Welcome

Located in Fairhope, AL, THE HARTY CARPENTER GROUP believes that trust is the foundation for lasting client relationships and is not easily given; it is earned over years and even decades.

This team of Financial Advisors is proud to offer clients over 100 years of industry and practical experience helping clients manage and prepare for their financial futures. THE HARTY CARPENTER GROUP understand the demands and responsibilities of wealth, and we draw upon our vast resources to offer a total wealth management strategy tailored to your individual needs.

Our wealth management team welcomes the opportunity to show you first-hand what we do and how our services are appropriate for you and your family.

Philosophy

It is important that you take positive steps toward your financial future, and that means getting more than just investment advice. We take the time to get to know you and your family, your financial situation and what matters most to you. Using one-on-one collarboration as a foundation, we can work with you to build your own personalized financial strategy.

Approach

Working with us means working with advisors truly dedicated to helping you pursue your goals. The approach is simple, transparent and supported by thoughtful investment guidance aligned to the goals that matter most to you.

The value of the relationship with you includes:

• helping you make informed decisions
• recognizing your life priorities and goals
• understanding your investment style
• helping you prioritize and pursue goals
• being transparent by making possibilities, fees and risks clear
• taking steps to help you preserve income during a life challenge
• educating the younger generation about investments and the markets

Your approach to investing

Drawing upon research in the field of behavioral finance, Merrill developed the Investment Personality Assessment to help us get to know you better as an investor and potentially help you refine your own investing preferences. By gaining a deeper understanding of how you think and feel about investing through this assessment, we can customize the financial approach we develop together to help you pursue what matters most to you. Our Investment Personality Assessment is one of the ways to help us get to know you - to understand your goals and priorities. These questions will help us provide you with additional insights and resources.

Understanding your goals and priorities

Your life and goals change. We have tools to help you keep track of these changes so they can be reflected in your financial approach.

Capabilities

The team will work closely with you to identify and address your short- and long-term objectives. Those goals may include the establishment of potential financial strategies and the asset allocation helpful to pursuing your investment objectives—taking into account your preferred goals, risk tolerance, time horizon and liquidity needs—and developing a financial strategy designed to help manage risk and reduce vulnerability to market fluctuations.

Focus On Individuals, Families, and Small Businesses

We believe that financial success can be achieved when you’re able to make investment-related decisions and trade-offs that can help you reach personally meaningful goals. Whether you’re planning your retirement, saving to buy a home or funding a child’s education, the process begins by getting to know you and how you feel about the following:

• Health: Managing healthcare expenses, now and in the future
• Home: Upsizing, downsizing, remodeling or buying a vacation home
• Family: Taking care of your family and other people in your life
• Leisure: Spending your free time in meaningful ways
• Giving: Volunteering, mentoring others and giving to charities
• Work: Working in retirement, selling or starting a business
• Finance: Bringing it all together and defining your financial goals