About
Our Message
Advanced Financial Concepts was founded in 2001 on a straightforward premise. People with serious financial questions deserve honest answers, individualized attention, and an advisor who treats their money with the same care they would apply to their own. That premise has not required revision. It has only required consistent execution, and that is what we have built this firm around.
No Two Clients Are the Same
We do not operate from a single portfolio model distributed to everyone who walks in the door. That approach is efficient for an advisor and inadequate for a client. The people we work with have different goals, different timelines, different exposures, and different histories with money. The portfolio we build for you reflects all of that, not a generic allocation designed for the average investor, whoever that is.
What Honest Advice Actually Looks Like
It means telling a client what their situation requires, not what they were hoping to hear. It means flagging risks that are easy to ignore when markets are performing well. It means the same level of candor in a difficult conversation as in an easy one. Integrity and exceptional service are words that appear on a lot of websites. We treat them as operational standards, not marketing language.
The Question Behind Everything We Do
Growth matters. So does protection. But the question that sits at the center of every plan we build is whether this client will have enough money for the rest of their life. The transition from accumulating assets to living off them is where most retirement plans face their hardest test, and it is where we do our most important work. Getting that right requires more than a good portfolio. It requires a plan built specifically around the life behind it.
Meet Who You’ll Be Working With
Richard Casolari
President, Investment Advisor Representative
Andrew Hinrichs
Helga Fitzgerald
Administrative Assistant
Mary Formosa
Sales Assistant, Office Manager
Most people search for their career. Mine arrived by way of a friend who recommended me for a position at an insurance company, and what began as someone else's good idea turned into forty years of work I would not give back.At...
Dawn Luciano
Administrative Assistant
Karan Scholtens
Administrative Assistant
Headline For Insights & Resources
View AllCreative Ways to Motivate Your Employees
What It Takes to Become an Accredited Investor
Financial Wellness on Your Path to Retirement
Let’s Begin the Conversation!
If something about your financial picture has been sitting unanswered, this is a reasonable place to start. Reach out today and let us take a look at where you stand.