A. Description of Advisory Firm
Wittenberg Investment Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser with
its principal place of business located in Massachusetts. Wittenberg Investment
Management, Inc. began conducting business in 1988.
The firm’s principal shareholder is Joel B. Wittenberg, its President and Chief
Compliance Officer.
B. Advisory Services Offered
Wittenberg Investment Management, Inc. provides investment advisory and portfolio
management services and does not provide custody of securities or other administrative
services. At no time will Wittenberg Investment Management accept or maintain custody
of a client’s funds or securities. All client assets will be managed within a client’s
designated brokerage account or accounts.
Our firm provides continuous advice to a client regarding the investment of client funds
based on the individual needs of the client. Through personal discussions in which
goals and objectives based on a client’s particular circumstances are established, we
develop a client’s personal investment policy and create and manage a portfolio based
on that policy. We seek to determine each client’s individual objectives, time horizons,
risk tolerance, and liquidity needs. As appropriate, we also review and discuss a client’s
prior investment history, as well as family composition and background.
We manage these advisory accounts on a discretionary basis. Account supervision is
guided by the client’s stated objectives (i.e., maximum capital appreciation, growth,
income, or growth and income), as well as tax considerations. After taking into account
their investment needs and objectives, we endeavor to construct a diversified portfolio
for each client. The portfolio may include the following types of investments:
• Stocks
• Bonds
• Mutual Funds
• Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
• Warrants
• Money Market Funds
Our investment strategy is primarily focused on the long-term
holding of common
stocks, preferred stocks and bonds but we may buy, sell, or re-allocate positions that
have been held for less than one year in an effort to meet the objectives of a particular
client or due to market conditions. We may sell positions for reasons that include, but
are not limited to, harvesting capital gains or losses, tax minimization, business or
sector risk exposure to a specific security or class of securities, a change in a client’s
risk tolerance, generating cash to meet the needs of a client, or to seek to decrease any
risk deemed unacceptable for a client’s risk tolerance. We may employ cash as a
possible hedge against a potential downward market movement; this may adversely
affect the portfolio.
Holdings in client accounts may differ from other client accounts with a similar risk
tolerance due to many factors, including but not limited to a client’s need for income,
liquidity, the timing of cash flows in or out of a particular account, portfolio concentration,
investment restrictions imposed by the client, and the tax consequences of potential
portfolio changes.
Because different investments involve varying degrees of risk, they will only be
purchased when consistent with the client’s stated investment objectives, tolerance for
risk, liquidity and suitability.
C. Availability of Customized Services for Individual Clients
Each client has the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on the types of
investments to be held in his or her portfolio, subject to the acceptance of such
restrictions by Wittenberg Investment Management, Inc. Such restrictions must be
provided to our firm in writing.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
We do not manage or place client assets into any wrap fee program.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, we were actively managing $359,877,380 of clients’ assets
on a discretionary basis. We do not accept any assets for management on a non-
discretionary basis.