Michael Leonetti is a CFP-designated registered investment advisor at Hightower Advisors, LLC, based in Buffalo Grove, IL, with 32 years of industry experience. Michael operates on a fee-only basis, meaning they do not earn commissions from product sales. Their practice areas include Alternative Investments, Annuities, Business Owners, Charitable Giving, and 10 more. Their firm serves 64,035 clients with $200B in assets under management.
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Hightower Advisors charges fees that vary depending on the specific advisor and service used, typically calculated as a percentage of your portfolio. Fees may be structured as a flat percentage or through tiered rates where the percentage changes based on the size of your investments. Fees are generally billed quarterly or monthly, either in advance or in arrears. Specific fee schedules, minimum account sizes, and minimum annual fees are determined by individual advisor practices.
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1130 W Lake Cook Rd, Suite 300, Buffalo Grove, IL, 60089
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Hightower Advisors, LLC
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Leonetti & Associates, LLC
Leonetti & Associates INC
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I am a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, Certified Fund Specialist, and Accredited Investment Fiduciary®. I graduated from St. Mary’s College in Winona, Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics. I founded Leonetti & Associates, Inc. in 1982 and was among the pioneers in championing fee-only planning, which has since become the standard in the industry. I am regularly named as one of the top financial advisors byBloomberg Wealth Manager, listed inMedical Economicsas one of the top 150 Financial Advisors for physicians and named as one of the top fifty Financial Advisors in the April 2008 issue ofChicago Magazine. For 11 years I wrote the quarterly financial planning column for theJournal of theAmerican Association of IndividualInvestors. My book,Retire Worry-Freewas published in 1993.
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