TVAMP is an investment advisor registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is a
limited liability company (LLC) formed under the laws of the State of Tennessee.
• Jeffrey B. Foster is the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Managing Member of TVAMP.
• Charles J. Sweat and Scott B. Fisher are also Managing Members of TVAMP.
• Luke A. Bowes is a Member of TVAMP.
Introduction
The investment advisory services of TVAMP are provided to you through an appropriately licensed and
qualified individual who is an investment adviser representative of TVAMP (referred to as your investment
adviser representative throughout this brochure).
Your investment adviser representative may either be an employee or independent contractor of TVAMP.
Your investment adviser representative is limited to providing the services and charging investment
advisory fees in accordance with the descriptions detailed in this brochure. However, the exact services
you will receive and the fees you will be charged are dependent upon your investment adviser
representative and your geographic location.
Description of Advisory Services
The following are descriptions of the primary services of TVAMP. Please understand that a written
agreement, which details the exact terms of the service, must be signed by you and TVAMP before we
can provide you with the services described below.
Asset Management Services – TVAMP offers asset management services, which involves TVAMP
providing you with continuous and on-going supervision over your specified accounts.
You must appoint our firm as your investment adviser of record on specified accounts (collectively, the
“Account”). The Account consists only of separate account(s) held by qualified custodian(s) under your
name. The qualified custodians maintain physical custody of all funds and securities of the Account, and
you retain all rights of ownership (e.g., right to withdraw securities or cash, exercise or delegate proxy
voting and receive transaction confirmations) of the Account.
The Account is managed by us based on your financial situation, investment objectives and risk
tolerance. We actively monitor the Account and provide advice regarding buying, selling, reinvesting or
holding securities, cash or other investments in the Account.
We will need to obtain certain information from you to determine your financial situation and investment
objectives. Accounts are therefore managed on the basis of your individual financial situation and
investment objectives. We encourage clients, at least quarterly, to notify us whether your financial
situation or investment objectives have changed, or if you want to impose and/or modify any reasonable
restrictions on the management of your accounts. At least annually, we contact individual clients to
determine whether their financial situation or investment objectives have changed, or if the client wants to
impose and/or modify any reasonable restrictions on the management of accounts managed. We are
always reasonably available to consult with individual clients relative to the status of their accounts. You
have the ability to impose reasonable restrictions on the management of your accounts, including the
ability to instruct us not to purchase certain securities.
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It is important that you understand that we manage investments for other clients and may give them
advice or take actions for them or for our personal accounts that is different from the advice we provide to
you or actions we take for you. We are not obligated to buy, sell or recommend to you any security or
other investment that we may buy, sell or recommend for any other clients or for our own accounts.
Conflicts may arise in the allocation of investment opportunities among accounts that we manage. We
strive to allocate investment opportunities believed appropriate for your account(s) and other accounts
advised by our firm among such accounts equitably and consistent with the best interests of all accounts
involved. However, there can be no assurance that a particular investment opportunity that comes to our
attention will be allocated in any particular manner. If we obtain material, non-public information about a
security or its issuer that we may not lawfully use or disclose, we have absolutely no obligation to disclose
the information to any client or use it for any client’s benefit.
Retirement Plan Rollover Recommendations – TVAMP does not recommend rollovers to our clients or
prospects. The firm’s activities will be strictly limited to educating clients and prospects as to their
options.
Should you decide to engage TVAMP to provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan
account or individual retirement account, we become 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.
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.
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Financial Planning & Consulting Services – TVAMP offer financial planning services that can involve
preparing a written financial plan covering specific or multiple topics. We can provide full written financial
plans, which typically address the following topics: Investment Planning, Retirement Planning, Insurance
Planning, Education Planning, Portfolios Review, and Asset Allocation. Under this program, the
role of
your investment adviser representative as a financial planner is to find ways to help you understand your
overall financial situation and help you set financial
objectives. We also provide modular financial plans
which only cover those specific areas of concern mutually agreed upon by you and us. A modular written
financial plan is limited or segmented and does not involve the creation of a full written financial plan.
You should be aware that other important issues may not be taken into consideration when your
investment adviser representative develops his or her analysis and recommendations under a modular
written financial plan. Written financial plans prepared by us under this Agreement do not include specific
recommendations of individual securities.
