What We Do
C-J Advisory is a full-service firm that provides:
Investments
- Asset Allocation: No-load mutual funds and/or exchange-traded funds (ETFs), managed according to Modern Portfolio Theory.
- Mutual Funds: Analyze, research, and offer access to any of the 25,000 funds available.
- Stocks: Research/analysis; margin accounts; trade on all major exchanges and OTC.
- Bonds: Corporate, municipal, or government; U.S. Savings Bond valuation service.
- Stock Option Plans: Incentive and non-statutory; facilitate tax and investment strategy prior to sale.
- Savings Accounts: Money market funds; certificates of deposit; Treasury Bills.
- Annuities: Variable, index, and fixed; guaranteed and flexible income stream.
- Direct Participation Programs: Real estate; equipment leasing; restaurants; congregate-care facilities; alternative fuels; residential/commercial mortgages; socially responsible investment projects.
Retirement Plans
- Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts: Individual, spousal, and rollover accounts; Roth IRAs and Roth conversions; self-directed trustee accounts available.
- Roth Individual Retirement Accounts: Individual, spousal, and rollover accounts; Roth IRAs and Roth conversions; self-directed trustee accounts available.
- Traditional 401(k) Plans: Employer-sponsored qualified plan; pre-tax contributions, and choice of investments.
- Roth 401(k) Plans: Employer-sponsored qualified plan; after-tax contributions, and choice of investments.
- 403(b) Plans: A salary deferral program for employees of tax-exempt organizations.
- Profit Sharing Plans: Voluntary tax-deductible employer contributions on behalf of employees.
- Self-Employed Pensions Plans: A simple plan, with low administrative costs; voluntary contributions.
- Salary Reduction Pension Plans: Similar to a 401(k) plan, appropriate for smaller companies.
Education & Advising
- Retirement Planning: Establishing lifestyle goals; creating a retirement income stream.
- Tax Planning: Estimates of cost basis/tax projection; tax reduction strategies.
- Estate Planning: Facilitate the implementation of Wills and Trusts; transferring assets to heirs.
- Cash Flow Management: Establishing a cash reserve; funding strategies for spending goals; setting up automatic, monthly savings/investment plans.
- College Education Funding: Variety of investment vehicles; estimate of funding need amounts.
- Business Consulting: Evaluation of existing retirement plans; coordinate pension plan installation; financial planning for employees, as a company benefit.
- Education Workshops: Teaching financial planning principles and strategies; explaining employee benefits. Customized programs to groups of all sizes.
- Referral Source: Connect you with attorneys, CPAs, third party administrators, real estate agents, bill-paying services, cash flow management consultants, etc.
Risk Management
- Life Insurance: Term, Universal Life, Whole Life, Variable Universal Life; detailed Needs Analysis.
- Long-Term Health Care: Coverage for costs of convalescent or home care; preservation of assets and estate.
- Disability Income: Replacement of monthly income in the event of disability.
- Personal/Business Liability: Protection against lawsuits or insurance claims against you.
- Business Continuation: Funding buy/sell agreements and stock redemptions.
Real Estate Financing
- Mortgage Brokerage: From prequalification to loan funding; hundreds of programs available.
- Reverse Annuity Mortgages: Using home equity as a source of retirement income.