in
these accounts. If we discover potential exploitation1, we are obligated to report to the police, social
services and, if necessary, lock down the client’s account at Schwab.
Item 5 - Fees and Compensation
Viewpoint charges annual fees based on a percentage of client assets under management. The table below
is the standard fee schedule. Fees are billed quarterly on the inception value of the account (pro-rated for
the number of days in the quarter the services are provided). For subsequent quarters, fees are charged on
the portfolio value at the quarter end as determined by your custodian. Fees are charged after the services
are provided. As a result, upon the termination of an agreement between Viewpoint and a client, the
refund of fees is not applicable. Please see below.
Assets under Management
Annual Advisory Fee
$0 - $1,000,000
1.00%
$1,000,001 - $5,000,000
0.85%
$5,000,001 +
0.70%
Fees are documented in the advisory agreement we have with you. This fee schedule is negotiable based
on several factors, including, and not limited to the following:
Number of accounts in the relationship
Prospect of additional accounts and / or assets to manage.
Other relationships (family members)
Among others
1 The North American Securities Administrators (US and Canada), showed in February of 2020 that in New York
state alone, exploitation of seniors ranged from $352 million to $1.5 billion!
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Fee Payment: Fees are paid to Viewpoint directly from your accounts held at your independent third-
party qualified custodian. You authorize Viewpoint in the advisory agreement to have fees “directly
debited” from your custodial account(s) held at your third party and qualified, independent custodian
(Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. “Schwab” See Item 12, below). Your written authorization allows us to:
Calculate the fee based on the assets under management,
Request the fee due and payable from your custodian initially and each quarter thereafter; and,
Receive the fee due and payable from your custodian when the debit requests are received from
Viewpoint.
Viewpoint will, when issuing a debit request to your custodian (Schwab), send the following
information to you in a worksheet that reflects:
1. The formula is used to calculate the fee.
2. The fee calculation itself.
3. The amount of assets under management on which the fee is based.
4. The period the fee covers; and,
5. The amount of the fee is due for the period.
Direct debiting is NOT custody of your funds or securities as those are held at Schwab, your
independent and third-party qualified custodian.
Note: Please verify the accuracy of our fee calculations as your custodian does not perform
this task.
SLOAs: Viewpoint does not permit or use SLOAs – standing letters of authorizations, as currently these
are considered custody by the SEC. For your protection and the protection of your assets, please contact
Schwab to have funds or securities moved from your account(s) to those other accounts you so designate,
in writing, to Schwab.
Additional Fees and Costs:
Advisory fees paid to Viewpoint are separate and distinct from the fees and expenses you will pay
your broker / custodian, Schwab. The fees you will pay your broker / custodian include but are not
limited to:
IRA fees
Commissions and transaction costs
12b-1 fees on mutual funds held in your custodial / brokerage accounts at Schwab.
Sub-agent transfer fees
SEC or Exchange fees
Wire or mail / postage costs
Dealer mark-up or mark-downs on principal transactions if any
Margin interest if used.
Commissions on new issues (if applicable)
Safekeeping fees
Redemption fees, exchange, or similar fees for mutual fund trades
Advisory fees and operational costs to mutual funds or ETFs by the underwriters of these
securities, among others
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Fees and expenses of mutual funds or ETFs are provided via a prospectus from Schwab, your
custodian directly. Please note that Viewpoint does not participate in or receive directly or
indirectly any of these additional fees or expenses charged to clients by Schwab. Schwab solely
retains them.
Mutual fund redemption fees: Some mutual fund shares you may own before becoming a client of
Viewpoint impose a redemption fee on descending time periods when the shares are sold. This fee is
charged by the mutual fund when sold within a defined period from the purchase of the fund shares.
Redemption fees vary from one to five years or more.
Although a redemption fee is deducted from redemption proceeds just like a deferred sales load, it is
not considered to be a sales load. Sales loads are commissions payable by the mutual fund to broker
dealers and their stockbrokers for initially selling the mutual fund shares to investors. Redemption
fees are designed to stop short term redemptions of long-term investments. Redemption fees are
retained by the mutual fund itself.
