This Disclosure document is being offered to you by O’Domhnaill Enterprises, Inc., which
conducts its advisory business under the name, O’Donnell Wealth Management
(“OWM” or “Firm”). This Brochure discloses information about the services that we
provide and the way those services are made available to you, the client. O’Donnell
Wealth Managementbecame a licensed investment advisor inSeptember 2022. The firm is
wholly owned by the Stephen Patrick O’Donnell Sr. and Sue Jean O’Donnell Living Trust.
Stephen P. O’Donnell Sr. and his wife Sue J. O’Donnell serve as trustees for the Stephen
Patrick O’Donnell Sr. and Sue Jean O’Donnell Living Trust. Sue Jean and Stephen
O’Donnell are affiliated, indirect owners of OWM. Stephen O’Donnell Jr. is the Chief
Compliance Officer of the Firm.
We are committed to helping clients build, manage, and preserve their wealth. Our Firm
provides services that help clients to achieve their stated financial goals. We will offer
initial complimentary meetings upon our discretion; however, investment advisory
services are initiated only after you and OWM execute an Investment Management
Agreement.
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION SERVICES
We manage advisory accounts on a discretionary basis. For discretionary accounts, once
we have determined a profile and investment plan with a client, we will execute the
day-to-day transactions without seeking prior client consent but within the expected
investment guidelines. Account supervision is guided by the client’s written profile and
investment plan.We will accept accounts with certain trading restrictions if
circumstances warrant. We primarily allocate client assets among cash, individual stocks,
exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), corporate bonds, municipal bonds, and U.S.
Government Treasuries in accordance with their stated investment objectives, and
mutual funds.We generally invest Client’s cash balances in money market funds.
Ultimately, we try to achieve the highest return on our client’s cash balances through
relatively low-risk and conservative investments. In most cases, at least a partial cash
balance will be maintained in a money market account so that our firm may debit
advisory fees for our services related to this service.
During personal discussions with clients, we determine the client’s objectives, time
horizons, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs. As appropriate, we also review a client’s
prior investment history, as well as family composition and background. Based on client
needs, we develop a client’s personal profile and investment plan. We then create and
manage the client’s investments based on that policy and plan. It is the client’s
obligation to notify us immediately if circumstances have changed with respect to their
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goals. Once we have determined the types of investments to be included in a client’s
portfolio and have allocated the assets, we provide ongoing investment review and
management services.
Financial planning is included within our investment management services for all
accounts.
Financial planning services can include asset allocation, estate planning, insurance needs
analysis, business retirement planning, and retirement planning/analysis. OWM will
customize the deliverables based on each individual clients’ needs.
Clients should be aware that:
a) a conflict exists between the interests of the investment adviser and the interests
of the client,
b) the client is under no obligation to act upon the investment adviser's
recommendation, and
c) if the client elects to act on any of the recommendations, the client is under no
obligation to effect the transaction through the investment adviser OWM
With our discretionary relationship, we will make changes to the portfolio, as we deem
appropriate, to meet client financial objectives. We trade these portfolios based on the
combination of our market views and client objectives, using our investment process.
We tailor our advisory services to meet the needs of our clients and seek to ensure that
your portfolio is managed in a manner consistent with those needs and objectives.
Clients have the ability to leave standing instructions with us to refrain from investing in
particular industries or invest in limited amounts of securities.
Clients may engage us to advise on certain investment products that are not maintained
at our Firm’s recommended custodian, such as variable life insurance, annuity contracts,
and assets held in employer sponsored retirement plans. Where appropriate, we provide
advice about any type of held away account that is part of a client portfolio.
You are advised and are expected to understand that our past performance is not a
guarantee of future results. Certain market and economic risks exist that adversely affect
an account’s performance. This could result in capital losses in your account.
WRAP FEE PROGRAM
Our Firm provides its advisory services as part of a wrap fee program. A wrap fee
program is an arrangement where brokerage commissions and transaction costs are
absorbed by the Firm. The fee covers transaction costs or commissions resulting from
the management of your accounts. Participants in the Program may pay a higher
aggregate fee than if brokerage services are purchased separately. Additional
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information about the Program is available in OWM’s Wrap Brochure, which appears as
Part 2A Appendix 1 of the Firm’s Form ADV. Our “wrap” fee may be more or less than the
fees and commissions charged by other advisory firms, third-party managers, and
brokerage firms if the services were acquired separately.
LPL FINANCIALSPONSOREDADVISORYPROGRAMS
We 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 our Firm. 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.
LPLPROGRAM, SWM IIACCOUNT
All client accounts managed by our firm will utilize the LPL SWM II account program.
Although clients do not pay a transaction charge for transactions in a
SWM II account,
clients should be aware that our Firm pays LPL transaction charges for those
transactions.
