Our Philosophy
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Our staff, Stephen, Lisa, Heather, and Lee, have 118 years of combined experience in the financial services industry, and have seen every side of the wealth management business. We’re confident that since opening as Stephen Bishop and Associates in 2006, we’ve taken all of our experience since 1986 and built a unique and truly client-first offering that we are excited to deliver to you.
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We operate as professional service providers of financial services. We are not, and will never be, the sellers of any firm’s financial services or products. This is how we differ from most other firms, and this is why you will get an unmatched service offering from us: we are fully dedicated to servicing your needs to the maximum benefit to you only, and we are not under any constraints of having to sell products or “follow the crowd” in terms of how to invest your capital. We have full control over how we service our clients and work with them to manage their assets, and we’ll work with you to figure out what that looks like to best suit your needs.
Our relationship with you will be fully transparent. There will never be a hidden fee or charge, nor will there be any costs to you that are not explained or that you do not understand. We are frugal in managing our resources as a business and will employ the same prudence to your capital. There will never be an element of our research process or business practices that we do not share with you, and you will never be in the dark as to where your capital is invested or how your affairs are managed.
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Investment management is our core service offering. We have decades of experience managing investments and have been through all of the major market cycles dating back since 1985 – from the crash of ’87, to the dot-com bubble, to the Great Financial Crisis, to the Covid-19 Pandemic –we’ve seen it all. History repeats itself in financial markets, this time and the next time will be no different, and with our experience and understanding of how markets work, we are prepared to defend, protect, and grow your capital in all market climates.
We are under no obligation to buy specific standardized products or follow any institutional investment mandates. We conduct our own primary technical and fundamental research to identify strong and suitable investments and to avoid those with undue risk; this is a constant process that Stephen and Lee conduct independently in-house with input from highly renowned private sources.You can rest assured that:
- You will always know exactly what you own
- We will own the same risk assets that you own (e.g., stocks, precious metals, etc.)
- Your investments will be continuously monitored and evaluated to ensure that your capital is protected and put to use in the most efficient risk-adjusted way possible based on your risk tolerances, investment objectives, and income needs. Your portfolio will always be suitable to you specifically.
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We invest alongside you. We will never recommend an asset that bears risk without us ourselves owning it with our own personal capital. In this way, our interests are always 100% aligned, and you can be assured that our investment research process is thorough and highly informed. We will only do with your money what we would do for ourselves with our own money.