We also offer consultations in order to discuss financial planning issues when you do not need a written
financial plan. We offer a one-time consultation, which covers mutually agreed upon areas of concern
related to investments or financial planning. We also offer “as-needed” consultations, which are limited
to consultations in response to a particular investment or financial planning issue raised or request made
by you. Under an “as-needed” consultation, it will be incumbent upon you to identify those particular
issues for which you are seeking our advice or consultation on.
In addition to these services, we offer ongoing advisement consultations to participants in retirement
plans (401(k) plans, profit sharing plans, etc.). When providing these services, we review your financial
situation, goals and objectives as well as the investment options available in the retirement plan. We will
review your retirement plan account at semi-annually intervals and will make such recommendations from
the list of available investment options in your retirement plan account as are deemed appropriate and
consistent with your stated investment objectives and risk tolerance. These services do not constitute
asset management services for your retirement plan account; we do not have investment discretion or
trading authority over your retirement plan account. You determine whether or not to implement our
advice. The implementation of any trades in your retirement plan account is your responsibility.
Our financial planning and consulting services do not involve implementing any transaction on your behalf
or the active and ongoing monitoring or management of your investments or accounts. You have the sole
responsibility for determining whether to implement our financial planning and consulting
recommendations. To the extent that you would like to implement any of our investment
recommendations through TVAMP or retain TVAMP to actively monitor your investments, you must
execute a separate written agreement with TVAMP for our asset management services.
Divorce Financial Planning and Consulting
As a portion of TVAMP’s Financial Planning and Consulting services certain Investment Advisor
Representatives may specialize in working with clients dealing with specific issues in analyzing and
evaluation of the long-term financial impact of divorce settlements. These services may take the form of
hourly consulting sessions or the development of a formal written plan. All fees will be charged as
disclosed in the Financial Planning and Consulting section of
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation.
Estate Planning
TVAMP may engage EncorEstate Plans, a software providing third-party services for estate planning.
TVAMP will gather documents to assist clients with the creation and/or updating of existing. The fees
associated with estate planning services are separate, in addition to your ongoing financial planning or
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advisory fees and are disclosed in
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation.
Referral of Third-Party Money Managers
TVAMP offers advisory services by referring clients to a third-party money manager offering asset
management and other investment advisory services. The third-party managers are responsible for
continuously monitoring client accounts and making trades in client accounts when necessary. As a
result of the referral, we are paid a portion of the fee charged and collected by the third-party money
managers in the form of solicitor fees. Each solicitation arrangement is performed pursuant to a written
solicitation agreement and is in compliance with SEC Rule 206(4)-3 and applicable state securities rules
and regulations.
Under this program, we assist you with identifying your risk tolerance and investment objectives. We
recommend outside money managers in relation to your stated investment objectives and risk tolerance,
and you may select a recommended third-party money manager or model portfolio based upon your
needs. You must enter into an agreement directly with the third-party money manager who provides your
designated account with asset management services.
We are available to answer questions that you may have regarding your account and act as the
communication conduit between you and the third-party money manager. The third-party money
manager may take discretionary authority to determine the securities to be purchased and sold for you.
We do not have any trading authority with respect to your designated account managed by the outside
money manager.
Although we review the performance of numerous third-party investment advisor firms, we enter into only
a select number of relationships with third-party investment advisor firms that have agreed to pay us a
portion of the overall fee charged to our clients. Therefore, TVAMP has a conflict of interest in that it will
only recommend third-party investment advisors that will agree to compensate us for referrals of our
clients.
Clients are advised that there may be other third-party managed programs, not recommended by our firm,
that are suitable for the client and that may be more or less costly than arrangements recommended by
our firm. No guarantees can be made that a client’s financial goals or objectives will be achieved by a
third-party investment advisor recommended by our firm. Further, no guarantees of performance can
ever be offered by our firm (please refer to Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk
of Loss for more details).
