Top Financial Advisors in Oakbrook Terrace, IL

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Capital Strategies Investment Group (CSIG) manages assets for high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth individuals, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans and corporations.

The advisory team includes three chartered financial analysts (CFAs), one accredited investment fiduciarie (AIF) and one certified private wealth advisor (CPWA).

The firm doesn't require a set minimum investment to open an account.

Capital Strategies Investment Group Background 

Barbara Best, Nancy Rizzuto and Will Woodall founded CSIG in 2009. Alison Bettonville, Mike Rarey and Mike Warford have since joined them as principals.

The firm provides customized investment advisory services on a discretionary basis that includes comprehensive financial planning. It also provides investment consulting or services on a non-discretionary basis, where it may recommend one or more unaffiliated investment managers. Additionally, CSIG extends its services to plan sponsors of corporate retirement plans such as 401(k) plans and pensions.

Capital Strategies Investment Group Investing Strategies

CSIG designs diversified portfolios that aim for high returns consistent with the risk tolerance of the client. To achieve diversification, the firm explores different asset classes, industries and investment styles. Depending on the client's investment goals and financial profile, the firm may create portfolios with: 

• No-load mutual funds
• Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
• Limited partnerships
• Collective trusts
• Equities
• Fixed income

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Harvest Investment Services, which also maintains branches in California, Indiana and Pennsylvania, is a fee-based firm whose advisors hold multiple certifications, including accredited investment fiduciarie (AIF), certified financial planner (CFP), certified estate planner (CEP), certified kingdom advisor (CKA) and certified investment management analyst (CIMA). 

The firm's financial professionals also may be licensed as independent insurance agents who earn commissions for selling insurance products like annuities. This is separate and in addition to its advisory fees. This practice may present a potential conflict of interest because they have a financial incentive to recommend insurance products to you. However, the firm's fiduciary obligation means it must always act in clients' best interests.

To open an account with Harvest Investment, you’d generally need a minimum investment of $25,000. As this suggests, the firm primarily works with individuals who do not have a high net worth. It also serves pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities. 

Harvest Investment Services Background 

Tim J. Newell founded Harvest Investment in 2011 and is the majority owner through Harvest Financial Planning, LLC. He serves as managing director, while Fred Newell, director of operations, and John Alyo, director of investments and trading, have small stakes. Founder Newell notes in his online bio that the firm is a "stewardship company," which means, he says, "We recognize that everything we have been entrusted with ultimately belongs to God."

Harvest Investment provides discretionary portfolio management services either through or not through a wrap fee program. It also offers non-discretionary investment services (to a limited degree), financial planning and consulting, selection of other advisors and pension consulting services.

Harvest Investment Services Investing Strategies

Harvest Investment Services focuses on tactical investing through its proprietary AlphaSolutions models. The nine models are: 

• Conservative Growth and Income - primarily aims for dividend income with moderate growth. It also seeks to limit equity market volatility by limiting its exposure to equities. 
• Low Volatility - aims for equity growth while reducing volatility with positions that historically have mitigated downside risk 
• Multi-Sector Fixed Income - seeks long-term positive returns by investing in high-ranked sectors within the fixed income market 
• Tactical Response - utilizes artificial intelligence to spot market trends for growth and downside risk controls. It also aims for long-term growth by investing in major indices at a time when they are trending or advancing. 
• 13/50 - seeks long-term growth by investing in major indices when they are trending or advancing 
• Daily Harvest - seeks short-term growth by buying and selling leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to reach a 1% profit target due to the large daily price variability
• High Yield Income - seeks to produce a high level of risk-adjusted income
• Ascend - aims for long-term growth of capital by investing in high-ranked equities during bull markets
• Momentum - seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in high-ranked global equity classes

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Sage Private Wealth Group, LLC (SPWG) works with both high-net-worth and non-high-net-worth individuals, as well as charitable organizations.

As a fee-based firm, some advisors at SPWG could be licensed to sell insurance and investment products, and could earn commissions on those transactions. However, the firm has a fiduciary duty to put client interests first.

The advisor team includes one certified financial planner (CFP).

SPWG clients are alsocharged investment management fees that are based on a percentage of assets under management, ranging between 0.4% for clients with account balances higher than $75 million to 1.25% for clients with account balances of up to $500,000.

Sage Private Wealth Group Background

The firm was founded as a limited liability company in 2014. The sole owners of SPWG are Khaled Awad Taha and Noha ElShareif-Taha.

The firm manages and evaluates portfolios based on client goals and objectives. Services include:

• Investment management
• Financial planning
• Retirement planning
• Estate planning
• Tax planning
• Education planning
• Business planning
• Charitable planning
• Insurance services

Sage Private Wealth Group Investment Strategy

Around four-fifths of all the money managed by Sage is put into mutual funds. Stocks, bonds and cash holdings are also used. The firm uses long-term purchases (securities held for more than one year), short-term purchases (securities held less than one year), active trading (securities held for fewer than 30 days) and margin transactions. 

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T2 Asset Management works with more than 500 individuals, most of whom do not have a high net worth. Clients of this fee-based firm need at $100,000 to open an investment account, though T2 may waive the minimum at its discretion.

