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Changes in life can require changes to your investment approach. Whether it’s a small or significant event, we don’t assume what was right for you at one time may also be right at another time. Our financial advisors can offer you the resources and investment choices—along with access to banking services from Bank of America—that can help you position yourself for the
retirement lifestyle you desire.
Profile
For years, John Doscher has crafted real-world, risk-managed strategies around personal and financial objectives that he helps clients identify, prioritize and accomplish. Some clients want to know what’s required to send children to college, to enjoy the retirement they envision, how to effectively inherit and distribute assets, purchase a first or second home or refinance a mortgage. Regardless of a client’s situation or ambitions, he believes that “planning is everything” and that getting out in front of their needs is essential to providing superior wealth management. That’s why he encourages both spouses to talk frequently with him. He also does everything possible to educate “the next generation” in client families, so that wealth and wisdom can be passed along.
John has always believed that clients deserve to rest easy, especially when the markets don’t. That’s why, he tends to focus on generating income, prudent growth and tax efficiencies – what he calls “blocking and tackling.” With decades spent in institutional and advisory roles, John uses Merrill portfolios and selected managers for specific investments to help clients reach goals they find personally meaningful.
His clients include successful men and women – telecom, media and other corporate executives, attorneys, accountants, entrepreneurs and generations of families in more than 15 states. Most clients are eyeing rewarding retirements and preserving their wealth with reasonable growth and yield.
His wife, Madeline, is a Spanish teacher and native of Puerto Rico who worked in fashion in New York City, where they met. They have two daughters and two young grandchildren. When time allows, he enjoys spinning, skiing, snowshoeing, tennis, and travel to Spain and Puerto Rico. John paid for college driving school buses in Denver and building the original ski lifts for Keystone and Copper Mountain Resorts. At the University of Denver, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, threw the javelin for the varsity track team, and raised Alaskan Malamutes.
John follows the deep-seated Merrill tradition of participating in the communities we serve. This drives his interest in spending time volunteering with organizations in his community. In addition to having assisted HomeFront Inc. with community-based home renovations, he currently volunteers for Merrill-sponsored events, local high school events and youth coaching. John is happy to say that he has met many clients and closest friends through local community activities.
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EDUCATION
University of Denver
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Additional Resources
The following specialists do not make securities recommendations. Please contact your Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisor if you have questions about how a specialist might be able to assist you.
Brendan Duffy
Investment Solutions Group Portfolio Strategist
Bank of America, N.A.
Alison Kaplan
Wealth Management Lending Officer
Bank of America, N.A.
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Jeffrey Wiedmann
Wealth Strategist
Merrill
Where do we begin? It starts with you.
At Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, your financial advisor focuses on the things you care about most- family, goals and priorities - even as they change over the years.
Understanding Your Life
Approach
I begin every relationship with a conversation, helping you identify and prioritize which goals matter most to you. Whether it's transferring wealth to the next generation, customizing your financial approach to help you pursue your passions, or providing advice and guidance to help you stay informed, I start by listening to learn more about you and your family.
Drawing upon research in the field of behavioral finance, Merrill developed the Investment Personality Assessment to help me get to know you better as an investor and help you refine your investing preferences. Together, I can help customize your investment approach. Using an understanding of your priorities and investment personality as a foundation, I help you access the full breadth of resources from Bank of America’s banking products and services and Merrill’s investment insights to address all aspects of your financial life.
Capabilities
My process is designed to help deliver a customized, consistent experience to assist clients not only in wealth accumulation and preservation, but in areas that go beyond investments. My ability to provide access to the investment insights of Merrill, trust and fiduciary services from Bank of America Private Bank, and the banking convenience and lending solutions of Bank of America offers a way to help clients manage all of the pieces of their financial lives. I view myself as a financial resource, helping clients with potential solutions for transferring wealth to the younger generation.
Trust and fiduciary services are provided by Bank of America Private Bank, a division of Bank of America, N.A., Member FDIC, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation (“BofA Corp.”).
Focus On Individuals, Families and Small Businesses
I 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. So whether you’re planning your retirement, saving to buy a home or fund a child’s education, I start by getting to know you and how you feel about the following seven life priorities.
- 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
This material should be regarded as general or educational information on healthcare or Social Security considerations and is not intended to provide specific healthcare or social security advice. If you have questions regarding your particular situation, please contact your legal or tax advisor.
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.
Philosophy
I believe the best financial approach is the one that helps you pursue your goals. That's why, from the start, we talk about your aspirations and encourage you to ask questions about issues that matter most to you. Worried about managing future health care expenses? College on the horizon? Considering the sale of a business or purchase of a home? Preparing to pass your wealth to future generations? With access to the investment insights of Merrill and the banking convenience of Bank of America, I will work with you to develop an approach designed to help address your financial needs.
Welcome
I BELIEVE THAT
• A good advisor does more than manage clients’ investments. Throughout the year, I work closely with clients’ CPAs and attorneys to align tax minimization and estate planning strategies. I also provide clients with access to residential and securities-based lending through Bank of America, N.A. (NMLS ID 1249951)
• My background in sociology and anthropology allows me to appreciate clients’ fears, objectives and concerns about those they love. Working with both spouses and grown children when possible, I aim to connect the dots in their lives with a financial strategy that feels right to them.
Staying on Track
We understand that both your life and the financial markets can change over time. By checking in to discuss changes in your life and revisiting your financial approach, our goal is to help you stay on track to achieve what's most important to you.
Reviews to help you
stay on track
We’ll meet with you to review your goals and the progress you’ve made toward reaching them. We’ll also discuss any adjustments needed to your financial approach to help you stay on course.
Changes in your life
and to your goals
Your life and goals change. As these changes occur, we can update your approach to reflect them.
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Let’s Have a Conversation
Helping you reach your goals starts with getting to know you personally. Through understanding what matters most to you, together I can help you create a financial approach that reflects your personality. Only then can I offer an approach that is built around your life priorities and the advice you need to help you address fluctuations in the market and changes in your life. Let’s work together to help you achieve your goals.
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