Firm Information
The firm was organized in 2013 as an LLC in the state of Washington to help individuals and business owners
pursue their financial goals. The entity registered as an investment advisor with the SEC in 2021
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Once a client’s goals have been established, the firm can customize appropriate investments strategies
consistent with a client’s investment objective and risk profile utilizing the following products and services:
• Financial Planning
• Investments
• Retirement Strategies
• Estate Planning
• Insurance and Annuities
• Asset Allocation
This disclosure brochure provides information regarding the qualifications, business practices and details of
the advisory services and the applicable fees.
Principal Owner
James “Jimmy” M. King (CRD No. 5236222) is the owner of JMK & Associates. After graduating from
Eastern Washington University with a degree in Finance and Economics, he became a financial advisor
with Waddell & Reed through April 2016. Following his 9+ years with Waddell & Reed, Jimmy chose to take
his business and experience independent, creating JMK & Associates.
Advisory Services Offered
JMK & Associates, LLC provides regular and continuous management and supervision of assets as well as
financial planning primarily to individuals and business owners. Assets are managed on a discretionary or
non-discretionary basis, as selected on the written asset management agreement.
• Discretionary Authority – Client grants Advisor ongoing and continuous discretionary authority to
execute its investment recommendations without the Client's prior approval of each specific transaction.
Under this authority, Client shall allow Advisor to purchase and sell securities and instruments in this
Account(s), arrange for delivery and payment in connection with the foregoing, select and retain sub-
advisors, and act on behalf of the Client in all matters necessary or incidental.
• Non-Discretionary Authority – Advisor will not execute any investment recommendations without
Client’s prior approval (verbal or written).
Asset management focuses on investment goals, objectives, risk tolerance consistent with a client’s financial
situation. Investment portfolios consist primarily of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) as
well as individual stocks as appropriate. Clients may impose reasonable restrictions on investing in certain
types of securities.
At no time will the firm accept or maintain direct custody of funds or securities. All client assets will be
managed within the designated brokerage account[s] held at a qualified custodian, according to the terms of
the account opening documents.
If a client does not receive this disclosure brochure at least 48 hours prior to entering into an investment
advisory agreement, they have a right to terminate the contract, without penalty, within five business days.
Investment Advisor Representatives are restricted to providing services and charging fees based in accordance
with the descriptions detailed in this document and the account agreement. However, the exact service and
fees charged to a particular Client are dependent upon the Investment Advisor Representative that is working
with the Client. Investment Advisor Representatives will consider the individual needs of each Client when
providing investment advice. Investment strategies and recommendations are tailored to the individual needs
of each Client but generally consist of an asset allocation consistent with:
1. Income with Capital Preservation. Designed as a longer-term accumulation account, this
investment objective is considered generally the most conservative. Emphasis is placed on
generation of current income with minimal risk of capital loss. Lowering the risk generally means
lowering the potential income and overall return.
2. Income with Moderate Growth. This investment objective emphasizes generation of current
income with a secondary focus on moderate capital growth.
3. Growth with Income. This investment objective emphasizes modest capital growth with some
focus on generation of current income.
4. Growth. This investment objective emphasizes achieving high long-term growth and capital
appreciation. There is little focus on generation of current income.
5. Aggressive Growth. This investment objective emphasizes aggressive growth and maximum
capital appreciation, with no focus on generation of current income. This objective has a very high
level of risk and is for investors with a longer timer horizon.
LPL Financial Sponsored Platforms
Strategic Wealth Management (SWM I and SWM II)
Strategic Wealth Management is the name of the custodial account offered through LPL to support
investment advisory services provided by JMK & Associates, LLC. Within a SWM account, Investment
Advisor Representatives provide advice on the purchase and sale of various types of investments, such as
mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and equities. The advice is tailored to the individual needs of
the Client based on the investment objective chosen by the Client in order to help assist Clients in attempting
to meet their financial goals. Accounts are reviewed on a regular basis and rebalanced as necessary according
to each Client’s investment profile. More specific account information and acknowledgements are further
detailed in the account opening documents. Investment Advisor Representatives can offer SWM I or SWM
II. The accounts offer the same investment choices and are managed in the same manner, but the fee structure
is different. For SWM I, Clients are charged transaction fees in addition to the advisory fee whereas for
SWM II, the transactions fees are sponsored by JMK & Associates, LLC.
JMK & Associates, LLC Wrap Fee Program
JMK & Associates, LLC offers SWM II as a wrap fee program where the firm acts as the sponsor and
portfolio manager. A wrap fee program is an advisory account with a single fee that covers a bundle of
services; such as, portfolio management, advice, and investment research as well as trade execution, custody,
and reporting fee. Please see Appendix 1 –Wrap Fee Program Brochure, which is included as a supplement
to this Disclosure Brochure. The advisory fee for SWM II accounts may be higher than SWM I to account for
the transaction fees. Depending on the anticipated level of trading, Investment Advisor Representatives of
JMK & Associates, LLC will work with each Client to determine the most cost-effective fee structure.
Retirement Plan Consulting Services
Investment Advisor Representatives assist Clients that are trustees or other fiduciaries to retirement plans
(“Plans”) by providing fee-based consulting and/or non-discretionary advisory services.
Investment Advisor
Representatives perform one or more of the following services, as selected by the Client in the Client
agreement:
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Acting as a liaison between the Plan and service providers, product sponsors or vendors.
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Ongoing monitoring of investment manager(s) or investments in relation to written guidelines
provided by the Client to the Investment Advisor Representative.
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Preparation of reports describing the performance of Plan investment manager(s) or
investments, as well as comparing the performance to benchmarks.
• Ongoing recommendations for consideration and selection by Client about specific
investments to be held by the Plan or, in the case of a participant-directed defined
contribution plan, to be made available as investment options under the Plan.
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Training for the members of the Plan Committee regarding their service on the Committee,
including education and consulting with respect to fiduciary responsibilities.
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Assistance in enrolling Plan participants in the Plan, including conducting an agreed upon
number of enrollment meetings. As part of such meetings, Representatives may provide
participants with information about the Plan, which includes information on the benefits of
Plan participation, the benefits of increasing Plan contributions, the impact of pre-retirement
withdrawals on retirement income, the terms of the Plan and the operation of the Plan.
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Assistance with investment education seminars and meetings for Plan participants. Such
meetings may be on a group or individual basis and includes information about the
investment options under the Plan (e.g., investment objectives, risk/return characteristics, and
historical performance), investment concepts (e.g., diversification, asset classes, and risk and
return), and how to determine investment time horizons and assess risk tolerance. Such
meetings do not include specific investment advice about investment options under the Plan
as being appropriate for a particular participant.
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Assistance at Client’s direction in making changes to investment options under the Plan.
• Assistance with the preparation, distribution and evaluation of Request for Proposals, finalist
interviews, and conversion support in connection with vendor analysis and service provider
support.
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Preparation of comparisons of Plan data (e.g., regarding fees and services and participant
enrollment and contributions) to data from the Plan’s prior years and/or a benchmark group of
similar plans.
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Assistance in identifying the fees and other costs borne by the Plan for, as specified by Client,
investment management, record keeping, participant education, participant communication
and/or other services provided with respect to the Plan.
If the Plan makes available publicly traded employer stock (“company stock”) as an investment option under
the Plan, Investment Advisor Representatives do not provide investment advice regarding company stock
and are not responsible for the decision to offer company stock as an investment option. In addition, if
participants in the Plan invest the assets in their accounts through individual brokerage accounts, a mutual
fund window, or other similar arrangement, or obtain participant loans, Investment Advisor Representatives
do not provide any individualized advice or recommendations to the participants regarding these decisions.
If a Client elects to engage the firm and our Investment Advisor Representatives to perform ongoing
investment monitoring and ongoing investment recommendation services in the Client agreement, such
services will constitute “investment advice” under Section 3(21)(A)(ii) of ERISA. Therefore, the firm and
our Investment Advisor Representative will be deemed a “fiduciary” as such term is defined under Section
3(21)(A)(ii) of ERISA in connection with those services.
ERISA Fiduciary
Services provided by an Investment Advisor Representative may be subject to the Investment Advisers Act of
1940 (“Advisers Act”), and the advisor is a fiduciary under the Advisers Act with respect to such services. If
a Client elects to engage an Investment Advisor Representative to perform ongoing investment monitoring
and ongoing investment recommendation services to a Plan subject to ERISA in the Client agreement, such
services will constitute “investment advice” under Section 3(21)(A)(ii) of ERISA. Therefore, the Investment
Advisor Representatives will be deemed a “fiduciary” as such term is defined under Section 3(21)(A)(ii) of
ERISA in connection with those services.
Clients should understand that to the extent the Investment Advisor Representative is engaged to perform
services other than ongoing investment monitoring and recommendations, those services are not “investment
advice” under ERISA and therefore, the Investment Advisor Representative will not be a “fiduciary” under
ERISA with respect to those other services. From time to time the Investment Advisor Representative may
make the Plan or Plan participants aware of other services available that are separate and apart from the
services provided under Retirement Plan Consulting. Such other services may be services to the Plan, to a
Client with respect to Client's responsibilities to the Plan and/or to one or more Plan participants. In offering
any such services, the Investment Advisor Representative is not acting as a fiduciary under ERISA with
respect to such offering of services. If any such separate services are offered to a Client, the Client will make
an independent assessment of such services without reliance on the advice or judgment of the Investment
Advisor Representative.
Retirement Plan Rollovers
An employee generally has four (4) options for their retirement plan when they leave an employer:
1. Leave the money in his/her former employer’s plan, if permitted
2. Rollover the assets to his/her new employer’s plan if one is available and permitted
3. Rollover to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), or
4. Cash out the account value, which has significant tax considerations
JMK & Associates, LLC provides educational services pertaining to retirement plan assets that could
potentially be rolled-over to an IRA managed by the firm. Education is based on a particular Client’s
financial circumstances.
Client Account Management
Prior to engaging JMK & Associates, LLC to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to
enter into an investment advisory agreement with that defines the terms, conditions, authority, and
responsibilities.
Assets Under Management
Assets under management as of December 31, 2022, are as follows:
Assets under Management
Discretionary $284,531,566
Non-Discretionary $0.00
Total $284,531,566