A 35 year veteran of the financial services industry, Les Winegarden's designations include CLU® and ChFC® from The American College, and the highly regarded CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER certification from the College For Financial Planning. CERTIFED FINANCIAL PLANNER certification is hard-won, but to Les the effort was worth it. It's a great way for his community to identify financial planners who are committed to competent and ethical financial planning. As recently mentioned on the front page of The New York Times, individuals authorized by the CFP® Board to call themselves CFP® professionals have completed the established and rigorous education, examination, experience and ethical requirements of the CFP® certification process.
Les Winegarden has been delivering solid, objective financial counsel that has earned his clients' trust and help to enrich their lives. Combining extensive knowledge of the industry and principled leadership, Les doesn't simply find one of many strategies that might suit you - he helps you to create a strategy that is yours alone. One that addresses an array of possibilities. Les earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Economics from the
He has completed the following the FINRA exams: Series 6 (Investment Company/Variable Contract Products), Series 7 (General Securities), Series 22 (Direct Participation Programs), Series 24 (General Securities Principal), Series 26 (Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Limited Principal), and Series 63 (Uniform Securities State Agent).
Les has been a guest speaker at Retirement Seminars for Early Retirees of U.S. West/Qwest Communications and AT&T, in addition to Private Retirement Planning (PRP)Workshops for the Accounting and Medical Professions throughout
Carol's career encompasses two decades of experience in the investment and insurance industries. She joined Retirement Strategies & Investments, Inc. in 1992 as an Administrative Assistant. She serves as Director of Operations and is responsible for all aspects of client service and management. She has passed the following FINRA exam: Series 6 (Investment Company/Variable Contract Products) license as well as life, health and variable annuity licenses. She is currently working on completing her Bachelors Degree in Business Administration.
Born and raised in
About Raymond James
Raymond James is one of the largest independent financial services firms in the United States. Since its beginning in 1962, it has always been a different kind of company – embracing long-term planning and methodical decision-making while staying uncompromisingly client focused. When other firms were simply buying and selling stocks or mutual funds, Raymond James focused on financial planning to help individuals reach their goals. It was the first firm to pioneer that concept – and today it supports its advisors with access to a full range of comprehensive resources, helping them to do the same.
- More than 6,500 financial advisors
- 2.4 million client accounts
- 2,600 locations (United States, Canada and abroad)
- $372 billion in client assets
- $38 billion managed by its subsidiary asset managers
Raymond James Financial was recently named the best full-service broker in the 2011 SmartMoney annual broker survey for the third time in four years – ranking above Edward Jones, Wells Fargo, UBS, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
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