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Advisor-Reviewed Guides

Guidance for Complex Financial Decisions

Thoughtful, educational perspectives from Matthew James Holbrook for executives, entrepreneurs, families, and retirees navigating important wealth decisions.

Estate Strategy · Business Owners

What Is an IDGT and How Can It Support a Family Wealth Plan?

An educational guide to intentionally defective grantor trusts, including the lifetime gift, installment sale, future appreciation, trustee selection, and important trade-offs.

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Executive Wealth · Investment

Managing a Concentrated Stock Position: A Guide for Executives

Explore tax-aware diversification, 10b5-1 plans, exchange funds, hedging, and charitable strategies for executives with too much wealth in one stock.

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Business Owners · Exit Planning

Business Owner Wealth Planning Before a Sale

A practical guide to preparing your personal wealth, taxes, liquidity, and next chapter before a business transition or sale.

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Advisor Selection · Wealth Management

How to Choose a Financial Advisor

Questions to ask about credentials, services, investment approach, fees, communication, and whether an advisor is the right fit for your goals.

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Estate Strategy · Families

When Should You Update Your Estate Plan?

Understand the life events, family changes, asset shifts, and legal developments that can make an estate-plan review worthwhile.

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Executive Wealth · Compensation

Equity Compensation Planning for Executives

Learn how stock options, restricted stock, vesting schedules, taxes, concentration risk, and career decisions can fit into one plan.

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Retirement · Income Planning

How to Build a Retirement Income Plan

Explore how spending needs, Social Security, portfolio withdrawals, taxes, and longevity can work together in a retirement strategy.

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Tax Strategy · Investment

Tax-Aware Investing: A Practical Guide

See how asset location, tax-loss harvesting, capital gains, charitable giving, and withdrawal order may shape a tax-aware portfolio.

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Common Questions

Financial Planning Questions, Answered

Helpful starting points for conversations about wealth, retirement, estate strategy, and choosing an advisor.

Matthew James Holbrook is an LPL Financial Registered Representative with more than 18 years of experience in wealth management, retirement planning, and estate strategy. He has held advisory roles at firms including Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, and Neuberger Berman, and serves clients throughout the country.

Matthew James Holbrook serves clients throughout the country. He is licensed to conduct securities business across multiple states and works with clients at every stage of their financial journey.

Holbrook Capital offers retirement planning, wealth management, estate strategy, peak-career planning, risk management, and insurance planning, all tailored to each client's complete financial picture.

A financial advisor typically helps with a broad range of money decisions, such as budgeting, insurance, and investments, while a wealth manager focuses on comprehensive, ongoing management of a client's full financial picture, including investments, tax strategy, and estate planning. Matthew James Holbrook provides both services under one relationship.

You can verify any financial advisor's licensing, employment history, and regulatory record through FINRA BrokerCheck. Matthew James Holbrook's BrokerCheck profile is linked in the footer of this site and on the Contact page.

The best time to start retirement planning is as early as possible, since compounding growth and tax-efficient strategies have more time to work in your favor. That said, Holbrook Capital works with clients at every stage, from early accumulation years through active retirement.

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