James Boyd is a CFP-designated registered investment advisor at Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD, based in Santa Monica, CA, with 39 years of industry experience. James operates on a fee-only basis, meaning they do not earn commissions from product sales. Their practice areas include Business Owners, Corporate Executives, Education Planning, Estate Planning, and 4 more. Their firm serves 21,699 clients with $14B in assets under management.
Stratos Wealth Partners (SWP) offers investment management through Strategic Wealth Management (SWM) accounts and other advisor-managed, non-wrap accounts.
With SWM and other advisor-managed, non-wrap accounts, you'll pay an advisory fee to SWP, plus transaction charges for each trade. The maximum annual advisory fee is 2.0% of the assets managed. In limited cases, SWP may apply a flat fee to provide asset management services, but the maximum flat fee will be no more than 2.0% of the assets under management.
A minimum account value of $10,000 is required for SWM and other advisor-managed, non-wrap accounts; however, in certain instances, the minimum account size may be lower.
2800 28th St, Suite #306, Santa Monica, CA, 90405
Get directionsJames is an agent for non-variable (term life or second-to-die) insurance since 2017. He also prepares tax returns, owns rental real estate, and provides investment advisory services through Stratos Wealth Partners, spending nearly full-time on the latter.
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