In most cases, the mutual fund shares use the "first-in, first-out" (FIFO) method to determine the
holding period. Under this method, the date of the redemption will be compared with the earliest
purchase date of shares held in the client account. While it is not the general practice of Viewpoint
to sell client securities in a period that would generate a redemption fee, it should be expected that
we will do so if:
1) The sale is in the client’s best financial interests, or
2) Fund shares must be redeemed to pay our advisory fees from the account.
A complete explanation of these charges is contained in the related mutual fund prospectus and
“Statement of Additional Information” for each investment company (or mutual fund). Schwab, as
indicated, will send you a mutual fund prospectus, or you can obtain a prospectus from the
investment company (through its website or by telephone or mail).
Termination:
A portfolio management agreement may be terminated by either party with written notice delivered
to the other party. Upon termination, Viewpoint will have no additional authority to manage the
account assets; all transactions placed prior to termination will settle.
As fees are charged in arrears, fees due and payable to Viewpoint will be charged and deducted. If
the account was terminated prior to notification to Viewpoint, we will issue you an invoice for the
balance of the fee due and payable through the date of termination. Clients may terminate the
agreement within five business days of the date of the agreement without penalty if Form ADV Part
2 AB was not provided 48 hours prior to your execution of our agreement for services.
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Additional Information on Services and Fees
Family and Friends: Similar services are provided to family members or friends of Viewpoint at no fee
or at fees that are lower than a non-family or friend will receive.
Valuation: Security and total portfolio values are calculated by your Schwab, the third-party broker /
custodian and not by Viewpoint. Note that Schwab, your custodian, is the official record-keeper of your
account assets, profit and loss calculations and other related tax information.
Similar Services: Please be aware that similar services may be available at fees that are lower or higher
than those charged by Viewpoint.
Item 6 – Performance Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
Not applicable. Viewpoint does not charge so-called performance-based fees. Viewpoint does not manage
private funds. See Item 5, above, for full information on fees charged.
Item 7 – Types of Clients
Viewpoint provides portfolio management services to individuals, high net worth individuals, personal
trusts or estates and small business owners. We do not impose minimum requirements for opening or
maintaining an account and we do not impose a minimum account size.
Item 8 - Method of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risks of Loss
Our investment philosophy focuses on a few important themes:
Value and tactical investing
Inclusion of income producing securities in portfolios, and
Diversification through global investing and non-correlation.
Primarily, we concentrate on value investing, in which we try to buy shares below their intrinsic value.
This contrasts with philosophies that focus on growth investing, in which shares in companies with high
growth rates would be emphasized.
On a tactical basis, we try to find out of favor asset classes, which we believe are wrongly ignored by
the crowd. We believe that low prices and pessimism go together. Likewise, assets loved by investors
might well be overpriced. Efforts at intelligent contrarianism extend to regular portfolio rebalancing,
which reduces exposure to asset classes favored by others and increases exposure to those currently out
of favor.
Part of our focus on value investing has to do with a preference for income-producing investments.
Noting that half of market returns during the 20th century were due to dividend reinvestment; we believe
dividend payments and dividend reinvestment are crucial. This is particularly true during periods of
market weakness. In this sense, our core philosophy has a defensive character, in that we do not rely
solely on returns on finding securities that appreciate; rather, we seek to be paid a share of a company’s
profits on a regular basis.
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Finally, we also believe in diversification, not only by industry but also globally. While much of the
world’s market capitalization exists outside of the United States, U.S. investors continue to overweight
their portfolios in US assets. We want to make sure our allocations reflect the increasingly global
distribution of market value, both for growth opportunity, diversification of region and currency, and
achieving lower correlation of asset price movements. A focus on non-correlation recognizes that
reducing volatility can improve risk-adjusted returns.
Our overall investment philosophy is to identify for each client’s unique facts and circumstances we
strive to reflect those unique characteristics in the form of objectives, risk, allocation, and security
selection.
Risk:
Investments in securities involve risk of loss including the possibility of losing all your initial
investment as well as any unrealized gains on investments managed by Viewpoint. Securities held in
your portfolio(s) or in underlying investments such as mutual funds or ETFs may underperform in
comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes.
