Ballast Advisors LLC
Ballast Advisors LLC is a boutique investment adviser and wealth management firm, headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 2017, it provides comprehensive financial planning, risk management, tax planning, and ongoing wealth monitoring services to retirees, executives, business owners, and families primarily throughout Minnesota. The firm is known for its personalized, objective, and long-term approach, focusing on building lasting client relationships, and operates with over 100 years of combined advisor experience. Ballast Advisors currently serves over 740 individual clients with a staff of approximately 12 employees.
Investment Strategy
Ballast Advisors pursues a strategic, client-centric investment philosophy. Their approach emphasizes building well-diversified portfolios across domestic and global equities, fixed income, real assets, and alternatives. They integrate goal setting, fiduciary analysis, and customized recommendations to balance risk and reward, aiming to help clients achieve long-term financial goals. Periodic rebalancing and coordination across clients' accounts and executive benefits are standard. Tax efficiency and continuous monitoring are embedded in their wealth management process, underpinned by education, transparency, and a dedication to aligning financial strategies to clients’ life goals.
Top Holdings
Equity Positions (168)
| Ticker | Security | Weight | Market Value | Shares | Avg Cost | Price | Change (QoQ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S SCHX | SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR | 9.48% | $32.2M | 1,316,693 | $14.22 | $24.44 | +$3.0M |
S SCHV | SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR | 9.26% | $31.4M | 1,136,285 | $20.58 | $27.67 | +$1.2M |
S SCHF | SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR | 7.98% | $27.1M | 1,226,124 | $17.30 | $22.10 | +$2.0M |
S SCHG | SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR | 7.88% | $26.7M | 915,285 | $12.25 | $29.21 | +$3.2M |
A AGG | ISHARES TR | 5.78% | $19.6M | 197,829 | $107.66 | $99.20 | +$712.8K |