A. FIRM DESCRIPTION
Beagle Invest, LLC (“Beagle Invest” or the “Firm”) is a SEC-registered automated investment advisor. Beagle
Invest was founded in June 2021 with its principal office at 1049 El Monte Avenue, Ste C #588, Mountain View,
CA 94040. The Firm is owned by Beagle Financial Services, Inc. If you have any questions about the contents
of this Brochure, please email us at
[email protected].
B. TYPES OF ADVISORY SERVICES
The primary focus of Beagle Invest is to provide investment advisory services to Beagle Invest’s clients
(“Client” or “Clients”) as well as to prospective clients via a web-based and mobile-compatible solution. Beagle
Invest helps and encourages its Clients to contribute to and grow their retirement savings by offering low-cost,
well-diversified portfolios through multiple types of retirement accounts. However, Beagle Invest does not offer
tax or financial planning advice.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
Beagle Invest specializes in quantitative and fundamental analysis to determine what investments are in favor of
Beagle Invest’s investment models. Investment opportunities are designed for Clients to make long-term
investments in diversified portfolios.
Beagle Invest assesses Clients’ holdings and ensures alignment with both short- and long-term goals. The Firm
performs ongoing reviews of investment performance and portfolio exposure to align with Clients’ profiles and
takes into consideration market conditions. Accordingly, the Firm is authorized to perform various functions
without further approval from the Clients, such as the determination of securities to be purchased or sold without
prior permission from the Clients for each transaction. Any and all trades are made in the best interest of the
Clients as part of Beagle Invest’s fiduciary duty. However, risk is inherent to any investing strategy and model.
Therefore, Beagle Invest does not guarantee any results or future returns.
Beagle Invest interacts with Clients primarily through a technology platform developed and maintained by
Beagle Invest’s parent company, Beagle Financial, Inc. (doing business as “Beagle”), that is available through
Beagle’s website and mobile application. Clients of Beagle Invest also use Beagle’s website to access account
details including account balances, portfolio holdings, transaction history and account documents. Beagle Invest
does not generally provide investment advice in person, over the phone, live chat, or in any other manner other
than through the advisory services available on Beagle or through automated email communications. Beagle
provides technology and back-office support for Beagle Invest.
Beagle Invest is a subscription-based fee investment management firm. The firm does not receive fees based on
assets or commissions for purchasing or selling stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate investment trusts, or
other commissioned products for clients. Prior to engaging Beagle Invest to provide any investment advisory
services, Beagle Invest requires Clients to enter into Customer Agreements with Beagle Invest. The Customer
Agreements will outline services to which the client is entitled and fees the Clients will incur.
Beagle Invest does not act as a custodian of Clients’ assets. The Clients always maintain asset control of their
own Beagle Invest account (“Account” or “Accounts”). Beagle Invest places trades for Clients under a limited
power of attorney through a qualified custodian and clearing broker. Under the terms of the Customer Agreements,
the Clients authorize Beagle Invest to conduct all trades and transactions from Beagle Invest to the qualified
custodian and clearing broker and carry the Clients’ accounts that holds the Clients’ securities and cash as well as
to record the Clients’ transactions under Beagle Invest’s direction. Orders for purchases or sales for multiple
advisory accounts may be combined by Beagle Invest and the qualified custodian and clearing broker to reduce
any trading and transaction costs that Beagle Invest may have to incur. Clients are not charged any trading or
transaction fees for the purchase and sales of securities in their Accounts.
Beagle Invest offers multiple types of retirement investing account types:
(1) Individual Retirement Accounts sometimes referred to as “Beagle IRAs,” and
(2) Individual 401(k) Accounts sometimes referred to as a “Beagle Individual 401(k)s” or “Beagle
Solo 401(k)s”.
Beagle Invest provides investment advice to each of the Accounts through model portfolios, each consisting of a
mix of individual ETFs that are
managed by third-party investment adviser(s) and that reflect target asset
allocations across various chosen asset classes, including domestic and international stocks (equities), short and
long-term bonds and treasury securities (fixed income) and real estate. Beagle offers six (6) diversified model
portfolios to match Clients’ investment time horizons and risk tolerances, with model portfolios ranging from
‘max growth’, ‘growth’, ‘growth income’, ‘balanced’, ‘income’ to ‘capital preservation’.
Based on the information that each of the Clients enters on Beagle’s mobile or web-based applicatio
n
(www.meetbeagle.com) during the account opening process, Beagle Invest will utilize its proprietary software
algorithm to match each Client with the initial portfolio best suited to meet the individual Client’s investment
goals. Each Client, upon being onboarded into Beagle, is asked a set of questions. These questions may include
behavioral questions such as how a Client views risk to assess their tolerance for risk. The algorithm then balances
that analysis with the Client’s expectations for portfolio growth. Combined with additional Client feedback on
when the Client expects to reach retirement age, Beagle’s algorithm then categorizes the Client into an initial
portfolio that is suitable for their individual investment time frame.
Beagle Invest’s algorithm will rebalance an Account’s holdings, no less frequently than quarterly, if it finds
that the holdings deviate by 5% or more from the target portfolio allocation prescribed for the Client. Depending
on market fluctuations and volatility level, as well as deposits and withdrawals of funds into and out of the account,
this may result in multiple rebalancing transactions throughout the year for an Account. All rebalancing
transactions are made automatically without the Client’s input. Also, dividend payments produced from any
ETFs in each portfolio are reinvested automatically to fit the appropriate asset allocation mix.
As part of the investment process to get each Account to its matched targeted portfolio, Beagle purchases ETFs
through a qualified custodian and clearing broker. As Clients make further deposits into or withdrawals from their
Accounts, the corresponding transactions made by Beagle are designed to maintain each Account’s target
allocation. Upon a Client’s request to contribute or withdraw assets from its Accounts, purchases or sales of the
ETFs underlying a Client’s portfolio are executed in a manner designed to maintain the target allocation of the
specific portfolio. The set of ETFs selected include investment fees charged by their third-party investment
managers and are incremental to Beagle Invest’s fee. Usually, these investment fees are priced into each of the
ETFs. Beagle Invest does not receive any fee from these investment fees charged by ETF investment managers.
The qualified custodian and clearing broker may charge ancillary fees for ACH withdrawals, wire transfers,
checks, paper documents, or Account closing fees. These fees are disclosed in the Customer Agreements with
each Client and are passed on to the client by Beagle Invest.
Beagle will review a Client’s portfolio allocation whenever any material changes are made to that Client’s
investment profile. Beagle periodically sends requests, at least annually, to Clients to make any necessary
updates to their Client profiles so that their risk profiles are kept up to date.
C. SERVICES TAILORED TO CLIENTS’ NEEDS
Services are provided based on a Client’s specific needs within the scope of the services provided as discussed
above. Beagle Invest’s algorithm utilizes the information provided by each Client regarding the Client’s current
financial situation, goals, and risk tolerances and then allocates their assets into one of six (6) customized
portfolios consisting of different asset mixes. Each portfolio is comprised of multiple ETFs to provide for proper
diversification of assets and to reduce any risks associated with investing in individual stocks, bonds or real
estate assets.
D. WRAP FEE PROGRAM VERSUS PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Beagle Invest does not offer a Wrap Fee Program.
E. ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
As of February 28, 2023, the Firm has the following assets under management:
Discretionary assets: $7,987,598
Non-discretionary assets: $0