An important focus for Smart Investor is the ways that we help our corporate and institutional retirement plan sponsors manage their responsibilities to their stakeholders.

We recognize that sponsors are often challenged with getting the 'right' information in a timely manner. We also understand their need to feel confident in the service providers they work with, to save them time, excess fees and to do what they say they will do.

Our retirement plan sponsor clients face additional legal requirements as their personal assets are at risk and they are held to a "Prudent Expert" standard in fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities to the plan beneficiaries.  Our Fiduciary Retirement Plan Investment Management Process is designed for those retirement plan sponsors who want to properly delegate their investment fiduciary responsibilities to a qualified prudent expert and thereby minimize their personal liability exposure. 

We deliver the same personal approach and client understanding to our corporate clients that we proudly provide to our private clients.

Who We Are

Smart Investor is a unique wealth management firm based in Rocklin, California.  We are an independent, fee-only registered investment advisor serving entrepreneurs, small business owners, and retirement plan sponsors and participants. More

How We Define "Wealth"

For our clients, ‘wealth’ is about more than money.  It is your ability to do what you want, when you want and how you want.  Our responsibility is to help you get there. 

What We Do

We listen, rather than talk.  We gain a thorough understanding of your future needs, concerns, opportunities and goals that have a financial implication.  We then use our experience and our team to design a unique investment or financial planning strategy that reflects your personal situation. More

Why We Are Unique

Everything that we do is in alignment with the best interests of our clients, including the fee-only approach to how we charge for our services.  We define ‘what we do’ in terms of meeting our client’s needs.  We define ‘how we do this’ in terms of leading-edge investment and financial planning strategies.  We are your key trusted advisor. More