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Mountain Lake
Own Your Income!

Specializing in Family Financial Planning for Employees
who receive Equity Compensation Packages

Owl & Ore is a fee only financial planning firm
serving the Bay Area and beyond

Owl & Ore works with families to help understand equity income plans

 

Incentive Stock Options

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  • Creating an exercise and selling schedule

  • Qualifying dispositions

  • Private vs public ISOs

  • Alternative Minimum Taxes

Non-Qualified Stock Options

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  • Exercising considerations

  • Effects on ordinary income taxes, social security taxes and medicare

  • Holding strategies after exercise

 

Restricted Stock Units

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  • Treatment as income or an  investment

  • Private RSUs, single and double trigger events

Employee Stock Purchasing Plans

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  • Enrollment, offering and purchase periods

  • Discount element

  • Lookback features

  • Qualifying dispositions

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Stock Appreciation Rights & Phantom Stock

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  • Stock appreciation versus stock value

  • Timing of exercise and resulting taxation creation

  • Choosing between SARs and RSUs.

Owl & Ore provides the following financial planning services

 Financial Standing

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  • Cash flow analysis

  • Income maximization

  • Cash reserve and cash investing

  • Employee benefits maximazation

 Asset and Personal Protection

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  • Life and disability insurance strategies

  • Home owner and Insurance review and strategies

  • Cash reserve and cash investing

 Investment Management Services

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  • Risk tolerance assessment

  • Tax efficient account strategies

  • Tax efficient investment strategies

  • Personalized portfolio design

 Tax planning

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  • Projecting current and future tax liabilities

  • Tax efficient investment and income strategies. 

  • Qualified vs Non-qualified dispositions 

  • 83(b) elections

 Estate planning

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  • Trust review

  • Personal estate document needs

  • Charitable gifting strategies

  • Personal gifting

  • Legacy planning

*Owl & Ore will take on non-equity compensation cases in special instances

*Owl & Ore does not provide tax filing services

Owl & Ore specializes in the planning of many family goals, including:

Home purchase​

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  • Primary home purchase or relocation

  • Secondary/vacation homes

  • Rental property

Education Planning​

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  • Education account creation and funding
  • Saving strategies

  • Distribution strategies

Retirement Planning

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  • Maximizing employee retirement plan benefits
  • Tax efficient savings strategies and income distribution strategies
  • RMD strategies

  • Roth conversions strategies

  • Social Security, and pension considerations

Generational Wealth Planning​

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  • Annual gifting strategies

  • Lifetime gifting credits

  • Tax considerations

  • Trust considerations

  • Legacy goals

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The Financial Planning Process

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DISCOVERY MEETING

  • Discuss & prioritize your financial goals and concerns

  • Understanding of what finances mean to you
  • Learn how financial planning plays a role in reaching your goals

  • Discuss your financial goals and concerns

  • Prioritize your goals

  • Develop an understanding of what finances mean to you

  • Learn how financial planning plays a role in reaching your goals

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sTRATEGY dEVELOPMENT

  • Discuss solutions to financial shortfalls and relevant tasks needed to reach a satisfactory result

  • Collaborate to determine the most comfortable methods to complete financial tasks

  • Determine the roles and tasks the client(s) and the advisor will take to accomplish the financial plan

  • Discuss your financial goals and concerns

  • Prioritize your goals

  • Develop an understanding of what finances mean to you

  • Learn how financial planning plays a role in reaching your goals

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gATHERING

  • Review your financial position and  financial resources

  • Quantify your financial goals and future outlook

  • Discover areas of shortcomings and opportunities

  • Discuss your financial goals and concerns

  • Prioritize your goals

  • Develop an understanding of what finances mean to you

  • Learn how financial planning plays a role in reaching your goals

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iMPLEMENTATION

  • Utilize Advisor's knowledge and resources to understand options and allow for easy decision making

  • Complete financial tasks as a team to make the process simple and streamlined.

  • Regular meetings to review strategies and be proactive when making necessary changes.

  • Discuss your financial goals and concerns

  • Prioritize your goals

  • Develop an understanding of what finances mean to you

  • Learn how financial planning plays a role in reaching your goals

Simple Fee Structure
 

Financial Planning
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$6,000 Annual Fee

Planning fees cover one year of financial services paid by clients annually or on a monthly basis

*Fees are negotiable. Owl & Ore reserves the right to honor previously negotiated agreements for current clients.

Investment Management
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0.5% of AUM

Investment Advisory fees are paid monthly out of the accounts with Owl & Ore as the advisor of record.

*Minimum of $500,000 aggregate in assets required for investment management services.

*Fees and a description of services can be found in the firm ADV Part II link below..

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Owl & Ore Wealth Planning

3478 Buskirk Ave. Suite 1000

Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

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925.719.9297

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Owl and Ore LLC is a Registered Investment Advisor, doing business as Owl and Ore Wealth Planning, offering advisory services in the State of California, Texas and in other jurisdictions where exempt from registration.

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