Our strategies and security analysis methods also include their own risks. We may be incorrect in our
assessments of value investing, tactical decisions, or investments in foreign issues. We access foreign
issuer through the US exchanges, by using American Depository Receipts (ADRs). Foreign shares have
various risks, including currency and country specific economic risks.
The performance of your account is subject to the risk that Viewpoint’s investment strategy may
not produce the intended results. Your account could lose money over short periods due to short-
term market movements and over longer periods. The value of security may decline due to
company specific issues, general market conditions, economic trends, or events that are not
specifically related to the issue of security or to factors that affect an industry or industries. During
a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may be negatively affected.
In addition, the use of margin or leverage increases your potential for investment gain, and investment
loss. Margin also includes an additional expense as the securities in your account are used as collateral
to your broker / custodian for the margin loan. Should markets decline while we are using the margin,
you may have to sell securities or contribute more capital to your account to meet the margin balances
required. Performance, positive or negative, is impacted by the cost of the margin loan you pay
directly to your broker / custodian for the margin loan.
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information
Neither Viewpoint, the registered investment adviser or Mr. Ryan Sawyer, President, Investment Adviser
Representative and CCO have been involved in any civil, criminal or investment related event.
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
We are not involved in any other financial industry or activity. We do not receive directly, or indirectly
any compensation from any party related to the investment advice provided to clients. The only business
of Viewpoint and Ryan Sawyer is as an investment adviser and portfolio manager.
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Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation, or Interest in Client Transactions
Code of Ethics
Viewpoint has adopted and implemented a Code of Ethics that is designed to meet regulatory
requirements and to support our fiduciary obligations to each of our clients. The Code of Ethics is
required by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) and applicable state law. This
Code of Ethics (Code) applies to all employees of Viewpoint. The goal of the Code is to establish
business practices that meet our fiduciary obligations and to ensure compliance with federal law
requirements that apply to our firm. Please note that Viewpoint has one employee, Ryan P.
Sawyer.
The Code requires, initially (upon hire) and annual disclosure of:
All “reportable” security holdings (as defined in the Code) for the employee and
family members living in the same household.
Brokerage accounts (as that term is defined in the Code), and.
All securities are held in certificate or book entry form.
All members of the employee’s household
All beneficial ownership accounts (as that term is defined in the Code)
Quarterly reporting on all reportable security transactions during the most recent quarter
within 10 days of the month following the quarter end.
Quarterly reporting of gifts (when exceeding a small or minor level) given or received.
The Code also prohibits the following activity:
Trading for any employee account, Client account or communicating any information
when Viewpoint is in possession of Material, Non-Public information on any security.
This prohibition (called Prohibition on Insider Trading) is in place until we can verify the
information is available in the public domain (via newspapers, internet, etc.). This is also
called “insider trading.”
The purchase of an IPO (initial public offering) of security by any employee or
beneficial ownership account of an employee; and,
The purchase of a private placement by any employee or beneficial ownership account
of an employee
Due to the size and nature of our portfolio management services, Viewpoint does not require
the pre-clearance of personal security transactions by employees.
If you would like a copy of Viewpoint’s Code, please contact Ryan P. Sawyer via email or
telephone at the phone number or email address on the cover page of this Brochure.
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Item 12 – Brokerage Practices
Viewpoint does not have discretionary brokerage authority. This means that we cannot and do not
select a broker for your account transactions. We require each Client to evaluate the broker we
recommend. We then require each Client to “direct Viewpoint” to use this broker for all your
account transactions.
In determining which broker to use and to recommend, we evaluated several brokerage solutions.
We recommend and use exclusively, Charles Schwab and Co., Inc. Note that Schwab has purchased
TD Ameritrade Inc. of Toronto, Canada. The purchase was completed on October 6, 2020. However,
the integration of the two companies into Schwab was completed September of 2023.
