A. Firm Information
Gaddis Premier Wealth Advisors, LLC (“GPWA” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Advisor is organized as a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”)
under the laws of the State of Texas and founded in November 2021. GPWA is owned by Gaddis and Gaddis Wealth
Management, LLC and Dartma Investments LLC. GPWA is operated by Dave Reed (CEO and Partner), Roger
Gaddis (Partner and Financial Advisor), Leigh Gaddis (Partner, and Financial Advisor), Derek Hines (Partner and
Financial Advisor), and Teresa Adams (Partner and Financial Advisor). This Disclosure Brochure provides information
regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided by GPWA.
B. Advisory Services Offered
GPWA 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. GPWA's 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
GPWA provides customized wealth management services for its Clients. This is achieved through continuous
personal Client contact and interaction while providing a broad range of comprehensive financial planning in
connection with discretionary investment management of Client portfolios. These services are described below.
Investment Management Services
GPWA provides discretionary investment management services. GPWA works closely with each Client to identify
their investment goals, objectives, risk tolerance, time horizons, and financial situation to create a portfolio strategy
that consists primarily of investment models. GPWA will create an allocation to its investment models based on the
Client’s stated objectives including but not limited to Aggressive Growth, Growth, Growth with Income, Income, and
Income with Capital Preservation. Each investment model primarily consists of low-cost, diversified mutual funds
and/or exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), individual stocks, and bonds to achieve the Client’s investment goals. The
Advisor may retain a Client’s legacy investments based on portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
GPWA’s investment models 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. GPWA
will construct, implement and monitor the models to ensure it meets the goals, objectives, 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.
GPWA evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in its investment models only after applying its internal due
diligence process, which is based on Modern Portfolio Theory. GPWA may recommend, on occasion, redistributing
investment allocations to diversify the portfolio. GPWA 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. GPWA 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.
At no time will GPWA 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.
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.
Plan 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, GPWA
will review the current account allocations. When deemed necessary, GPWA 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 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 Services
GPWA typically provides financial planning services as part of its overall wealth management services. GPWA may
also provide financial planning services on a standalone basis pursuant to a written financial planning agreement.
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 developed 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.
GPWA may also refer Clients to an accountant, attorney or other specialists, as appropriate for their unique situation.
For 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. For standalone financial planning services, the 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.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging GPWA to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into one or more
agreements 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 – GPWA, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy that seeks
to achieve the Client’s investment goals and objectives.
Portfolio Construction – GPWA will develop a model portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the stated
goals and objectives of the Client.
Investment Management and Supervision – GPWA will provide investment management and ongoing
oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
GPWA does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services are
provided directly by GPWA.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2022, GPWA has a total of $226,716,944 of assets under management, $214,289,775 of which
are managed on a discretionary basis and $12,427,169 of which are managed on a non-discretionary basis.