LPL Financial Sponsored Advisory Programs
TVAMP may provide advisory services through certain programs sponsored by LPL Financial LLC (LPL),
a registered investment advisor and broker-dealer. Below is a brief description of each LPL advisory
program available to TVAMP. For more information regarding the LPL programs, including more
information on the advisory services and fees that apply, the types of investments available in the programs
and the potential conflicts of interest presented by the programs please see the program account packet
(which includes the account agreement and LPL Form ADV program brochure) and the Form ADV, Part 2A
of LPL or the applicable program.
Manager Access Select Program
Manager Access Select provides clients access to the investment advisory services of professional portfolio
management firms for the individual management of client accounts. The advisor will assist the client in
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identifying a third-party portfolio manager (Portfolio Manager) from a list of Portfolio Managers made
available by LPL. The Portfolio Manager manages a client’s assets on a discretionary basis. The advisor
will provide initial and ongoing assistance regarding the Portfolio Manager selection process.
A minimum account value of $100,000 is most commonly required for Manager Access Select, however, in
certain instances, the minimum account size may be as little as $25,000 and as high as $250,000.
Optimum Market Portfolios
We have entered into an arrangement with LPL to provide services through the Optimum Market
Portfolios Program (“OMP”), a wrap-fee program sponsored by LPL. If you contract for this service, you
must establish a brokerage account through LPL which serves as the broker/dealer and qualified
custodian. OMP offers clients the ability to participate in a professionally managed asset allocation
program using OMP Funds Class I shares.
We obtain your necessary financial data and assist you in determining the suitability of OMP and in
setting an appropriate investment objective. We assist you with opening an account and determining an
investment portfolio. Once the program minimum has been reached and a portfolio selected, LPL
purchases OMP funds in amounts appropriate for the portfolio selected. LPL is responsible for
rebalancing the account on the frequency selected jointly by you and us. There are several OMP funds
that may be purchased within an OMP account. LPL follows a strategic asset allocation investment style
in constructing portfolios for OMP clients. Asset allocation methodology is implemented by combining
investments representing various asset classes that reflect differently to varying market conditions. Thus,
if one asset class reacts negatively to certain market events, the potential exists for another asset class to
react positively. However, there is no guarantee that the use of an asset allocation strategy will produce
favorable results. We are responsible for providing you with information about the investment strategy
and the portfolios selected for you.
LPL will directly provide you with quarterly account statements (monthly when activity occurs in the
account), confirmations and performance reports.
Model Wealth Portfolios
We have an arrangement with LPL to provide services through the Model Wealth Portfolios (“MWP”)
program, a wrap-fee program sponsored by LPL. If you contract for this service you must establish a
brokerage account through LPL which serves as the broker/dealer and qualified custodian. MWP offers
clients a professionally managed mutual fund asset allocation program in which LPL, in its capacity as an
investment advisor, directs and manages specified client assets. A minimum account value of $25,000 is
required for MWP.
We obtain your necessary financial data and assist you in determining the suitability of MWP and in
setting an appropriate investment objective. We assist you in opening an account and determining an
investment portfolio designed by LPL’s Research Department. LPL’s Research Department is
responsible for selecting the mutual funds within a portfolio and for making changes to the mutual funds
selected. In certain cases, a portfolio may consist only of mutual funds within the same fund family. In
such a portfolio, LPL’s Research Department will select only those mutual funds within the fund family.
You must grant TVAMP discretionary authority to select the portfolios suitable for you and must grant LPL
discretionary authority to select investments held within portfolios and rebalance positions within the
portfolios.
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LPL follows a dynamic asset allocation investment style in constructing portfolios for MWP clients. Asset
allocation methodology is implemented by combining investments representing various asset classes that
respond differently to varying market conditions. Thus, if one asset class reacts negatively to certain
market events, the potential exists for another asset class to react positively. However, there is no
guarantee that the use of an asset allocation strategy will produce favorable results. We are responsible
for providing you with information about the investment strategy and the portfolios selected for you.
You receive quarterly account statements (monthly when activity occurs in the account), confirmations,
and performance reports directly from LPL.
Variable Sub-Account Management Services – Under our sub-account management services,
TVAMP manages your variable annuity contract by selecting, monitoring and exchanging as necessary
between sub-accounts available from the insurance company issuing the variable annuity contract.