Schwab is an independent, third-party qualified custodian. Viewpoint and Schwab are not affiliated
or related in any way. Schwab provides services to independent investment advisers like Viewpoint
through Schwab Advisor Services (a service program). Schwab is registered as a:
Securities broker / dealer with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Member of the Securities Investors Protection Corporation (SIPC)
A registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; and,
Member of the National Futures Association (NFA) and is registered as a Commodity
Trading Adviser
As a result, in recommending Schwab, Viewpoint also asks that clients independently evaluate
Schwab as your broker dealer and custodian.
As indicated above, each client evaluates and selects Schwab as their custodian and broker and
directs all security transactions for their account to Schwab. Viewpoint does not seek out other
brokers or dealers for portfolio transactions, does not negotiate commissions on transactions and,
as a result, the best execution for your account transactions may not be achieved.
However, in evaluating Schwab, we believe that Schwab provide excellent security
transaction services at reasonable commissions to all our clients and transactions we place
for each of our clients.
We used the following criteria to evaluate broker / custodians, including Schwab:
Combination of execution services for transactions and no additional fee for custody
Capability to execute, clear and settle client transactions.
Capability to facilitate transfers and payments from or to your accounts (wire transfers,
check requests, etc.)
Breadth of securities available for purchase or sale
Competitiveness of services available and ability to negotiate them, including
margin interest, etc.
Reputation, financial strength, and stability of the broker / custodian
Among others
In addition, Schwab provides benefits to Viewpoint and to each of our clients that are
beneficial. These services include:
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No custodial costs to clients of Viewpoint
Access to institutional class shares of mutual funds at minimums that would otherwise
not be accessible by Viewpoint or our clients.
Information and data
Transactions at no fee for certain participating mutual funds
Access to an institutional trading desk (and operational support)
Among others
Block Trading:
Viewpoint may, but is not obligated to, aggregate the transactions of multiple clients, at the same
time, in the same security. Typically, Viewpoint trades client-by-client; as a result, block trading is
not used very often, if at all. Block trading allows Viewpoint to create larger blocks of purchase or
sale transactions, which may allow us to negotiate prices with Schwab, thus fulfilling our obligation
of best execution (which is not defined under Federal securities laws). Best execution is a concept
that includes price, speed and efficiency of the transaction, commission costs and, the best possible
transaction at the time (based on all relevant factors).
Block trading will apply to stocks, bonds, and ETFs. As mutual funds (open ended) are traded at the
previous day’s Net Asset Value (or NAV), there is no real benefit to blocking mutual fund trades
together (except for the efficiency of processing one transaction on behalf of all participating client
accounts).
When block trading security transactions in equities, fixed income, or ETFs, if applicable,
Viewpoint creates one transaction record which identifies the gross amount to purchase or sell. If
the block transaction is completed fully, each participating account is credited with their pro-rated
share of the block. If there are multiple transactions executed by Schwab to fully fill the order, all
executions are averaged to price; all participating clients receive the average price.
If the transaction cannot be fully completed, all clients will be allocated their pro-rated portion of the
transaction; except smaller accounts (allocations of 100 shares or fewer) will be allocated in full, the
balance of the securities will be allocated pro-rata. This saves clients from receiving anything other
than full-round lots.
Employee trades may be blocked with those of clients. In the case of partial fills, Employee account
trades are “excluded” from the allocation until all client transactions are completed.
We do not put the interests of Viewpoint or an Employee before those of our advisory clients.
Item 13 – Review of Accounts
Reviews:
All Client accounts are managed and reviewed by Ryan P. Sawyer on at least a quarterly basis
with more formal reviews semi-annually. However, we continually monitor securities held in all
client accounts. The reviews compare security holdings, asset allocation, and investment
restriction compliance with each client’s stated investment goals, objectives, and risk tolerances.
We recommend at least an annual review of portfolio performance with each client.
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If you notify Viewpoint to a change in your circumstances (marriage, divorce, medical issues,
birth of a child, death in the family, or other noteworthy events), these are triggers for a review of
your account and your investment goals and objectives. Additional triggers can include client-
imposed restrictions such as limits on capital gains or losses (tax harvesting), among others.
