Description of Services
RPG Investment Advisory, LLC is a registered investment adviser based in Pleasanton, CA. We are
organized as a limited liability company under the laws of Texas and we have been providing
investment advisory services since 2014. Matthew Vera and Richard Greer are our principal owners
and Robert Valentine is one of our minority owners. Currently, we offer portfolio management and
financial planning and consulting personalized to each individual client.
The following describes 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," "us" and "firm" refer to RPG Investment
Advisory, LLC 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 Associates 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.
Portfolio Management Services
We offer discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services, in which our investment
advice is tailored to meet our clients' needs and investment objectives. If you retain our firm for
portfolio management services, we will meet with you to determine your investment goals, risk
tolerance, investment time horizon, and other relevant information at the beginning of our advisory
relationship. We will use the information we gather to develop a strategy that enables our firm to give
you continuous and focused investment advice and/or to make investments on your behalf. If you
engage us to provide portfolio management services, we will invest your assets according to one or
more model portfolios developed by our firm. Each client's portfolio generally follows one of our model
strategies but may be tailored to meet the client's specific circumstances. Once we construct an
investment portfolio for you, we will monitor the portfolio's performance on an ongoing basis and will
rebalance the portfolio as required by changes in market conditions and in your financial
circumstances.
If you participate in our discretionary portfolio management services, we require you to grant our firm
discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary authorization will allow us to determine
the specific securities, and the number of securities, to be purchased or sold for your account without
your approval prior to each transaction. Discretionary authority is typically granted by the investment
advisory agreement you sign with our firm and the appropriate trading authorization forms. You may
limit our discretionary authority (for example, limiting the types of securities that can be purchased for
your account) by providing our firm with your restrictions and guidelines in writing. For non-
discretionary arrangements, we will obtain your approval prior to executing any transactions.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
We offer financial planning services which typically involve providing a variety of advisory services to
clients regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of their
individual needs.
These services include modular financial planning and consultative single subject
planning. If you retain our firm for financial planning services, we will meet with you to gather
information about your financial circumstances and objectives. We may also use financial planning
software to determine your current financial position and to define and quantify your long-term goals
and objectives. Once we specify those long-term objectives (both financial and non-financial), we will
develop shorter-term, targeted objectives. Once we review and analyze the information you provide to
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our firm, and the data derived from our financial planning software, we may deliver a written plan to
you, designed to help you achieve your stated financial goals and objectives. We may also provide
educational seminars and workshops.
Financial plans are based on your financial situation at the time we present the plan to you, and on the
financial information, you provide to us. You must promptly notify our firm if your financial situation
goals, objectives or needs change.
You are under no obligation to act on our financial planning recommendations. Should you choose to
act on any of our recommendations, you are not obligated to implement the financial plan through any
of our other investment advisory services. Moreover, you may act on our recommendations by placing
securities transactions with any brokerage firm.
Type of Investments
We primarily recommend all types of securities and we do not necessarily recommend one particular
type of security over another. You may require that we refrain from investing in particular securities or
certain types of securities. You must provide these restrictions to our firm in writing.
IRA Rollover Recommendations
Effective December 20, 2021 (or such later date as the US Department of Labor ("DOL") Field
Assistance Bulletin 2018-02 ceases to be in effect), 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;
•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.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2022, we provide continuous management services for $587,210,394 in client
assets on a discretionary basis.
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