Ownership/Wealth Watch History
Wealth Watch Advisors, Inc. ("Wealth Watch" and/or “the Firm”) is a Delaware limited liability
corporation. Wealth Watch is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Wealth Watch
Advisors, Inc. is owned by David A. Shields, Tyrone Clark, William E. Gastl, and John Patrick Lynch. David
Shields and William E. Gastl are the Firm's managing members.
Advisory Services Offered
Before Wealth Watch enters an advisor‐client relationship, Wealth Watch may offer a complimentary
general consultation to discuss services available, give a prospective client time to review services and
determine whether a relationship might benefit the client. Investment advisory services begin only after
Wealth Watch and the client formalize the relationship with a properly executed Investment Advisory
Agreement (“IAA”). Per applicable laws and regulations, Wealth Watch will provide this brochure, the
ADV Part 2B and ADV Part 3 to each client or prospective client before or along with the execution of the
IAA. Wealth Watch offers various services to individuals, high‐net‐worth individuals, pension and profit‐
sharing plans, financial institutions, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other appropriately
registered investment advisors.
Neither Wealth Watch nor the client may assign an IAA to a third party without the written consent of the
other party. Transactions that do not result in a change or actual control or management of Wealth Watch
shall not be considered an assignment. Wealth Watch will not provide custodial or other administrative
services. Similarly, Wealth Watch will not accept or maintain custody or investment supervisory services
of a client's funds or securities, except in cases of indirect custody granted through third‐party distribution
permissions and as described in Item 13. The client is responsible for all custodial fees, securities execution
fees charged by the custodian and executing broker/dealer (unless otherwise negotiated), and any
internal expenses of investments held within the portfolio.
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Wealth Watch offers the following services:
Investment Supervisory Services
Wealth Watch will not assume any responsibility for the accuracy of information provided by the client
and is not obligated to verify any information received from the client or from the client's other
professionals and is expressly authorized to rely on such information. Under all circumstances, clients are
responsible for promptly notifying Wealth Watch in writing of any material changes to the client's financial
situation, investment objectives, time horizon, or risk tolerance. When the client notifies Wealth Watch
with written instructions of such a change, the Firm will review such changes and recommend any
necessary changes to the client's portfolio. Wealth Watch offers ongoing portfolio management services
based on the client's goals, objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance.
Wealth Watch receives a limited power of attorney for its discretionary asset management services to
affect securities transactions on behalf of its clients. Wealth Watch limits its investment advice and/or
money management to investment models which are managed by third‐party advisory firms. The models
are allocated to mutual funds, exchange‐traded funds, equities, bonds, options, real estate investment
trusts, equity‐based options, structured notes, insurance products, government securities, and cash or
cash equivalents.
Wealth Watch clients are offered portfolios managed by separate third‐party Investment managers (sub‐
Advisors) that Wealth Watch engages on its behalf. Such arrangements are described in further sections.
Financial Planning Services
Wealth Watch offers clients financial planning or consulting services to evaluate their financial situation,
goals, and risk tolerance. Through a series of personal interviews and the use of risk questionnaires,
Wealth Watch's registered Investment Advisor Representatives (IAR’s) will collect pertinent data, identify
goals, objectives, financial challenges, potential solutions, prepare specific recommendations and
implement recommendations. Because of these actions, advice may be provided on financial and cash
management, risk management, financial issues relating to divorce or marital issues, estate planning,
stretch IRA planning, Investment Planning/Asset Allocation, retirement planning, educational funding,
goal setting, or other needs as identified by the client to a Wealth Watch registered IAR. Neither Wealth
Watch nor its registered IAR’s offer tax advice. The Firm highly suggests that all tax issues and questions
be directed to a licensed tax professional. The Firm may offer broad‐based planning services that involve
a written financial plan, or the client may desire consulting on certain planning topics that do not involve
a written financial plan. The Firm can tailor services as desired by the client. These services are based on
fixed fees or an hourly fee. The final fee structure is documented in the Financial Planning Agreement.
