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Our Investment Strategy

At Brickley Wealth, we are committed to delivering a thoughtful, disciplined approach to investment management—one designed to help manage risk and seek long-term growth. By taking the time to understand your unique financial circumstances and goals, we craft a personalized investment strategy tailored to support you at every stage of life.

Investing for the Long Term

Our investment strategy emphasizes a long-term, multi-year perspective. While short-term market volatility is inevitable, reacting impulsively to these fluctuations can often harm your portfolio. Instead, we advocate for a patient, steady approach that prioritizes long-term objectives and leverages the power of compounding over time.

At the core of our strategy is a focus on “total return,” which accounts for capital appreciation, dividends, and interest. By emphasizing total return, we aim to strike an optimal balance between risk, return, and tax efficiency, helping you pursue sustainable growth.

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The Benefits of Having a Combined CPA & Financial Advisor at Your Service

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Fully Integrated CPA & 
Investment Advisory Services

We combine tax, investment, and financial planning into one seamless approach.
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Comprehensive Financial Planning

Beyond just tax preparation or investment management, we create a full financial roadmap.
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Tax-Smart Investment Management

We ensure investments are structured and managed with tax efficiency in mind.
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Proactive Tax Planning

We don’t just prepare taxes—we develop forward-looking tax strategies.
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Tax Preparation

As a full CPA firm, we handle personal, trust, and gift tax preparation.
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Guidance on Major 
Financial Decisions

We help navigate liquidity events, retirement timing, real estate, and more.
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Liquidity Planning for 
Business Owners

We provide tax and investment guidance for business owners selling their company to maximize after-tax proceeds and long-term financial security.
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Liquidity Planning for 
Real Estate Sales

We integrate real estate transaction proceeds into a broader financial and tax strategy, considering capital gains planning and reinvestment options.
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Multi-Generational Wealth 
& Estate Structuring

We develop long-term strategies to preserve and transfer family wealth.
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Stock Options Planning

We integrate tax and investment strategies to optimize stock-based compensation.
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Diversification

A broadly diversified portfolio balances risk and reward by spreading investments across various asset classes, markets, regions, and investment styles.

Key Diversification Strategies:

  • Asset Allocation: Choosing the right mix of stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents.
  • Industry Allocation: Diversifying across various sectors and industries.
  • Style Integration: Combining different investment styles like value and growth.
  • Size Diversification: Investing in companies of different sizes.
  • Bond Portfolio Diversification: Balancing bond duration and credit quality.
  • Global Reach: Investing internationally to extend portfolio opportunities across borders. 

Risk Management

Risk isn't just about a monetary decline in your portfolio; it's about understanding how potential risks might impact your long-term financial goals. Balancing long-term growth and capital preservation is essential. We blend the growth potential of stocks with the stability of bonds and cash equivalents with the aim of managing risks.

Active Tax Management

It's not what you earn that matters as much as it's what you keep. Given our CPA background, we bring a nuanced understanding of the impact that taxes can have on investment returns. If you are a high earner in top income tax brackets, a focus on tax efficiency should become even more important as the difference between pre-tax returns and after-tax returns can be significant.

Our CPA background allows us to tailor tax-efficient strategies, focusing on:

  • Tax Loss Harvesting: Selling investments at a loss to offset gains.
  • Direct Indexing: Transitioning out of concentrated stock positions (oftentimes company stock) tax-efficiently.
  • Low Capital Gain Distributions: Selecting mutual funds and ETFs with lower turnover rates that are less likely to distribute taxable gains.
  • Tax-Free Municipal Bonds: Generating income exempt from federal taxes and possibly state taxes as well.
  • Treasury Bonds: Offering income exempt from state taxes.

Cost Management

We prioritize investments like index funds and ETFS that combine cost-effectiveness with tax efficiencies. High investment costs can substantially erode a portfolio's return and need to be managed effectively.

Ongoing Portfolio Management

Our management extends beyond initial asset choices. We regularly monitor and adjust your portfolio to navigate changing market conditions and with the goal of keeping it aligned with your long-term goals.

Strategic Rebalancing

Over time, market movements can shift the composition of your portfolio away from your target allocation, potentially exposing you to unintended risks. Routine, tax efficient rebalancing maintains your portfolio's balance- trimming overperforming investments and purchasing undervalued ones, thereby ensuring alignment with your financial goals.

Tax-Efficient Withdrawals

When it's time to start withdrawing from your portfolio, often during retirement, we carefully select investments to sell in a manner that minimizes tax impact. By strategically choosing which assets to liquidate, we aim to reduce tax liabilities while keeping your portfolio balanced. This approach ensures that your withdrawals are as tax-efficient as possible, helping to preserve your wealth over the long term.

Investor Awareness

Transparent communication is key. We keep you informed about your portfolio's performance and our actions, ensuring you have peace of mind knowing your investments are managed with your long-term success in mind.

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