Reports:
Viewpoint prepares written performance reports for clients as part of portfolio reviews with each
client. There is no set schedule for the issuance of reports to clients. These reports, when
prepared, provide a summary of investment performance for the recent quarter, year to date and
inception to date. The reports also reflect holdings, transactions, and cash balances.
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation
New SEC Marketing Rule, Rule 206(4)-1 made effective November 2022 combines two
separate Rules into one2. This new Rule combines many past interpretations, no action letters
and even enforcement cases over the last few decades. This new rule has modernized and
complicated investment adviser advertising for many investment advisers. However, much of
the new rule is not applicable to Viewpoint and its business. An advertisement is now defined as
“any direct or indirect communication the investment adviser makes to more than one person.”
In addition, emails, text messages, instant messages, electronic presentations, videos, films,
podcasts, digital audio or video files, blogs, billboards, and all manners of social media are now
considered, if published by the investment adviser as advertising under the new Rule.
Viewpoint limits advertising to our website.
We do not otherwise advertise3. We may, from time to time, include market comments
in reports when meeting with clients which occur annually or as requested by each
client.
Note that Viewpoint does not:
Present actual or model investment performance. Viewpoint provides individual
portfolio management services for each client based on the client’s investment
objectives, goals, risk tolerance and other personal factors in private client reports to
each client.
Use endorsements or testimonials about the firm or our services made by clients, ex-
clients or other third parties, where we pay direct or indirect compensation for such
services. We have not done so and will not do so. We obtain all our clients ourselves.
2 Old rule 206(4)-1, the Advertising Rule, and the 206(4)-3 the Cash Solicitation Rule. Both are now combined in
the new Rule.
3 Advertisements now include technology delivery methods, including emails, text messages, instant messages,
electronic presentations, videos, films, podcasts, digital audio or video files, blogs, billboards, and all manner of
social media.
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Viewpoint will follow existing general prohibitions on our website, our primary (and only)
marketing activity. These carry over from the old rule and are part of this New Rule. Viewpoint
will:
1. Not use material misstatements or material omissions or be materially misleading to a
reasonable investor.
2. Not use facts that cannot be substantiated upon SEC request / demand.
3. Not discuss investment benefits or make references to investment advice that is not fair
and balanced.
4. Not use performance advertising presentations in marketing that are not fair and balanced
or comply with performance requirements of the New Rule.
a. As indicated above, Viewpoint does not publish or provide performance
advertising, gross and net performance numbers to gain new clients.
b. Not show 1-, 5-, 10- year performance figures in an advertisement.
c. Not use model performance which is now “hypothetical performance.” This
means performance was not actually achieved by any portfolio (client) of our
firm.
d. Not using targets, projections, or hypothetical and back tested performance.
5. Not use information that is “otherwise materially misleading.”
6. No use testimonials or endorsements as indicated above.
7. We do not use third party rating services, as we have never done so and do not plan to do
so.
Other Compensation:
Schwab, the broker / custodian recommended to Clients provides (see Item 12) certain benefits to
both Viewpoint and our Clients. These benefits include the following:
Access to Client data.
Trade execution / aggregation
Pricing and other market data. Viewpoint does not value portfolio securities or total portfolio
values for performance calculations. Based on our request, Schwab directly debits our
advisory fees from your custodial (Schwab) accounts. These valuations are provided by
Schwab, are calculated by our portfolio accounting system provided by Schwab used by
Viewpoint to make debit requests, based on Schwab prices of all securities held in your
account(s).
Direct debiting of our advisory fees as described in Item 5.
Help with back office / operational functions.
Educational and technology events and information
Technology, compliance, legal and business consulting
Access to employee benefit providers, human capital consultants and insurance providers,
Others
Schwab may pay us for these benefits, or discount / waive fees or arrange for third party vendors to
provide the services at no cost or fees lower than we would pay separately. If our assets are
$10 million or more (of client assets held at Schwab), we do not pay for these services or
benefits.
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As a result, there is a conflict-of-interest present when we recommend Schwab and require clients to
select Schwab (and direct us to place all transactions for your accounts at Schwab). The conflict is
our interest in the continuation of our receipt of the benefits listed above. We mitigate this conflict
by showing the information (and conflict) here.