In offering financial planning, a conflict may exist between the interests of Wealth Watch and the interests
of
the client. The client is under no obligation to act upon a Wealth Watch registered IAR’s
recommendation, and, if the client elects to act on any of the recommendations, the client is under no
obligation to affect the transaction through the investment advisor. This statement is required pursuant
to the California Code of Regulations, 10 CCR Section 260.235.2.
Tailored Services
Wealth Watch will tailor its advisory services to each client’s individual needs based on meetings,
conversations, risk assessment questionnaires, and completion of client profiles (as applicable). If a client
wishes to impose certain restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities or if certain
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securities within the client's account are to be excluded from trading, Advisor will address those
restrictions with the client in writing to clearly understand the client’s requirements.
Wrap Program
Wealth Watch does not participate in a wrap fee program. Transaction costs charged by the custodian
and any separate or internal fee or expense generated by an investment within an account will be charged
to the client directly by the custodian or internally by the fund or investment company. Wealth Watch
monthly management fees are separate and unrelated to any such transactions and Wealth Watch does
not facilitate any such transactions between the client and the custodian.
Solicited Assets Manager (“SAM”)
SAM Programs offer advisors’ clients access to a variety of portfolio managers that create and implement
model portfolios with varying levels of risk from which investors may choose. SAM Program accounts are
not managed by Wealth Watch. Rather, SAM Program accounts are managed by one or more unaffiliated
third‐party portfolio managers on a discretionary basis. They may consist of various security types,
including stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, and derivatives. Account minimums for SAM Program
accounts exist in certain programs or models and are disclosed in the SAM Program's ADV Part 2A. Wealth
Watch acts as a solicitor when making SAM programs available to Wealth Watch registered investment
representative clients, as described below:
When Wealth Watch acts as a solicitor for the SAM Program sponsor, neither Wealth Watch nor
your Wealth Watch registered investment representative is appointed by you as an investment
adviser in relation to the SAM Program. Instead, your advisor will assist you in selecting one or
more SAM programs believed to be suitable for you based on your stated financial situation,
investment objectives, and financial goals. Wealth Watch and your registered investment
representative are compensated for referring you to the ongoing advisory services provided to
you within the SAM Program. Compensation generally takes the form of the SAM Program
sponsor sharing with Wealth Watch and your registered investment representative, through
Wealth Watch, a percentage of the advisory fee that you pay to the SAM Program sponsor. When
we act as a solicitor for a SAM program, you will receive a written solicitor disclosure statement
describing the nature of our relationship with the SAM Program, if any; the
terms of our compensation arrangement with the SAM Program, including a description of the
compensation that we will receive for referring you to the SAM Program; and the amount, if any,
that you will be charged that is in addition to the advisory fee you will pay to the SAM as a result
of our referral of you to the SAM Program.
Wealth Watch IARs can only recommend investment models to clients managed by one of its
approved third‐party Investment Managers. Wealth Watch’s approved sub‐advisory firms are
Brookmont Capital Management, Howard Capital Management, Taiber Kosmala and Associates,
First Trust, Guggenheim Investments, Redwood Investments, Optivise Advisory Services, Navigo
Wealth Management, and ZEGA Financial. New sub‐advisory firms may be added over time and,
if so, will be announced in writing to all IARs. The only exceptions to this statement concerning
CIM Opportunity Zone investment products managed by CIM Group, Structured Notes managed
by First Trust, and Variable Universal Life products offered by Nationwide, all of which have been
pre‐approved for Advisors to recommend where appropriate. Wealth Watch has not and will not
approve any alternative investments or unregistered securities, including but not limited to
promissory notes issued by non‐FDIC banks, unregistered stocks and bonds, and collateralized or
collateralized loans. Any investments offered and managed by any firm, individual, bank, or
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corporation not managed by the list of companies above are not an approved investment from
Wealth Watch. Any client of Wealth Watch that decides to invest with any firm, individual, bank,
or corporation not managed by the firms listed in this section does so at his or her peril.
Client Assets Managed
As of March 22, 2024, Wealth Watch Advisors, Inc. manages $315,898,506.50 in discretionary assets and
$32,559,381.38 in non‐discretionary assets.