The Joseph Group LLC (dba The Joseph Group Capital Management) has a simple but
powerful mission: to help create great lives…one story at a time. We strive to help clients
identify their Purpose and use our Portfolios as well as Planning to help them live out that
Purpose and fulfill their dreams. We were established in 1999 with the formation of The
Joseph Group, Inc. (an Ohio sub-chapter S corporation) by twin brothers Matt Palmer and
Mark Palmer. In 2012, The Joseph Group LLC (an Ohio limited liability company) was formed
and registered with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission as an Investment
Adviser. Client-Adviser relationships with The Joseph Group, Inc. were then moved to The
Joseph Group LLC. For the purpose of clarity, The Joseph Group, Inc. was renamed
Twinvestments, Inc. (name change only) in 2018. Units of The Joseph Group LLC are owned
by Twinvestments, Inc. and 4 Team Members Individually – R. Travis Upton, Todd Walter, B.
Scott Mizer and Matthew D. Palmer. Twinvestments, Inc. is owned 50% by Matthew D. Palmer
and 50% by Mark J. Palmer. Twinvestments, Inc. is not registered with the U.S. Securities
Exchange Commission as an Investment Adviser and has no other business activities.
We provide discretionary investment management and related investment advisory services.
"Discretionary" investment management means you have given us authority to make
investment changes in your account consistent with your objectives without the need to consult
you in advance of the changes. In addition to investment management services, we make
available to you financial planning services (typically at no additional charge) in several areas
including, but not limited to: retirement, college funding, cash flow, tax, insurance, and estate
planning.
We also provide consultation services to plan sponsors of group retirement plans regarding a
plan’s platform of available investments. In addition to Investment Guidance, we may make
available (at no additional charge) Education Engagement & Fiduciary Guidance to group
retirement plan sponsors.
The process starts with helping you identify your purpose which leads to establishing goals and
objectives. Once your goals and objectives are determined, each goal and objective is then
matched with one of our investment strategies (discussed later in Item 8: Methods of Analysis,
Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss). Accounts we manage have one of these strategies as
the target allocation; however, you can always provide us with reasonable restrictions on
specific securities or certain types of securities. As we work with you, our advisers proactively
identify your financial planning needs and attempt to address those needs.
As of December 31, 2023, the total assets we had under management and consulted on was
$938,156,000. Of that total, The Joseph Group’s total discretionary Regulatory Assets Under
Management were $811,713,000 (RAUM) and the remaining $126,443,000 of assets were
comprised of group retirement plan assets for which we consult.
Miscellaneous:
Limitations of Financial Planning and Non-Investment Consulting/Implementation
Services. We generally provide planning and consulting services regarding non-investment
related matters, such as tax and estate planning, insurance, etc. Typically, such services are
included in our advisory fee set forth in Item 5 below (exceptions could occur based upon
assets under management, advanced planning needs, special projects, etc. for which we may
charge a mutually agreeable additional fee). We believe it is important for the client to address
financial planning issues on an ongoing basis. Our advisory fee, as set forth in Item 5 below,
will remain the same regardless of whether or not the client determines to address financial
planning issues with us.
We do not serve as an attorney, accountant, or insurance agent, and no portion of our services
should be construed as same. Accordingly, we do not prepare legal documents, prepare tax
returns, or sell insurance products. To the extent requested by you, we may recommend the
services of other professionals for non-investment implementation purposes (i.e. attorneys,
accountants, insurance, etc.). You are under no obligation to engage the services of any such
recommended professional. The client retains absolute discretion over all such implementation
decisions and is free to accept or reject any recommendation from us and/or our
representatives.
Further, if you engage any professional (i.e. attorney, accountant, insurance agent, etc.),
recommended or otherwise, and a dispute arises thereafter relative to such engagement, you
agree to seek recourse exclusively from the engaged professional. At all times, the engaged
licensed professional[s] (i.e. attorney, accountant, insurance agent, etc.), and not The Joseph
Group, shall be responsible for the quality and competency of the services provided.
Client Obligations. In performing our services, we shall not be required to verify any
information received from you or your other professionals and we are expressly authorized to
rely thereon. Moreover, it remains your responsibility to promptly notify us if there is ever any
change in your financial situation or investment objectives for the purpose of
reviewing/evaluating/revising our previous recommendations and/or services.
Investment Risk. Diverse types of investments involve varying degrees of risk, and it should
not be assumed that future performance of any specific investment or investment strategy
(including the investments and/or investment strategies recommended or undertaken by us)
will be profitable or equal any specific performance level(s).
Cybersecurity Risk: The information technology systems and networks that we and our third-
party service providers use to provide services to our clients employ various controls, which
are designed to prevent cybersecurity incidents stemming from intentional or unintentional
actions that could cause significant interruptions in our operations and result in
the unauthorized acquisition or use of clients’ confidential or non-public personal information.
Clients and The Joseph Group are nonetheless subject to the risk of cybersecurity incidents.
Although we have established systems to reduce the risk of cybersecurity incidents from
coming to fruition, there is no guarantee that these efforts will always be successful, especially
considering we do not directly control the cybersecurity measures and policies employed by
third-party service providers. Clients could also incur adverse consequences resulting from
cybersecurity incidents that more directly affect issuers of securities in which those clients
invest, broker-dealers, qualified custodians, governmental and other regulatory authorities,
exchange and other financial market operators, or other financial institutions.
Cash Positions. We continue to treat cash as an asset class. As such, unless determined to
the contrary by us, all cash positions (money markets/cash equivalents, etc.) in managed
accounts shall continue to be included as part of assets under management for the purpose of
calculating our advisory fee. At any specific point in time, depending upon perceived or
anticipated market conditions/events (there being no guarantee that such anticipated market
conditions/events will occur), we may maintain cash positions for defensive and/or liquidity
purposes. Further, while assets are maintained in cash positions, such amounts could miss
market advances. Depending upon current yields, at any point in time, our advisory fee could
exceed the interest paid by such a cash position.