Overview
Description of Services and Fees
Wealth Advisors, LLC d/b/a McCarthy Wealth & Tax Advisors is a registered investment adviser based
in Springboro, Ohio. We are organized as a limited liability company, under the laws of the State of
Ohio. We have been providing investment advisory services since 2005. Jeremiah F. McCarthy is our
principal owner.
The following paragraphs describe our services and fees. Please refer to the description of each
investment advisory service listed below for information on how we tailor our advisory services to your
individual needs. As used in this brochure, the words "we", "our" and "us" refer to McCarthy Wealth &
Tax Advisors and the words "you", "your" and "client" refer to you as either a client or prospective client
of our firm. Also, you may see the term Associated Person throughout this brochure. As used in this
brochure, our Associated Persons are our firm's officers, employees, and all individuals providing
investment advice on behalf of our firm.
Asset Allocation Services
Through our custodian National Financial Services, an affiliate of Fidelity, we use Fidelity Managed
Account Xchange (FMAX) to provide discretionary asset allocation services tailored to meet your
financial needs and investment objectives, These services will include a review of your existing
portfolio with asset allocation recommendations, evaluation/consultation on various investment
strategies, periodic summaries of financial situation, research, and monitoring of certain investments
within your portfolio, and on-going portfolio management services, among others.
You will be required you to grant our firm discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary
authorization will allow us to determine the specific securities, and the amount of securities, to be
purchased or sold for your account without your approval prior to each transaction and the reallocation
of assets amount investment managers. Discretionary authority is typically granted by the investment
advisory agreement you sign with our firm.
We use the FMAX platform to choose various investments and/or investment managers that will use
one or more of their model portfolios
to manage your account. We will regularly monitor the
performance of your accounts managed by investment managers(s) and may hire and fire any
investment manager without your prior approval. In providing account management services, we do
not accept client restrictions on the specific securities or the types of securities that may be held in
your account.
IRA Rollover Recommendations
For purposes of complying with the DOL's Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 ("PTE 2020-02")
where applicable, we are providing the following acknowledgment to you. When we provide
investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or individual retirement account, we
are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the
Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. The way we
make money creates some conflicts with your interests, so we operate under a special rule that
requires us to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. Under this special rule's
provisions, we must:
•Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give prudent
advice);
•Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations (give loyal
advice);
•Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
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•Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your best
interest;
•Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
•Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
We benefit financially from the rollover of your assets from a retirement account to an account that we
manage or provide investment advice, because the assets increase our assets under management
and, in turn, our advisory fees. As a fiduciary, we only recommend a rollover when we believe it is in
your best interest.
Types of Investments
We offer advice on a wide range of investments,
Assets Under Management
As of March 17, 2024, we provide continuous management services for $133,226,460 in client assets
on a discretionary basis.