Under this program, we assist you in completing a questionnaire which details your financial goals, risk
tolerance and time horizon. You will have the opportunity to list on your investment advisory agreement
with our firm any reasonable restrictions on the sub-accounts that may be utilized by TVAMP. You will be
responsible for notifying us of any updates regarding your financial situation, risk tolerance or investment
objective and whether you wish to impose or modify existing investment restrictions; however, we will
contact you at least annually to discuss any changes or updates regarding your financial situation, risk
tolerance or investment objectives.
Once you have provided us with the necessary information and made the appropriate authorizations,
TVAMP utilizes trading authority to place the transactions as directed by you. TVAMP may utilize signal
providers for guidance regarding investment strategies, asset allocations and timing of exchanges.
TVAMP will monitor your sub-accounts and exchange sub-accounts as necessary and in accordance with
your investment objective and risk tolerance.
Newsletters
TVAMP occasionally prepares general, educational, and informational newsletters. Newsletters are
always offered on an impersonal basis and do not focus on the needs of a specific individual.
Seminars
TVAMP may occasionally provide seminars in areas such as financial planning, retirement planning,
estate planning, college planning and charitable planning. Seminars are always offered on an impersonal
basis and do not focus on the individual needs of participants.
Workshops
TVAMP offers educational, informative and motivational workshops to the public as well as associations,
family foundations and employers. Workshops are always offered on an impersonal basis and do not
focus on the individual needs of the participants.
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Limits Advice to Certain Types of Investments
Although we generally provide advice on Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds, we reserve the
right to offer advice on any investment product that may be suitable for each client’s specific
circumstances, needs, goals and objectives.
TVAMP provides investment advice on the following types of investments:
• Mutual Funds
• Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
• Exchange-listed Securities
• Securities Traded Over-the-Counter
• Foreign Issues
• Warrants
• Corporate Debt Securities
• Commercial Paper
• Certificates of Deposit
• Municipal Securities
• Variable Annuities that have been approved for inclusion in the LPL Platform
• US Government Securities
• Options Contracts on Securities
• Interests in Partnerships Investing in Real Estate
• Interests in Partnerships Investing in Oil and Gas Interests
Different fund categories have different risk characteristics and investors should not compare different
categories. For example, a bond fund and a stock fund that both have below average risk still have
different risk/return potential (stock funds traditionally have higher risk/return potential). Risks are based
on the investments held in the fund. For example, a bond fund faces interest rate risk and income risk
and income is affected by the change in interest rates. A sector fund (investing in a single industry) is at
risk that its price will decline due to industry developments. The following are risks to consider when
investing in mutual funds:
• Call Risk: A bond issuer may redeem high-yield bonds before maturity date due to falling
interest rates.
• Default Risk: A bond issuer may fail to repay interest and principal.
• Income Risk: Dividends in a fixed income fund may decline due to falling interest rates.
• Geology Risk: Political events, natural disasters or financial problems may weaken a country
or state’s economy and cause investments to decline.
• Industry Risk: Stocks in a single industry may decline due to developments in that industry.
• Inflation Risk: Increases in the cost of living can reduce or eliminate a fund’s actual returns
when adjusted for inflation.
• Manager Risk: A manager may not execute the fund’s investment strategy in a timely or
effective manner.
When providing asset management services, TVAMP typically constructs each client’s account holdings
using Exchange Traded Funds and Mutual Funds to build diversified portfolios. We may modify our
investment strategy to accommodate special situations such as low basis stock, stock options, legacy
holdings, inheritances, closely held businesses, collectibles, or special tax situations.
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You have the ability to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments that may be purchased
in your account.
(Please refer to Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss for more
information.)
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs
TVAMP offers services through both wrap-fee programs and non-wrap fee programs. A wrap fee
program is defined as any advisory program under which a specified fee or fees not based directly upon
transactions in a client’s account is charged for investment advisory services (which may include portfolio
management or advice concerning the selection of other investment advisers) and the execution of client
transactions. Whenever a fee is charged to a client for services described in this brochure (whether wrap
fee or non-wrap fee), we will receive all or a portion of the fee charged.
