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SCHNIEDERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Schnieders Capital Management mission is to enhance the financial well-being of individuals and institutions by creating custom tailored portfolios that meet specific needs while providing outstanding investment advice and customer service. The portfolios we create diversify risk across industry groups and across asset classes, including equities and fixed income. Our clients are primarily in the Pasadena and greater Los Angeles Basin, but we also service many clients that are geographically dispersed across the United States. Mission Statement Structure of Schnieders Capital Schnieders Capital Management (SCM) is a horizontally integrated firm. This means we personally handle the core functions of analyzing companies, building portfolios and communicating with clients. Back office, payroll, accounting, and technology services have been outsourced to local and regional firms, all of whom have been integrated into our communications network. This structure allows our firm much greater flexibility in rendering investment advice. We have access to a broad range of research, a large inventory of bonds (both municipal and corporate) and other fixed income instruments. Furthermore, we are able to work with a number of different brokerage firms. Our prime broker is Pershing, a subsidiary of Bank of New York. Pershing has offered our clients attractive commission prices, and is one of the top brokers on the New York Stock exchange, executing approximately 3% of all daily trades on the NYSE and providing custody for over $250 billion of client assets. Pershing also clears for over 800 firms including broker dealers and Registered Investment Advisors.
Investment Research Exhaustive investment research is our key to providing clients real value in the market. Schnieders Capital Management has the resources necessary through its own computers and via access to proprietary and industry databases to which we subscribe, to perform fundamental analysis on thousands of companies across all US industries. These data points are then filtered to look at attractive valuations, earnings growth, future growth potential, earnings stability, dividends, competition, and possible future catalysts to find appropriate investments for our clients based upon their unique profile. In addition, Schnieders Capital Management has sell disciplines based on valuation, peer group performance, deteriorating fundamentals, event risk and technical factors. In fact, SCM has computer systems that automatically search for these factors across stocks which we own and are monitoring. We feel we are somewhat unique given the size of our firm, in that we generate our own ideas, and utilize Wall Street Research as a starting point, which is then filtered through the variables we deem to be important. The end result of all this is a highly specialized firm wherein we provide a setting in which we work with our clients and make investment decisions on a personalized basis, rather than be thrown into a large corporate environment marked by answering machines and a revolving personnel. SCHNIEDERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Your professional and financial successare often accompanied by wealth management challenges. At Schnieders Capital Management, we develop a financial plan based on your risk profile, tolerances, long term goals, and short term needs. SCM will then custom tailor a portfolio of high quality, blue chip companies that can help provide the current income and long term appreciation to help you meet your specific financial needs. We are committed to delivering financial solutions enhanced by meetings and feedback we receive from you. We take pride in the fact that we enjoy numerous long-term client relationships, and service family groups and corporations, often across multiple generations. . Our setting offers a small, personal firm where you work with senior professionals who make investment decisions. We offer only customized investment advice based upon years of experience. (Pasadena Offices) Let our 90+ years of investment experience set the direction of your investment portfolio to help preserve and enhance your wealth!
