Cincinnati-based investment management for clients across the country.
Get StartedWealthquest believes that for every given level of return we are trying to achieve for our clients, we can minimize the amount of risk it takes to achieve that return. Our wealth management team ascribes to the time-tested investment strategy of diversified asset allocation through buying mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and alternative investment vehicles.
Get StartedWe couple that approach with consistent and opportunistic rebalancing and a mandate to remain fully invested across all market cycles. Our process is built on a foundation of managing risk and volatility in client portfolios to provide consistent and durable returns that will allow our clients to meet their financial goals and achieve peace of mind through all market cycles. In our approach to investment management, we keep these core beliefs at the center of our portfolio construction decisions:
We believe in diversifying risk across multiple asset classes including U.S. stocks, international stocks, bonds, and alternative products. Varying correlation between these asset classes allows us to provide our clients with less volatile and more durable returns across a variety of market conditions that will inevitably present themselves in future years.
We believe large swaths of the markets are semi-efficient - the information about companies is widely known and readily available to the masses. This efficiency makes it difficult for anyone to consistently outperform the broader market. At the same time, we recognize that some asset classes (ie: emerging markets) are not as efficient and therefore we often employ a more active approach when investing in them.
Portfolio costs detract from overall performance and can have a detrimental compounding effect over time. Therefore, our objective is to manage portfolios with total expenses (expense ratios) that are lower than the industry average. We do this by using mostly passive, low-cost index funds in the efficient asset classes and leveraging the power of active management where they are proven to add value.
We employ tax-loss harvesting strategies when market conditions are favorable, helping to offset gains and reduce your tax burden.
Our retirement income strategies are designed to provide stable cash flow throughout retirement, ensuring you’re well-supported in every phase.
We opportunistically rebalance your investment portfolio to keep it aligned with your goals and risk tolerance, optimizing for long-term growth and stability.
Our investment approach is integrated with your financial plan, ensuring all decisions support your broader financial goals.
We strategically position investments across account types to maximize tax efficiency, enhancing after-tax returns.
Our investment and tax teams work closely together to ensure your investments align with your current tax strategy.
We remain independent from fund companies, giving us the flexibility to choose investments based solely on your best interests.
When appropriate, we incorporate alternative investments to diversify your portfolio and create additional growth opportunities.
Market volatility is an unnerving, yet normal, component of investing. And while history shows us that the market is positive a vast majority of the time, it’s not easy sitting through negative market cycles. In fact, strong down markets often leave investors with an urge to avoid the pain of loss by getting ‘out’ of the market altogether. Often a mistake, this reaction can lead to an outcome that feels better in the moment but can be detrimental to one’s long-term financial health.
Source: Morningstar. This chart is for illustrative purposes only. This analysis does not include transaction costs, which could reduce an investor’s return. Growth of $10,000 in the S&P 500 1/31/40 - 12/31/21
We believe in powering a solid financial plan with a thoughtful and enduring investment strategy. This allows an investor to view immediate market volatility within the context of their goals and gives them confidence to remain invested, participating in market growth over time. To use an analogy, the market is like a boy with a yo-yo walking up a hill. The yo-yo repeatedly goes up and down, but that’s not where investors should fix their gaze. Rather, we should step back and see the bigger picture – that the boy is ascending a hill and covering a lot of ground.
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