-: So, my name is Christopher Borden, I go by Chris.
I am a financial advisor, wealth management here
at Janney Montgomery Scott with a group
called Stedmark Partners.
So, we are advisors that really focus on,
kind of, holistic financial planning
for our clients and so we tend to differentiate ourselves
by looking at the big picture view
rather than just stocks to bonds
and the basics that what a traditional broker would do,
we're full on advisors that advise people
on all aspects of their, kind of, financial health,
so to say.
So, when we meet with a typical client,
say they're going to retire in a couple of years,
we'll get a sense of what they're currently earning,
when do they anticipate retiring,
what are some of their main expenses,
their liabilities, their debt that they still owe,
whatever that may be, on a house or second home,
and we try to help them plan for that next, kind of,
stage of life, which is retirement.
Setting those expectations on having a plan,
maintaining that plan, and staying disciplined,
you find the right balance between riskier investments
to less risky investments, so to say,
all investments have risk, but even on the bonds
to stocks and finding that right balance
and if it's for a client at 60% stocks,
40% bonds, no matter what is going on in the world,
you tend to stick to that plan.
Yeah, so a busy week typically has a mix
of client interaction face to face,
we do a lot of client meetings here in the office
in Center City, Philadelphia.
We also do, these days, a lot of video conferencing.
We have clients across the country,
we have clients across the globe.
We have clients in Hong Kong and the U.K.
and we still do those planning meetings,
we just do them video, via video conference, so.
Giving them an update of where things are at
with the portfolio or the stock market,
but it's getting an update on where things are at
with their child's education or how are,
how's their new job going, how are they on cash flow
if they're in retirement and they just started retirement,
ya know, are they getting too much into
their bank account each month, are they not getting enough,
are they doing okay from that perspective?
So, it's checking in with them and maintaining
that contact that we really pride ourselves on.
Ya know, we have a couple hundred core households
that we work with.
We're a larger team.
Our assets are much higher, ya know,
we manage about 1.5 billion dollars in, kind of,
overall assets, so, ya know, our sense is,
wealth management to us is taking those clients,
taking those core households and working
with multiple generations, which tends to expand
those households into additional households,
which we pride ourselves on.