Item 15 – Custody
Even though direct debiting advisory fees is a form of custody, no investment adviser has its
fees directly debited are needed to indicate in Form ADV that they have custody. This can be
confusing, as directly debiting is what is called “technical custody.” Therefore, we are bound to
follow the direct debit process / procedure as described under Item 5.
In addition, we suggest that you review both the statements we sent to you at the time of the debit
request being sent to your custodian, to verify the accuracy of our fee calculation; Schwab as your
custodian does not perform this task. We also encourage you to carefully review the periodic
account statements you receive from Schwab.
Item 16 – Investment Discretion
In the written agreement we have with you, we are granted limited power of attorney to determine,
without your specific consent, the securities to purchase, sell or hold for your account and the timing
of the transactions.
You may impose investment, tax, or other restrictions on our discretionary services; such restrictions
are required in writing, in your client profile. These restrictions may be amended by updating your
client profile but are not implemented until reviewed and accepted by Viewpoint.
Non-Discretionary Clients are our legacy (older) clients / accounts. These clients must approve, on a
transaction-by-transaction basis, all security transaction recommendations prior to our placement of
those transactions at Schwab. Approval may be via telephone, via email or fax. If you are not
available to Viewpoint to approve transactions during normal market hours or days, you may miss
opportunities or be subject to losses (as we cannot trade for you without your explicit consent).
Therefore, please be available during open market hours to approve recommended transactions.
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities
Viewpoint does not vote proxies for securities held in client accounts. Clients retain the right and
responsibility to vote proxies for all securities held in your accounts.
Clients receive proxies or other materials (including corporate actions) directly from Schwab,
your custodian.
Item 18 – Financial Information
This item is not applicable to Viewpoint. We do not publish financial information on Viewpoint.
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Form ADV Part 2 B, Brochure Supplement Item 1 – Cover Page
Ryan P. Sawyer
CRD: 158899
Educational and Business Experience
Year of Birth: 1971
Education:
BA, 1994, English & Philosophy, Seattle University, summa cum laude
MSt, 1996, English Literature, Oxford University, with distinction, Rhodes Scholar
Business Background:
2011 to Present
President, IA Representative, Portfolio Manager, CCO
Viewpoint Capital Management, LLC
2004 to 2011
Wealth Management Advisor, AVP
Merrill Lynch
1996 to 2001
Director, Strategic Growth; Group Product Manager
Amazon
Disciplinary History:
None (No arbitration claims; no liable charge (civil, self-regulatory organization or administrative
proceeding)
Other Business Activity:
None
Compensation:
None
Supervision:
Ryan P. Sawyer is the principal and portfolio manager / investment adviser representative of Viewpoint.
As a result, he is the primary and sole supervisor of the advice and services provided to Clients of
Viewpoint. Should you have any questions, please contact Ryan at the phone number on the cover page of
this Brochure Supplement or via email at ryan@viewpointcapitalllc.com.
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Privacy Disclosure
Viewpoint Capital Management LLC takes the safeguarding of our clients’ personal and non-
public information we gather for each of our clients.
The information we collect includes:
Social security numbers
Addresses
Tax bracket, income.
Personal and family obligations
Other information and data
We gather this information from the following sources:
You, when filling out brokerage / custodial applications
You, when sharing information with Viewpoint so we can tailor our portfolio
management services for you.
Transactions you have executed or placed with other professionals.
Your accountants or attorney as applicable
Others
What we do not do:
We do not share or release your personal, non-public information with any person unless:
It is necessary to facilitate the processing of security transactions for your accounts.
A State or Federal Governmental Agency requests it.
You request us to do so (for example, to your other service professionals, i.e.,
accountant / CPA or attorney)
Protection:
We have implemented proper security and controls over our office space, our computer and
computer systems, files, and related data capture points or recordkeeping. We keep physical,
electronic, and related safeguards to protect your personal, non-public information.
If you have questions about our Privacy Disclosure or our Privacy controls, please contact Ryan P.
Sawyer at ryan@viewpointcapitalllc.com.
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