DDD Partners, LLC dba Tschetter Group (“we,” “us,” “our,” “Tschetter Group”) was established in December 2017
and is wholly owned by Richard Tschetter, David Tschetter and Dustin Brumbaugh.
Our firm provides asset management and investment consulting services for many different types of clients to help
meet their financial goals while remaining sensitive to risk tolerance and time horizons. As a fiduciary it is our duty
to always act in the client’s best interest. This is accomplished in part by knowing the client. Our firm has
established a service-oriented advisory practice with open lines of communication. Working with clients to
understand their investment objectives while educating them about our process, facilitates the kind of working
relationship we value.
Types of Advisory Services Offered
Comprehensive Portfolio Management:
As part of our Comprehensive Portfolio Management service clients are provided asset management and financial
planning or consulting services. This comprehensive service is designed to assist clients in meeting their financial
goals with use of a financial plan or consultation.
We conduct client meetings to understand each client’s current financial situation, existing resources, financial
goals, and tolerance for risk. Based on what we learn, we present an investment approach to the client consisting of
individual stocks, bonds, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), mutual funds and/or other securities or investments.
Once we have determined the appropriate portfolio, we continuously and regularly monitor it, and rebalance the
account as needed based upon the client’s individual needs, stated goals and objectives.
Upon client request, we provide a summary of observations and recommendations for the planning or consulting
aspects of this service.
Financial Planning & Consulting:
Our firm provides a variety of standalone financial planning and consulting services to clients for the management
of financial resources based upon an analysis of current situation, goals, and objectives. Financial planning services
will typically involve preparing a financial plan or rendering a financial consultation for clients based on the client’s
financial goals and objectives. This planning or consulting may encompass Investment Planning, Retirement
Planning, Estate Planning, Charitable Planning, Education Planning, Corporate and Personal Tax Planning, Corporate
Structure, Real Estate Analysis, Mortgage/Debt Analysis, Insurance Analysis, Lines of Credit Evaluation, or Business
and Personal Financial Planning.
Written financial plans or financial consultations rendered to clients usually include general recommendations for a
course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the clients. Implementation of the recommendations will be at
the discretion of the client. Our firm provides clients with a summary of their financial situation, and observations
for financial planning engagements. Financial consultations are not typically accompanied by a written summary of
observations and recommendations, as the process is less formal than the planning service. If all the
information
and documents requested from the client are provided promptly, plans or consultations are typically completed
within six months of the client signing a contract with our firm.
Third-Party Money Managers (Sub-Advisors):
We sometimes utilize the services of a third-party money manager, an unaffiliated investment adviser, to manage a
portion of your assets. We typically engage an outside money manager in a sub-advisory relationship, which means
the agreement is between Tschetter Group and the other money manager, rather than between you and the other
manager.
In situations where we select an outside manager to manage a portion of a client’s overall portfolio, that outside
manager is chosen with the goal of meeting a particular investment goal for the client’s specific circumstances. The
other manager will manage that portion of your portfolio allocated to them and will usually have discretionary
authority over those specific assets.
We retain the discretionary authority to engage new managers or move away from an existing manager. We deduct
your advisory fee as described in Item 5 of this brochure and we pay a portion of that fee to the sub-advisor
managing a portion of your overall assets.
We will continue to monitor your portfolio to ensure the other adviser’s management and investment style remain
aligned with your overall investment goals and objectives. We will make changes to a strategy or select another
manager as appropriate for you.
Tailoring of Advisory Services
We offer individualized investment advice to our portfolio management clients. Clients have the opportunity to
place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be held in their portfolio. Restrictions on investments in
certain securities or types of securities may not be possible due to the level of difficulty this would entail in
managing the account.
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs
We do not offer or participate in a wrap fee program.
Important Information for Retirement Investors
When we recommend that you rollover retirement assets or transfer existing retirement assets (such as a 401(k) or
an IRA) to our management, we have a conflict of interest. This is because we will generally earn additional revenue
when we manage more assets. In making the recommendation, however, we do so only after determining that the
recommendation is in your best interest. Further, in making any recommendation to transfer or rollover retirement
assets, we do so as a “fiduciary,” as that term is defined in ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code, or both. We also
acknowledge we are a fiduciary under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code with respect to our ongoing investment
advisory recommendations and discretionary asset management services, as described in the advisory agreement
we execute with you. To the extent we provide non-fiduciary services to you, those will be described in the advisory
agreement.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
As of January 26, 2024, we managed assets of approximately $1.16 billion on a discretionary basis and $646.6
million on a non-discretionary basis.