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¹The formula Barron’s uses to rank advisors is proprietary.  It has three major components: assets managed, revenue produced and quality of practice.  Investment returns are not a component of the rankings because an advisor’s returns are dictated largely by the risk tolerance of clients.  The quality-of-practice component includes an evaluation of each advisor’s regulatory record.

 ²Top 25 Women-Owned RIAs list was assembled using data from SEC filings and Meridian-IQ (in which Penton Media has a stake). Advisors are ranked by their firm’s total assets under management. To land on the list, female advisors were required to directly own at least 25 percent of the firm. Additionally, these women have at least some individual clients for whom they do financial planning and have no more than 50 percent institutional clients. Third party rankings and recognition from ratings services are no guarantee of future investment success. Working with a highly rated adviser does not ensure that a client or prospective client will experience a higher level of performance or results.

 ³The assets included in this calculation includes assets of advisory client accounts, retail client accounts, and monitored client accounts. Advisory client accounts are accounts that Strategic provide continuous and ongoing management services. Retail accounts are accounts where an advisory representative serves as registered rep on the account and provides advice on an intermittent basis. Monitored client accounts are accounts that Strategic monitors and may provide investment and planning recommendations, but does not have trading authority over.