A. Firm Information
Little House Capital, LLC (“LHC” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Advisor is organized as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) under the laws of
Massachusetts. LHC was founded in November 2017, and is owned and operated by Robert Stimson
(Founder/CEO/CIO). This Disclosure Brochure provides information regarding the qualifications, business
practices, and the advisory services provided by LHC.
B. Advisory Services Offered
LHC offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, institutions,
foundations endowments, other corporate structures, and retirement plans.
The Advisor serves as a fiduciary to Clients, as defined under the applicable laws and regulations. As a fiduciary,
the Advisor upholds a duty of loyalty, fairness and good faith towards each Client and seeks to mitigate potential
conflicts of interest. LHC’s fiduciary commitment is further described in the Advisor’s Code of Ethics. For more
information regarding the Code of Ethics, please see Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client
Transactions and Personal Trading.
Investment Management Services
LHC provides customized investment advisory solutions for its Clients. This is achieved through continuous
personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment management and related advisory
services. LHC works closely with each Client to identify their investment goals and objectives as well as risk
tolerance and financial situation in order to create a portfolio strategy. LHC will then construct an investment
portfolio, consisting of individual stocks, or bonds to meet the needs of its Clients. The Advisor may also utilize
low-cost, diversified mutual funds and/or exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) to achieve the Client’s investment
goals. The Advisor may retain certain types of investments based on a Client’s legacy investments based on
portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
LHC’s investment approach is primarily long-term focused, but the Advisor may buy, sell or re-allocate positions
that have been held for less than one year to meet the objectives of the Client or due to market conditions. LHC
will construct, implement and monitor the portfolio to ensure it meets the goals, objectives, circumstances, and
risk tolerance agreed to by the Client. Each Client will have the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on the
types of investments to be held in their respective portfolio, subject to acceptance by the Advisor.
LHC evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal due
diligence process. LHC may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the
portfolio. LHC may recommend specific positions to increase sector or asset class weightings. The Advisor may
recommend employing cash positions as a possible hedge against market movement. LHC may recommend
selling positions for reasons that include, but are not limited to, harvesting capital gains or losses, business or
sector risk exposure to a specific security or class of securities, overvaluation or overweighting of the position(s)
in the portfolio, change in risk tolerance of the Client, generating cash to meet Client needs, or any risk deemed
unacceptable for the Client’s risk tolerance.
Retirement Accounts – When deemed to be in the Client’s best interest, the Advisor will recommend that a Client
take a distribution from an ERISA sponsored plan or to roll over the assets to an Individual Retirement Accounts
(“IRAs”), or recommend a similar transaction including rollovers from one ERISA sponsored Plan to another, one
IRA to another IRA, or from one type of account to another account (e.g. commission-based account to fee-based
account). In such instances, the Advisor will serve as an investment fiduciary as that term is defined under The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and/or the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), as
applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. Such a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if
the Advisor will earn a new (or increase its current) advisory fee as a result of the transaction. No client is under
any obligation to roll over a retirement account to an account managed by the Advisor.
Under certain circumstances, LHC may accept or maintain custody of Client’s funds or securities. Please see Item
15 – Custody for more information.
Wealth Management Services
LHC may also provide wealth management services to Clients who wish to receive help in these areas. These
services may include tax and estate planning, multi-generational planning and risk mitigation planning in addition
to other areas that may impact Clients’ financial situation. Our wealth management services include but are not
limited to:
● Investment Management and Asset Allocation
● Financial and Retirement Planning
● Tax Planning
● Estate Planning
● Trustee Services
● Philanthropic Planning
● Risk Management
● Multi-generational Planning
● Business advice
● Account/data aggregation, reporting and supervision
● Family Office Planning
Depending on the Client, LHC will determine which services are appropriate based on the Clients goals and
needs. The Advisor also has affiliated accounting and legal practices that may provide tax preparation, financial
planning and legal services to the Advisor’s Clients. Principals of the firm who maintain these outside practices
provide these services independently from LHC. LHC Clients are under no obligation to utilize these other entities
for other services.
