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What are your investment minimums and fees?

How our fee structure works and what to expect from custodial costs.

Minimums

Our suggested minimum is $25,000 on Altruist. The $25,000 minimum may be waived at our discretion based on individual circumstances — if you’re close to that threshold, talk through your situation during a consultation.

Note: If you’re coming to us through a financial adviser, we suggest a minimum of $100,000.

Our Fee

Direct clients: 1% annually on assets under management, deducted quarterly from your account based on prior quarter-end value.

Through a financial adviser: 0.5% annually, applied to the portion of your adviser’s client accounts managed under our strategies.

Our advisory fee is our primary source of revenue. We don’t earn commissions or referral fees.

Third-Party Costs

The vast majority of our trading incurs no transaction fees. In some cases we trade securities — certain mutual funds, for example — that carry a small transaction cost. These pass through to your account; we don’t receive them.

Custodians (Altruist, Schwab) may also charge fees for certain account actions like outgoing transfers. We do not receive any portion of custodian fees. Their policies vary and change over time.

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For a complete description of our fee arrangements, see our Form ADV Part 2A. Ethical Capital LLC (CRD #316032), a state-registered investment adviser in Utah. Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training.

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