Benefits of Working with SCM • Meetings with Portfolio Managers-Consult with senior portfolio managers on a personal basis. Receive professional investment advice, with a well diversified portfolio designed to meet your exact needs. • Technology -Access to your portfolios and account information 24 hours a day through our website, or automated telephone directory, in addition to monthly statements. Access to customized financial reports on your holdings during meetings provided through a host of financial technology databases available to SCM. • Market Reports -Save time and stayed informed with quarterly market updates, trends and projections. • Goals & Planning -Set financial goals and get specialized assistance to help you meet your financial objectives. • Diversification -SCM creates diversified and well-balanced portfolios to help you meet your long term needs and reduce risk for your financial security. • Competitive Fees -Since SCM is a horizontally integrated firm, our expenses are lower than many of our competitors. These savings are passed on to you. In deed, our fees are lower than most mutual funds. SCHNIEDERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Meet the Team William H. Schnieders Principal bill@schniederscapital.com Bill is the founder of SCM, along with his son Jim. He has spent forty years in the investment industry as a broker, analyst, and a portfolio manager. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley, where he majored in finance. He received his MBA from New York University's graduate school at night after two years of service in the United States Military Counter Intelligence Program. Bill began his investment career with Dean Witter in New York, and later became a partner with BWA Associates in Los Angeles. After BWA was purchased in the early 70's, Bill joined Smith Barney as Vice President of their portfolio advisory group. During this time, Bill was also involved as an adjunct professor of finance at the Pepperdine graduate school of business administration. In 1984, Bill joined Paine Webber as a Senior Vice President of Investments, and a Senior Portfolio manager for their portfolio management group, where he was employed until the founding of SCM. James F. Schnieders, CFAPrincipal jim@schniederscapital.com Jim worked at William O'Neil + Co Inc. for nine years before founding SCM. William O'Neil is a highly regarded institutional investment firm and owns one of the world's largest equity research databases. While at O'Neil, Jim specialized in providing investment research, ideas, and advice to some of the top financial institutions in the United States and in Asia. Jim attended college at UCLA and graduated with honors. In addition, he has also earned a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation. Jim is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) as well as a member of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts.
John C. Schnieders, CFAPrincipal john@schniederscapital.com John Schnieders CFA, CFP®, joined Schnieders Capital Management in an Principal capacity on July 1, 2006. Before joining SCM, John worked for 12 years at William O'Neil & Company, which is an institutional investment advisor, as well as the parent company of the Investors Business Daily newspaper. While At William O'Neil & Company, John worked for over two years as an analyst directly with the company's founder Bill O'Neil, and for eight years advising institutional clients in the United States and Canada on the composition and allocation of investment portfolios. John holds a CFA or Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Furthermore, John is also CFP® or Certified Financial Planner, and is responsible for heading client financial planning at Schnieders Capital Management. John completed his undergraduate course work at UCLA where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Donovan Garcia Donovan@schniederscapital.com Prior to working with Schnieders Capital Management, Donovan Garcia was a partner and portfolio manager for CapitalWorks Investment Partners in San Diego. CapitalWorks’ products included a Long/Short hedge fund and a Small/Mid Cap growth fund, both managed by the partners. The firm launched in 1998 with $17 million in client assets, which they grew to $1.2 billion. Before CapitalWorks, from 1995 to 1998, Donovan was an analyst at William O’Neil & Co. where he selected and analyzed stocks directly for Mr. O’Neil. Part of a select team, he used both fundamental and technical analysis to help manage the firm’s premier institutional “buy” list. He developed a quantitative system for stock selection that optimized and analyzed the firm’s proprietary database. Growth variables for the model were derived from exhaustive historical studies as well as insights from the nation’s leading money managers. While in the US Air Force from 1985 to 1992, Donovan directed control of the Strategic Air Command’s underground Nuclear communication systems, tested and developed pre-internet e-mail and LAN components, worked in the jungles of Honduras as an advisor to the government during the Iran/Contra ordeal and completed his career aboard the most technologically advanced version of Air Force One during the George Bush Sr. administration. He earned his BS in Engineering Sciences from the United States Air Force Academy and his MBA from the University of Nebraska. Donovan has been in the investment industry since 1993. SCHNIEDERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Wanda Bautista wanda@schniederscapital.com Most of our existing clients will know Wanda for her upbeat attitude and cheerful disposition. Wanda is highly organized and does a great job of handling many different tasks, including day to day client requests. Before working at Schnieders Capital Management, Wanda had worked as Bill's executive assistant at UBS Paine Webber. Prior to working at UBS Paine Webber, Wanda worked in the administrative office at Pacific Alliance Hospital. Sue Speedsue@schniederscapital.com Sue Speed joined Schnieders Capital Management in September 2002. Sue is a highly-skilled professional who is proficient in many computer software programs. She opens new accounts, updates cost basis, and assists in client services. She also brings much administrative experience to Schnieders Capital Management. Sue worked at UBS Paine Webber as a Client Service Associate from May 2000 to September 2002. SCHNIEDERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC