Advisory Firm
Dash Investments (“DI”) is a privately held Corporation with offices in California. DI is registered with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Being registered with the SEC or any other authority does not imply DI has a certain level of
skill or training. The firm offers a Global Value strategy. All investment decisions are made by the firm’s Investment Team headed
by our CEO and Chief Investment Officer Jonathan Dash. DI, founded in 2004, is wholly owned and controlled by Jonathan Dash.
Zain Griffith is the Chief Compliance Officer of Dash Investments.
Investment and Wealth Management and Supervision Services
Our advisory service is discretionary portfolio management on an individual, account by account basis. Our clients’ portfolios are
comprised of common stocks and bonds using a Global Value approach. We focus on investments that are purchased and held for
long-term appreciation.
We manage advisory accounts on a discretionary basis. We begin working with clients by understanding their financial goals and
objectives. Through the financial planning process, our team strives to engage our clients in conversations around the family’s
goals, objectives, priorities, vision, and legacy – both for the near term as well as for future generations. With the unique goals
and circumstances of each family in mind, our team may offer financial planning ideas and strategies to address the client’s
holistic financial picture, including estate, income tax, charitable, cash flow and retirement income, wealth transfer and family
legacy objectives. The plan assists us in determining a profile and investment plan with a client, we will execute the day-to-day
transactions without seeking prior client consent. Account supervision is guided by the financial plan for the client. We may
accept accounts with certain restrictions if circumstances warrant. We primarily allocate client assets among various equities in
our Global Value strategy. DI employs similar investment strategies in managing its Client Portfolios, particularly with respect
to its equity management program.
Once we have determined the types of investments to be included in your portfolio and allocated them, we will provide ongoing
investment review and management services. This approach requires us to periodically review your portfolio.
With our discretionary relationship, we will make changes to the portfolio, as we deem appropriate, to meet your financial
objectives. We trade these portfolios based on the combination of our market views and your objectives, using our investment
process. We tailor our advisory services to meet the needs of our clients and seek to ensure that your portfolio is managed in a
manner consistent with those needs and objectives. You will have the ability to leave standing instructions with us to refrain from
investing in particular industries or invest in limited amounts of securities.
We do have limited authority to direct the Custodian to deduct our investment advisory fees from your accounts, but only with
the appropriate written authorization from you.
You are advised and are expected to understand that our past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Certain market and
economic risks exist that adversely affect an account’s performance. This could result in capital losses in your account.
Participant Account Management
We use a third-party platform to facilitate management of held away assets such as defined contribution plan participant accounts,
with discretion. The platform allows us to avoid being considered to have custody of Client funds since we do not have direct
access to Client log-in credentials to affect trades. We are not affiliated with the platform in any way and receive no compensation
from them for using their platform. A link will be provided to the Client allowing them to connect an account(s) to the platform.
Once Client account(s) is connected to the platform, Adviser will review the current account allocations. When deemed necessary,
Adviser will rebalance the account considering client investment goals and risk tolerance, and any change in allocations will
consider current economic and market trends. The goal is to improve account performance over time, minimize loss during
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difficult markets, and manage internal fees that harm account performance. Client account(s) will be reviewed at least quarterly
and allocation changes will be made as deemed necessary.
Financial Planning
Through the financial planning process, our team strives to engage our clients in conversations around the family’s goals,
objectives, priorities, vision, and legacy
– both for the near term as well as for future generations. With the unique goals and
circumstances of each family in mind, our team will offer financial planning ideas and strategies to address the client’s holistic
financial picture, including estate, income tax, charitable, cash flow, wealth transfer, and family legacy objectives. Our team
partners with our client’s other advisors (CPAs, Enrolled Agents, Estate Attorneys, Insurance Brokers, etc.) to ensure a
coordinated effort of all parties toward the client’s stated goals. Such services include various reports on specific goals and
objectives or general investment and/or planning recommendations, guidance to outside assets, and periodic updates.
Our specific services in preparing your plan may include:
• Review and clarification of your financial goals.
• Assessment of your overall financial position including cash flow, balance sheet, investment strategy, risk
management, and estate planning.
• Creation of a unique plan for each goal you have, including personal and business real estate, education, retirement
or financial independence, charitable giving, estate planning, business succession, and other personal goals.
• Development of a goal-oriented investment plan, with input from various advisors to our clients around tax
suggestions, asset allocation, expenses, risk, and liquidity factors for each goal. This includes IRA and qualified
plans, taxable, and trust accounts that require special attention.
• Design of a risk management plan including risk tolerance, risk avoidance, mitigation, and transfer, including
liquidity as well as various insurance and possible company benefits; and
• Crafting and implementation of, in conjunction with your estate and/or corporate attorneys as tax advisor, an estate
plan to provide for you and/or your heirs in the event of an incapacity or death.
A written evaluation of each client's initial situation or Financial Plan is provided to the client.
Disclosure Regarding Rollover Recommendations
We are fiduciaries under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and when we provide investment advice to you regarding your
retirement plan account or individual retirement account, we are also fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing retirement
accounts. We must act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money
creates some conflicts with your interests.
A client or prospect leaving an employer typically has four options regarding an existing retirement plan (and may engage in a
combination of these options): (i) leave the money in the former employer’s plan, if permitted, (ii) roll over the assets to the
new employer’s plan, if one is available and rollovers are permitted, (iii) rollover to an Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”),
or (iv) cash out the account value (which could, depending upon the client’s age, result in adverse tax consequences). Our Firm
may recommend an investor roll over plan assets to an IRA for which our Firm provides investment advisory services. As a
result, our Firm and its representatives may earn an asset-based fee. In contrast, a recommendation that a client or prospective
client leave their plan assets with their previous employer or roll over the assets to a plan sponsored by a new employer will
generally result in no compensation to our Firm. Our Firm therefore has an economic incentive to encourage a client to roll plan
assets into an IRA that our Firm will manage, which presents a conflict of interest. To mitigate the conflict of interest, there are
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various factors that our Firm will consider before recommending a rollover, including but not limited to: (i) the investment
options available in the plan versus the investment options available in an IRA, (ii) fees and expenses in the plan versus the fees
and expenses in an IRA, (iii) the services and responsiveness of the plan’s investment professionals versus those of our Firm,
(iv) protection of assets from creditors and legal judgments, (v) required minimum distributions and age considerations, and (vi)
employer stock tax consequences, if any. Our Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer remains available to address any questions that
a client or prospective client has regarding the oversight.
Wrap Fee Programs
We do not sponsor a Wrap Fee Program.
Assets Under Management
As of February 7, 2024, we have a total of $427,064,818 in discretionary assets and $0 of non-discretionary assets.