Strategis services
- Strategies for risk protection
- Daily investment monitoring and management
- Consultation and assessment
- Retirement savings planning
- Ongoing client communications
- A variety of conservative products
- Unlimited access to an advisor
- 401K plans, Simple IRAs, 519 plans
- Comprehensive financial plans available
- Tax & investment accounting available
About Strategis Financial
Strategis Financial Group is a Utah-based Registered Investment Advisory firm. In a highly regulated and competitive industry where independent advisors often don't survive, Strategis is now in its third decade of operation. That is a tribute to the personalized service we provide our clients. Dentists, doctors and other professional have always comprised a significant portion of our client base. We have attended every Utah Dental Association convention since the early 1990s, as well as dental conventions in several other states.
Our experience
Dentists and other highly compensated professionals have unique investment needs and requirements. After more than two decades, we understand how to help professionals protect their assets while working to achieve their financial objectives.
Services
Strategies for risk protection
To achieve lifetime investment objectives, avoiding losses is just as crucial as capturing gains. Strategis adheres to an active management philosophy designed to protect your investments from major market downturns. We also help you find the proper allocation for your risk tolerance level. That means you can focus on other things that are important to you rather than constantly worrying about the financial markets.
Daily investment monitoring, management
We track the financial markets and individual investment options on a daily basis. Recent high volatility means positions can change significantly in just a day or two. We move accounts in and out of positions as needed in accordance with an investor's risk tolerance and financial goals.
Consultation and assessment
We seek to understand the financial needs and objectives of our clients. We ask every potential client to complete a risk assessment evaluation and we allocate their investments accordingly.
We are also available to consult with investors about other assets they own—even those not invested with Strategis. We can provide an assessment of all one's financial holdings. If and investor's situation changes, we can adjust the model and show how those changes impact his lifetime plan.
Retirement savings planning
We offer detailed retirement planning at no charge for all of our professional clients. Many advisors would charge hundreds of dollars for a similar comprehensive and dynamic plan. (See Appendix 1)
Ongoing client communication
We want clients to know what we are thinking about the financial markets at any given time. To accomplish this, we provide a weekly online market commentary. Clients can access this information at our web site: www.sfginvest.com or at www.marketowl.com. The weekly commentary can also be sent to a client's email address.
In addition, we publish a quarterly newsletter, sent to clients by regular mail and also available at our web site.
Speaking of web sites, ours has links to most of the critical economic reports one hears about through financial media, including the Federal Reserve, the Commerce Department, and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Research.
A variety of conservative products
In addition to our proprietary actively managed strategies, Strategis offers third-party products that offer fixed returns.
Unlimited access to an advisor
Any time a client wants information about his accounts or just wants to talk about his investment goals, an advisor can be reached at 800-279-3377 or by sending an email.
What makes us different
We manage market risk
We believe avoiding major losses is key to achieving long-term financial objectives. Risk management is a focus of many of the world's largest corporations. We make it affordable and available to individuals who understand the importance of protecting investment assets.
We practice active asset allocation
We utilize a wide range of sophisticated tools to help us assess market conditions. We attempt to move assets into sectors and markets that show the most strength. We move investment assets out of market sectors when our tools show that those sectors are weakening or that risk is increasing. (See Appendix 2)
In the fall of 2007, our indicators showed that stocks were weakening and risk was increasing. As a result, we moved virtually all of our client assets to bonds. In the spring of 2008, bonds faltered and we moved client assets to the safety of money market funds. From October 2007 to March 6, 2009, the S&P 500 Index lost 46%. We protected our client assets from that decline.*
We utilize products that offer protection against market downturns. We actively search for new products that provide opportunity for asset growth and protection against bear markets.
Retirement planning and more
Traditional 401k plans simply don't make financial sense for many small practices. But for professionals who want a retirement benefit plan for themselves and their employees, we can help with plans that are very inexpensive, easy to set up and simple to administer.
Individualized investment management
Because of salary discrimination regulations inherent in retirement plans, most highly compensated professionals cannot take full advantage of the allowable tax-deferred contributions. However there are other products that offer the opportunity for tax-protected investing regardless of income levels. These product offerings change regularly, so Strategis makes an ongoing commitment to stay current with the options that are available.
Other resources
Strategis has close working relationships with professionals in other fields. If a client needs accounting help, complex inheritance or tax planning, we can refer that client to someone who offers those services.