Financial Planning
YOU
ONE PLAN
Cash Flow
Tax
Retirement
Risk
Estate
Investments
Business
Investment Strategy
01Process over prediction
02Valuation always matters
03Fear creates opportunity
04Quality at the right price
05Our best ideas, at real size
What we believe, behind every portfolio
A process you can see. A plan you can trust.
SCORE YOUR PLANOur process
Most people think they have a financial plan. They don't.
Five steps
Know where you are, where you’re going, and the decisions that close the gap.
01
Discover
Where you stand. Where you're headed. One clear view.
02
Analyze
Find out which parts of your plan are working hard, and which are quietly costing you.
03
Strategize
We develop a plan, built around your real goals, explained in plain language.
04
Implement
Practical steps, carried out by one coordinated team.
05
Review
Have a plan that adjusts as life does, so it never goes stale.
EVERY REVIEW STARTS THE LOOP AGAIN
What we score
Cash Flow
Make every dollar work toward your goals.
Tax Planning
Don't give the IRS more than you have to.
Retirement
Know if you're on track and what moves to make next.
Risk Management
Spot risks early and protect what matters.
Estate Planning
Understand what you've built and how to protect it.
Investment Strategy
Align risk, performance, fees, and taxes with your goals.
Business Strength
Grow business value while reducing owner dependence.
Same goals. Two approaches.
AVERAGE APPROACHES
May start with a product to sell
A one-time plan you may never revisit
Tax, legal, and investing handled separately
RESULT: A PLAN THAT ISN'T REVISITED
THE LEGACY PLAN
Starts with your goals and your score
Ongoing, and it changes as your life does
One team: planner, CPA, and attorney together
EDGE: A PLAN YOU ACTUALLY USE
Your team
YOU
ONE PLAN
LEGACY
Your planner. We build the plan, track your score, and bring in the right expert when you need one.
CPAs
Tax, legal and accounting teams that works with the rest of your plan, all year, not just in April.
ATTORNEYS
Wills, trusts, and business agreements, drafted to fit your plan.
SPECIALISTS
Insurance and lending experts, brought in only when your plan calls for it.
What we believe
Markets are efficient long-term, and emotional short-term.
01
Efficient long-term, emotional short-term
We turn headlines into chances to own quality businesses.
02
Process over prediction
We judge quality and price paid, not forecasts.
03
Valuation always matters
Every position carries a real margin of safety.
04
Opportunity is found
We hunt for quality the market has mispriced.
05
Concentration, with discipline
We own our best ideas at real size.
Same market. Two responses.
AVERAGE APPROACHES
Even weight across everything, with no real view
Rebalance on the calendar, regardless of price
Passive funds that accept the market as-is
RESULT: MAY NOT TRACK THE MARKET
THE LEGACY APPROACH
Buy quality when fear pushes prices down
Rebalance when price and value split apart
Own our best ideas, sized to conviction
EDGE: A PROACTIVE, PROVEN PROCESS
How we screen stocks
Every company is scored on five measures and ranked within its own sector. We buy from the top.
500 COMPANIES
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↓ THE SHORTLIST WE BUY FROM
1
Quality
Return on invested capital. Weighted most heavily.
2
Value
Earnings and free cash flow compared with the price paid.
3
Momentum
Is the market’s view improving? Six- and twelve-month returns.
4
Balance Sheet
Net debt compared with the earnings that pay for it.
5
Analyst Targets
How far it trades below the average analyst price target.
Illustrative. The counts show how a screen narrows the market, not this quarter's results.
Where does your plan actually stand?
See your score across all categories in just a few minutes.