Generally, such wealth
management services involve preparing a formal financial plan or rendering a specific
financial consultation based on the Client’s financial goals and objectives.
Financial planning and consulting recommendations pose a conflict between the interests of the Advisor and the
interests of the Client. For example, the Advisor has an incentive to recommend that Clients engage the Advisor
for wealth management services or to increase the level of investment assets with the Advisor, as it would
increase the amount of advisory fees paid to the Advisor. Clients are not obligated to implement any
recommendations made by the Advisor or maintain an ongoing relationship with the Advisor. If the Client elects to
act on any of the recommendations made by the Advisor, the Client is under no obligation to implement the
transaction through the Advisor.
Financial Planning Services
LHC will typically provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to Clients, pursuant to a written
financial planning agreement. Services are offered in several areas of a Client’s financial situation, depending on
their goals and objectives. Generally, such financial planning services involve preparing a formal financial plan or
rendering a specific financial consultation based on the Client’s financial goals and objectives. This planning or
consulting may encompass one or more areas of need, including but not limited to, investment planning,
retirement planning, personal savings, education savings, and other areas of a Client’s financial situation.
A financial plan developed for, or financial consultation rendered to the Client will usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the Client. For example,
recommendations may be made that the Client start or revise their investment programs, commence or alter
retirement savings, establish education savings and/or charitable giving programs.
LHC may also refer Clients to an accountant, attorney or other specialists, as appropriate for their unique
situation. For certain financial planning engagements, the Advisor will provide a written summary of the Client’s
financial situation, observations, and recommendations. For consulting or ad-hoc engagements, the Advisor may
not provide a written summary. Plans or consultations are typically completed within six (6) months of contract
date, assuming all information and documents requested are provided promptly.
Financial planning and consulting recommendations pose a conflict between the interests of the Advisor and the
interests of the Client. For example, the Advisor has an incentive to recommend that Clients engage the Advisor
for investment management services or to increase the level of investment assets with the Advisor, as it would
increase the amount of advisory fees paid to the Advisor. Clients are not obligated to implement any
recommendations made by the Advisor or maintain an ongoing relationship with the Advisor. If the Client elects to
act on any of the recommendations made by the Advisor, the Client is under no obligation to implement the
transaction through the Advisor.
Retirement Plan Advisory Services
LHC provides retirement plan advisory services on behalf of the retirement plans (each a “Plan”) and the
company that offers the Plan (the “Plan Sponsor”). The Advisor’s retirement plan advisory services are designed
to assist the Plan Sponsor in meeting its fiduciary obligations to the Plan and its Participants. Each engagement is
customized to the needs of the Plan and Plan Sponsor. Services generally include:
● Plan Participant Enrollment and Education Tracking
● Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”) Design and Monitoring
● Investment Oversight Services (ERISA 3(21))
● Investment Management Services (ERISA 3(38))
● Performance Reporting
● Ongoing Investment Recommendation and Assistance
● ERISA 404(c) Assistance
● Benchmarking Services
These services are provided by LHC serving in the capacity as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). In accordance with ERISA Section 408(b)(2), LHC shall
provide each Plan Sponsor with a written description of LHC’s fiduciary status, the specific services to be
rendered and all direct and indirect compensation the Advisor reasonably expects under the engagement.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging LHC to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into one or more
agreements with the Advisor that define the terms, conditions, authority and responsibilities of the Advisor and the
Client. These services may include:
● Establishing an Investment Strategy – LHC, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy that
seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
● Asset Allocation – LHC will develop a strategic asset allocation that is targeted to meet the investment
objectives, time horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk for each Client.
● Portfolio Construction – LHC will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the stated goals
and objectives of the Client.
● Investment Management and Supervision – LHC will provide investment management and ongoing
oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
LHC does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services are
provided directly by LHC.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, LHC manages $532,085,659 in Client assets, of which $517,324,576 are managed on
a discretionary basis and $14,761,083 on a non-discretionary basis. Clients may request more current information
at any time by contacting the Advisor.