WRAP Fee Program Disclosure
As representative of LPL Financial, LLC, the investment advisor representatives of TVAMP have the
ability to offer the WRAP account services conducted under the TVAMP MAP Program II though the LPL
though the SWM II program. Although clients do not pay a transaction charge for transactions in a SWM II
account, clients should be aware that TVAMP pays LPL transaction charges for those transactions. The
transaction charges paid by TVAMP vary based on the type of transaction (e.g., mutual fund, equity or
ETF) and for mutual funds based on whether or not the mutual fund pays 12b-1 fees and/or
recordkeeping fees to LPL. Transaction charges paid by the Advisor for equities are $7 and ETFs are $0-
$9. For mutual funds, the transaction charges range from $0 to $26.50. Because TVAMP pays the
transaction charges in SWM II accounts, there is a conflict of interest in cases where the mutual fund is
offered at both $0 and $26.50. Clients should understand that the cost to Advisor of transaction charges
may be a factor that TVAMP considers when deciding which securities to select and how frequently to
place transactions in a SWM II account.
In many instances, LPL makes available mutual funds in a SWM II account that offer various classes of
shares, including shares designated as Class A Shares and shares designed for advisory programs,
which can be titled, for example, as “Class I,” “institutional,” “investor,” “retail,” “service,” “administrative”
or “platform” share classes (“Platform Shares”). The Platform Share class offered for a particular mutual
fund in SWM II in many cases will not be the least expensive share class that the mutual fund makes
available and was selected by LPL in certain cases because the share class pays LPL compensation for
the administrative and recordkeeping services LPL provides to the mutual fund. Client should understand
that another financial services firm may offer the same mutual fund at a lower overall cost to the investor
than is available through SWM II. In other instances, a mutual fund may offer only Class A Shares, but
another similar mutual fund may be available that offers Platform Shares. Class A Shares typically pay
LPL a 12b-1 fee for providing shareholder services, distribution, and marketing expenses (“brokerage-
related services”) to the mutual funds. Platform Shares generally are not subject to 12b-1 fees. As a result
of the different expenses of the mutual fund share classes, it is generally more expensive for a client to
own Class A Shares than Platform Shares. An investor in Platform Shares will pay lower fees over time
and keep more of his or her investment returns than an investor who holds Class A Shares of the same
fund. Other financial services firms may offer the same mutual fund at a lower overall cost to the investor
than is available through the LPL Programs.
TVAMP has a financial incentive to recommend Class A Shares in cases where both Class A and
Platform Shares are available. This is a conflict of interest which might incline TVAMP, consciously or
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unconsciously, to render advice that is not disinteresting. Although the client will not be charged a
transaction charge for transactions, Advisor pays LPL a per transaction charge for mutual fund purchases
and sales in the account. TVAMP generally does not pay transaction charges for Class A Share mutual
fund transactions accounts, but generally does pay transaction charges for Platform Share mutual fund
transactions. The cost to TVAMP of transaction charges generally may be a factor Advisor considers
when deciding which securities to select and whether or not to place transactions in the account.
Tailor Advisory Services to Individual Needs of Clients
TVAMP’s services are always provided based on your individual needs. This means, for example, that
you are given the ability to impose restrictions on the accounts we manage for you, including specific
investment selections and sectors. We work with you on a one-on-one basis through interviews and
questionnaires to determine your investment objectives and suitability information.
Our financial planning and consulting services are always provided based on your individual needs. We
work with you on a one-on-one basis through interviews and questionnaires to determine your investment
objectives and suitability information.
However, we will not enter into an investment advisor relationship with a prospective client whose
investment objectives may be considered incompatible with our investment philosophy or strategies or
where the prospective client seeks to impose unduly restrictive investment guidelines.
When managing client accounts through our firm’s Asset Management Services program, we may
manage a client’s account in accordance with one or more investment models. When client accounts are
managed using models, investment selections are based on the underlying model and we do not develop
customized (or individualized) portfolio holdings for each client. However, the determination to use a
particular model or models is always based on each client’s individual investment goals, objectives and
mandates.
Client Assets Managed by TVAMP
The amount of client’s assets managed by us totaled $677,005,668 as of December 31, 2023.
$664,539,978 is managed on a discretionary basis and $12,465,689 is managed on a non-discretionary
basis.