Our Approach

We replaced the typical sales process with a planning process.

Most wealth firms ask "can we manage your money?" before they ask "what are you trying to do?" We work the other way around.

The CWT process

Four steps. Roughly 90 days to a real plan.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Week 1

    A 90-minute conversation about what you're navigating, what you own, what you want next, and whether we're the right fit. No commitment.

  2. 02

    Design

    Weeks 2–8

    Three structured meetings. Meeting 1: cash flow and investments. Meeting 2: tax and estate. Meeting 3: the integrated plan and the specific decisions in front of you.

  3. 03

    Deliver

    Month 3 onward

    We implement the plan with you. Account opening, asset transfers, beneficiary updates, tax-loss harvesting, the work.

  4. 04

    Review

    Quarterly, ongoing

    Quarterly check-ins. On-demand access between. One advisor, one team, one source of truth on your financial life.

Investment philosophy

We manage what we can control.

Evidence-based, low-cost portfolio construction. We build globally diversified portfolios using low-cost vehicles and the academic evidence on long-term returns. No hot funds, no themes of the quarter.

Tax-aware implementation. Asset location across taxable, tax-deferred, and Roth accounts is where most of the real alpha lives. We sequence contributions, withdrawals, and rebalancing accordingly.

We don't pick stocks, time markets, or chase products. Costs, taxes, behavior, and discipline — that's the controllable list. We work the controllable list, repeatedly.

Fees & minimums

Stated visibly. Not buried.

You shouldn't have to ask twice for what we charge or who we're built for.

Investment management
From 1.00%

Tiered fee schedule starting at 1.00% on the first $1M, declining thereafter. Full schedule available upon request.

Financial planning
Included

Bundled with the management fee. We do not charge separately for planning, projections, or coordination with your other professionals.

Minimum
$2.5M

In investable assets — or $500K+ annual household income with a clear path to the minimum within 24 months.

What we don't do

The shortlist of things we'll send you elsewhere for.

  • We don't sell insurance products on commission.
  • We don't manage 401(k) accounts at your current employer (we coordinate).
  • We don't take small accounts under the minimum — it's not fair to anyone.
  • We don't pretend to be tax attorneys or estate attorneys.

Considering a transition? Start with a conversation.

A 30-minute call, no slide deck. We'll tell you whether we're the right fit — or who is.