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Disciplined, Tax-Aware Investment Management

Successful investment management starts with discipline. It is the cornerstone of your financial future. We manage your assets as if they were our own. We work to achieve our clients goals through appropriate growth and income, but also have a finite focus on risk and all of the competing forces that can impact a portfolio over time. Through extensive research, tactical allocation, and focused risk modeling and management, our portfolios help clients stick with their plan and achieve their long-term goals.

Who we serve: Our clients are people approaching or living in retirement, business owners balancing company and personal wealth, and busy professionals who want a credentialed fiduciary managing their investments. If that sounds like you, see how we work with pre-retirees and retirees and business owners.

Custom Portfolios

Your portfolio is built around your goals, time horizon, and comfort with risk, not a model template. We do not manage every client the same way.

Research, Not Guesswork

Allocation decisions are grounded in ongoing research and risk modeling, not headlines or short-term market predictions.

Expertise Matters

Advisors vary widely in training and depth. When you entrust your wealth to someone, you deserve a highly credentialed expert. See the experience behind your portfolio.

Discipline and Flexibility

We hold to your strategy when markets test it, and we adjust deliberately when your life or the evidence changes. Never in reaction to noise.

Long-Term Focus

Wealth is built over years, not quarters. Every decision is measured against your long-term plan, not this month's performance.

Tax-Efficient Investing

Taxes are often a portfolio's largest cost. We manage for them all year so more of your return stays yours.

How We Manage Your Portfolio

Understand you first.

Before we invest a dollar, we learn your goals, income needs, tax picture, and how much risk you are truly comfortable with. This is the foundation of your financial plan.

Build your portfolio.

We construct a diversified portfolio matched to your goals and timeline, using cost-efficient investments selected on merit. We accept no commissions, so nothing in your portfolio is there because it pays us.

Manage risk continuously.

Markets change and so do the risks in a portfolio. We monitor and rebalance with discipline, keeping your risk level where you agreed it should be.

Adjust as your life changes.

A new job, a business sale, retirement itself: when your life changes, your portfolio strategy changes with it. You will always understand what we are doing and why.

Tax-Efficient Investing, All Year Long

Most investors think about taxes once a year. We manage for them continuously. That means harvesting losses to offset gains when markets give us the opportunity, placing investments in the account types where they are taxed least, and watching the income and capital-gains thresholds that can push you into higher rates. Handled consistently, tax-efficient investing can add meaningfully to what you keep over a lifetime of investing. It also works hand in hand with our broader tax planning work, from charitable giving strategies to planning withdrawals in retirement.


Where Your Assets Are Held

Your assets are never held by Nevis Equity Advisors. They are held in your name at Charles Schwab or Altruist, two independent custodians, where you can see every holding and every transaction at any time. We direct the strategy; the custodian safeguards the assets. This separation is a core protection for you, and it is how a fiduciary firm should be structured.


What It Costs

We are a fee-only firm. Our only compensation is the transparent advisory fee you pay us directly. We earn no commissions, no product incentives, and nothing from the investments in your portfolio. 

Common Questions

How much does a financial advisor cost?
Fee structures vary widely across the industry. As a fee-only firm, we charge a transparent advisory fee and nothing else. We will show you the exact figure for your situation in our first conversation, before you make any decision.
What does it mean that you are a fiduciary?
We are legally and ethically required to put your interests first in every recommendation, at all times. Many advisors are not. Learn more in our FAQ.
Who actually holds my money?
An independent custodian, Charles Schwab or Altruist, holds your assets in your name. We never take possession of client funds.
Do you have an account minimum?
The best way to find out if we are a fit is a short conversation. There is no cost and no obligation.
Ready to talk about your portfolio? Start with a complimentary, no-obligation conversation. We will review how your money is invested today and show you what disciplined, tax-aware management would look like for you.