The team includes two chartered financial advisors (CFAs), two chartered retirement plan consultants (CRPCs), one certified financial planner (CFP), one accredited investment fiduciary (AIF) and one chartered market technician (CMT). Most advisors are also licensed insurance agents and one is a broker, so they receive commissions from third parties on top of client fees.

T2 Asset Management Background 

Dragan Timotic and Kenneth S. Tomko, the two Ts in the firm name, founded T2 Asset Management in 2013. Chicago Magazine recognized Tomko as a Five Star Wealth Manager from 2015 to 2017. The two founders own the firm, while Paul Novak, a senior wealth manager, has a small stake. 

The firm is primarily in the business of providing customized portfolio management services on a discretionary basis through separately managed accounts. Additionally, it offers wealth-planning services, business-advisory services and 401(k) consultative services. 

T2 Asset Management Investing Strategies

The investment team at T2 allocates client assets across different tactical investment models. In constructing these models, the firm generally uses fundamental analysis to evaluate securities.

For clients seeking income strategies, the firm can build diversified bond portfolios. T2 can also customize accounts based on the specific needs and demands of a client. 

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Spotlight Asset Group manages assets for non-high-net-worth and high-net-worth individuals. The fee-only firm also works with businesses, charitable organizations and pensions and profit-sharing plans.

The firm has branches in Ann Arbor, Michigan, San Diego and Calabasas in California and Irving, Texas.

To open an investment account, a client generally needs at least $500,000 in assets. Spotlight may waive this minimum at its discretion.

Spotlight Asset Group Background 

CEO Stephen A. Greco founded the firm in 2017. Prior to that, he was the director of wealth management at Creative Planning. He is Spotlight Asset's majority owner. 

The firm's main business is providing dicretionary portfolio management services. It does this either through or not through a wrap fee program that it manages and sponsors. Spotlight Asset also offers investment advisory services on a non-discretionary basis, as well as financial planning, which is included for investment accounts with at least $500,000.  

Spotlight Asset Group Investment Strategies 

Spotlight advisors develop investment strategies and asset allocations based on clients' financial information and goals. In evaluating securities, it uses cyclical and fundamental methods of analysis. As investing strategies, it may use long-term purchases (securities held for at least a year), short-term purchases (securities sold within a year), trading (securities sold within 30 days), margin transactions and options.

The firm can provide advice on: 

• Exchange-listed securities such as stocks
• Foreign issues
• Warrants
• Corporate debt securities and commercial paper
• Certificates of deposit (CDs)
• Municipal securities
• Variable life insurance 
• Variable annuities
• Mutual fund shares
• U.S. government securities
• Options contracts (including on securities)
• Interests in partnerships investing in real estate
• Futures contracts
• Oil and gas interests
• Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs)
• Private placements
• Alternative investments

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Dillow Wealth Management is a fee-based firm, as advisors can earn commissions for selling insurance products. While this is a conflict of interest, all must still act in the best interest of the client when acting as an advisor.

The firm works with a fairly small list of individauls, around two-thirds of which are not high-net-worth. That said, there is no minimum account size. The only institutional client at the firm is a pooled investment vehicle.

The team at Dillow includes one certified financial planner (CFP).

Dillow Wealth Management Background

The firm was founded in 2021 and is owned by Timothy L. Dillow, Christopher L. Hughes and John A. Staab.

Services include investment management, financial planning, trust and estate planning, retirement planning, distribution planning, tax planning and education planning.

Dillow Wealth Management Investment Strategy

Dillow manages client assets under both discretionary and non-discretionary terms. Around half of the money managed at the firm is put into individual stocks, with another third going into bonds. Mutual funds represent just under one quarter, and a small amount of money is held as cash.

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Parkview Asset Management provides a variety of financial services to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates and retirement plans. A large majority of its clients are individuals, though. The firm offers its services on a discretionary basis, meaning it does not need to consult with clients before making changes to their portfolios.

Parkview, which charges hourly fees for financial planning at a rate of up to $500 per hour, also sponsors a wrap-fee program.

The firm is also known to clients under its affiliated business name Wealth Planning Network, which offers various investments and insurance products and services.

Parkview Asset Management Background

Parkview, which was founded in 2020, is owned and operated by Michael Jankowski. He is also president and CEO of Parkview affiliate Wealth Planning Network. Tom Carroll is the vice president and holds the Series 7 and Series 66 registrations, as well as life, health and long-term care insurance licenses.

Parkview Asset Management Investment Strategy

The firm primarily uses mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, stocks, bonds and independent managers in constructing portfolios that reflects its long-term approach to wealth generation and preservation. Parkview works with clients to identify their investment goals and objectives, as well as risk tolerance and financial situation in order to create a portfolio strategy. Parkview will then construct an investment portfolio, consisting of low-cost, diversified mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETF).

The firm may also utilize individual stocks, bonds, options contracts or unaffiliated money managers to meet the needs of its clients and may retain certain types of investments based on a client’s legacy investments based on portfolio fit and tax considerations. 

Finally, Parkview maintains an ongoing personal client contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment management and related advisory services.