A. Firm Information
Wealth Effects LLC (“Wealth Effects” 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 the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Wealth Effects was founded in June 2021 and is owned and operated by
William A. Liberti (Chief Executive Officer and Chief Compliance Officer). This Disclosure Brochure provides
information regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided by Wealth Effects.
B. Advisory Services Offered
Wealth Effects offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, and
businesses (each referred to as a “Client”).
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. Wealth Effects’ 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.
Wealth Management Services
Wealth Effects provides customized wealth management services for its Clients. This is achieved through
continuous personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment management services
and a broad range of comprehensive financial planning. These services are listed below.
Investment Management Services – Wealth Effects provides discretionary investment management services.
Wealth Effects 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. Wealth Effects will then construct an
investment portfolio primarily consisting of individual stocks, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), mutual funds, bonds,
or option contracts to meet the needs of its Clients. The Advisor may retain Client’s legacy investments based on
portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
Wealth Effects’ investment strategies are 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. Wealth Effects 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.
Wealth Effects evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal due
diligence process. Wealth Effects may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify
the portfolio. Wealth Effects 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. Wealth Effects
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.
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Retirement Accounts – When the Advisor provides investment advice to Clients regarding ERISA retirement
accounts or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”), the Advisor is a fiduciary within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and/or the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), as applicable,
which are laws governing retirement accounts. When deemed to be in the Client’s best interest, the Advisor will
provide investment advice to a Client regarding a distribution from an ERISA retirement account or to roll over the
assets to an IRA, 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). 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.
At no time will Wealth Effects accept or maintain custody of a Client’s funds or securities, except for the limited
authority as outlined in Item 15 – Custody. All Client assets will be managed within the designated account[s] at the
Custodian, pursuant to the terms of the advisory agreement. Please see Item 12 – Brokerage Practices.
Financial Planning Services – Wealth Effects provides a variety of financial planning and consulting services to
Clients as part of its wealth management services. 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, insurance needs and other areas of
a Client’s financial situation.
A financial plan Id 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.
Wealth Effects 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.
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C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging Wealth Effects to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into an
agreement 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 – Wealth Effects, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy
that seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – Wealth Effects 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 – Wealth Effects will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the
stated goals and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision – Wealth Effects will provide investment management and
ongoing oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Wealth Effects does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services
are provided directly by Wealth Effects.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2022, Wealth Effects manages $300,327,000 in Client assets, all of which is managed on a
discretionary basis. Clients may request more current information at any time by contacting the Advisor.