Description of Firm
Trinity Capital Management, LLC is a registered investment adviser primarily based in Germantown,
TN. We are organized as a limited liability company ("LLC") under the laws of the State of Tennessee.
We have been providing investment advisory services since May 2016. We are owned by Morris
Gordon Nutt.
The following paragraphs describe our services and fees. Refer to the description of each investment
advisory service listed below for information on how we tailor our advisory services to your individual
needs. As used in this brochure, the words "we," "our," and "us" refer to Trinity Capital Management,
LLC and the words "you," "your," and "client" refer to you as either a client or prospective client of our
firm.
Portfolio Management Services
We offer discretionary portfolio management services. Our investment advice is tailored to meet our
clients' needs and investment objectives.
If you participate in our discretionary portfolio management services, we require you to grant our firm
discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary authorization will allow us to determine
the specific securities, and the amount of securities, to be purchased or sold for your account without
your approval prior to each transaction. Discretionary authority is typically granted by the investment
advisory agreement you sign with our firm and the appropriate trading authorization forms.
We may also offer non-discretionary portfolio management services. If you enter into non-discretionary
arrangements with our firm, we must obtain your approval prior to executing any transactions on behalf
of your account. You have an unrestricted right to decline to implement any advice provided by our firm
on a non-discretionary basis.
As part of our portfolio management services, we may use one or more sub-advisers to manage a
portion of your account on a discretionary basis. The sub-adviser(s) may use one or more of their
model portfolios to manage your account. We will regularly monitor the performance of your accounts
managed by sub-adviser(s), and may hire and fire any sub-adviser without your prior approval. We
may pay a portion of our advisory fee to the sub-adviser(s) we use; however, you will not pay our firm a
higher advisory fee as a result of any sub-advisory relationships.
In providing account management services, we do not accept client restrictions on the specific
securities or the types of securities that may be held in your account.
Financial Planning Services
As a separate and stand-alone service, we offer financial planning services which typically involve
providing a variety of advisory services to clients regarding the management of their financial
resources based upon an analysis of their individual needs. These services can range from broad-
based financial planning to consultative or single subject planning. If you retain our firm for financial
planning services, we will meet with you to gather information about your financial circumstances and
objectives. We may also use financial planning software to determine your current financial position
and to define and quantify your long-term goals and objectives. Once we specify those long-term
objectives (both financial and non-financial), we will develop shorter-term, targeted objectives. Once
we review and analyze the information you provide to our firm and the data derived from our financial
planning software, we will deliver a written plan to you, designed to help you achieve your stated
financial goals and objectives.
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Financial plans are based on your financial situation at the time we present the plan to you, and on the
financial information you provide to us. You must promptly notify our firm if your financial situation,
goals, objectives, or needs change.
You are under no obligation to act on our financial planning recommendations. Should you choose to
act on any of our recommendations, you are not obligated to implement the financial plan through any
of our other investment advisory services. Moreover, you may act on our recommendations by placing
securities transactions with any brokerage firm.
Selection of Other Advisers
We may recommend that you use the services of a third party money manager ("TPMM") to manage
all, or a portion of, your investment portfolio. After gathering information about your financial situation
and objectives, we may recommend that you engage a specific TPMM or investment program. Factors
that we take into consideration when making our recommendation(s) include, but are not limited to, the
following: the TPMM's performance, methods of analysis, fees, your financial needs, investment goals,
risk tolerance, and investment objectives. We will monitor the TPMM(s)' performance to ensure its
management and investment style remains aligned with your investment goals and objectives.
The TPMM(s) will actively manage your portfolio and will assume discretionary investment authority
over your account. We will assume discretionary authority to hire and fire TPMM(s) and/or reallocate
your assets to other TPMM(s) where we deem such action appropriate.
Educational Workshops/Seminars
We may offer and/or participate in educational workshops and/or seminars for individuals and groups.
The content of these events will be tailored to the participants and/or direction of any organizer. The
educational workshops and/or seminars can and will discuss a wide range of topics. If an individual
participates in an educational workshop and/or seminar, they are under no obligation to enact advice
rendered or become a client of our firm.
Types of Investments
We offer advice on equity securities, corporate debt securities (other than commercial paper),
commercial paper, certificates of deposit, municipal securities, variable life insurance, mutual fund
shares, United States government securities, options contracts on securities, options contracts on
commodities, futures contracts on tangibles, futures contracts on intangibles, money market funds, real
estate, REITs, structured notes, ETFs, interests in partnerships investing in real estate and interests in
partnerships investing in oil and gas interests.
Additionally, we may advise you on various types of investments based on your stated goals and
objectives. We may also provide advice on any type of investment held in your portfolio at the inception
of our advisory relationship.
Assets Under Management
As of February 27, 2024, we provide continuous management services for $113,053,157 in client
assets on a discretionary basis and $1,272,943 on a non-discretionary basis.