Custodians such as LPL are compensated for their services which include, but are not
limited to execution, custody and reporting. LPL can charge a fixed percentage fee for its
services based upon the dollar amount of the assets placed in its custody and/or on
their platform (for example: if LPL was to charge an annual percentage of the market
value of the client assets in its custody, the fee would include the execution of all
account transactions). This is referred to as an “Asset-Based Fee.” In the alternative,
rather than a fixed percentage fee based upon the market value of the assets in its
custody, LPL could charge a separate fee for the execution of each transaction. This is
referred to as a “Transaction-Based Fee.” Under a Transaction Based fee, the amount of
total fees charged to the client account for trade execution will vary depending upon the
number of transactions that are placed for the account. Our Firm has entered into an
Asset Based Pricing (“ABP”) arrangement with LPL Financial, which covers all program
transaction fees, including ticket charges, commissions, and other charges for trading
and custody. Because LPL’s ABP fee is based on a percentage of the value of all program
assets other than assets invested or held in cash, money market funds, non transaction
fee mutual funds, and commission-free exchange traded funds (collectively the
“Non-ABP Funds”), a conflict of interest exists as our Firm has an economic incentive to
allocate or reallocate program clients assets into Non-ABP-Funds to reduce its overall
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costs under the ABP arrangement. Because our Firm cannot predict the markets and the
amount of trading that will occur in a client account, our Firm generally favors
Asset-Based pricing within its wrap program offering because it will fix the amount of
the fee paid in relation to trade execution, regardless of the number of transactions that
are placed for the account. Our recommendation that a client enter into an Asset-Based
pricing agreement with the account broker-dealer/custodian would depend upon
whether, based upon anticipated account size and activity, our Firm reasonably believes
that the client would benefit from the available pricing arrangement. However, account
investment decisions are often more heavily driven by security selection and anticipated
market conditions, as opposed to the amount of commission/transaction fees payable
by clients to the account broker-dealer/custodian. However, our Firm, on an annual
basis, will conduct a sampling to confirm its belief (given the inability to predict the
markets and the corresponding amount of trading that will occur) that Asset-Based
pricing continues to be beneficial for its clients. Clients may request at any time to
switch between Asset-Based pricing and Transaction-Based pricing arrangements,
however, there can be no assurance that the volume of transactions will be consistent
from year-to-year given changes in market events and security selection. Therefore,
given the variances in trading volume and pricing arrangements, any decision by clients
to switch between Asset-Based or Transaction-Based pricing could prove to be
economically disadvantageous. Our annual investment advisory fee shall be prorated
and paid quarterly, in advance, based upon the average daily market value of the client’s
account.
DISCLOSURE REGARDING ROLLOVER RECOMMENDATIONS
A client or prospect leaving an employer typically has four options regarding an existing
retirement plan (and may engage in a combination of these options): (i) leave the money
in the former employer’s plan, if permitted, (ii) roll over the assets to the new
employer’s plan, if one is available and rollovers are permitted, (iii) rollover to an
Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”), or (iv) cash out the account value (which could,
depending upon the client’s age, result in adverse tax consequences). Our Firm may
recommend an investor roll over plan assets to an IRA for which our Firm provides
investment advisory services. As a result, our Firm and its representatives may earn an
asset-based fee. In contrast, a recommendation that a client or prospective client leave
their plan assets with their previous employer or roll over the assets to a plan sponsored
by a new employer will generally result in no compensation to our Firm. Our Firm
therefore has an economic incentive to encourage a client to roll plan assets into an IRA
that our Firm will manage, which presents a conflict of interest. To mitigate the conflict
of interest, there are various factors that our Firm will consider before recommending a
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rollover, including but not limited to: (i) the investment options available in the plan
versus the investment options available in an IRA, (ii) fees and expenses in the plan
versus the fees and expenses in an IRA, (iii) the services and responsiveness of the plan’s
investment professionals versus those of our Firm, (iv) protection of assets from
creditors and legal judgments, (v) required minimum distributions and age
considerations, and (vi) employer stock tax consequences, if any. All rollover
recommendations are also reviewed by our Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer in a best
effort to determine that the recommendation to a client was reasonable or that the
client has determined to make the rollover after being provided ample information
about their options. No client is under any obligation to roll over plan assets to an IRA
advised by our Firm or to engage our Firm to monitor and/or advise on the account
while maintained with the client's employer. Our Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer
remains available to address any questions that a client or prospective client has
regarding this disclosure.
We are fiduciaries under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and when we provide
investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or individual
retirement account, we are also 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. We have to act in your best interest and not put
our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money creates some
conflicts with your interests.
ASSETS
As of December 31, 2022, our Firm has $55,201,580 discretionary assets under
management, and $0 non-discretionary assets under management.