The Black Brook Wealth Advisor Process

Data Gathering and Goal Setting

We will ask you to gather specific items for your client profile. We will review your information and discuss the specifics of your personal and financial goals. This also includes a conversation about mutual expectations for working together.

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  • Take inventory of your current assets and liabilities
  • Discuss and clarify the short-term and long-term goals most important to you
  • Understand where you are today and where you want to be in the future

"What-If" Analysis of Envision® Planning Results

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  • Stress test goals
  • Establish your personal "target zone" based on historical market simulations
  • Determine the difference between your current and recommended asset allocation plan



IMPORTANT: The projections or other information generated by [name of investment analysis tool] regarding the likelihood of various investment outcomes are hypothetical in nature, do not reflect actual investment results and are not guarantees of future results. Results may vary with each use and over time.

Envision® methodology: Based on accepted statistical methods, the Envision tool uses a simulation model to test your Ideal, Acceptable and Recommended Investment Plans. The simulation model uses assumptions about inflation, financial market returns and the relationships among these variables. These assumptions were derived from analysis of historical data. Using Monte Carlo simulation, the Envision tool simulates 1,000 different potential outcomes over a lifetime of investing varying historical risk, return, and correlation amongst the assets. Some of these scenarios will assume strong financial market returns, similar to the best periods of history for investors. Others will be similar to the worst periods in investing history. Most scenarios will fall somewhere in between. Elements of the Envision presentations and simulation results are under license from Wealthcare Capital Management LLC. © 2003-2021 Wealthcare Capital Management LLC. All Rights Reserved. Wealthcare Capital Management LLC is a separate entity and is not directly affiliated with Wells Fargo Advisors.

Asset Allocation and Investment Selection

Current Allocation

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Strategic Allocation

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This information is hypothetical. It is not intended to represent any specific return, yield or investment. It is provided for illustrative purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation to invest in any particular asset class or strategy and is not a promise of future performance or an estimate of actual returns a client portfolio may achieve. Hypothetical and past performance do not guarantee future results.

Asset classification of holdings in external accounts where classification is not readily available may be assigned to a multi-asset class category or reassigned into additional asset classes by your Financial Advisor, which may not be the most accurate asset class based on the holding's characteristics and risk profile. It is your responsibility to review the asset classification for external accounts and notify us of any changes.

Track Progress Toward Your Goals

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  • Track your ongoing investment results against your unique "Target Zone"
  • Answer the question, "How am I doing?"
  • We provide guidance to help you keep your investment plan on track

Wealth Transfer Strategies

Our group will help you implement a wealth transfer plan structured to integrate your investment and estate plans utilizing strategies such as those leading to the outcome in the example below.

A Charitable Lead Trust provides a stream of income interest to one or more charities of your choice for a designated number of years and transfer the remaining assets to beneficiaries, or back to yourself, when that period of time ends.

An Irrevocable Living Trust lets a Grantor control use of trust assets through provisions of the trust and selection of successor trustees. Beneficiaries can receive income from the trust and have access to the principal at the trustee’s discretion, per the terms of the trust. Trust assets are protected from the beneficiary’s creditors, divorce, and other types of lawsuits.

A Credit Shelter Trust allows you and your spouse to take advantage of your estate tax exemptions, and minimize estate taxes when passing assets on to heirs. The trust is designed so that upon the death of the first spouse the assets specified in the trust agreement are transferred to the trust without the assets being subject to estate tax.

A Generation-Skipping Trust allows you to provide income to your children over their lifetime with the principal to be distributed to grandchildren, or later generations, estate tax free.

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This information is hypothetical and is provided for informational purposes only.

This information is hypothetical and is provided for informational purposes only.

Trust Services are available through Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A.

Insurance products are available through non-bank insurance agency affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company and underwritten by non-affiliated Insurance Companies. Not available in all states.

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