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Clarity Wealth Advisors, LLC
2160 The Alameda; Suite A
San Jose, CA 95126
Telephone: 408-560-3220
Facsimile: 408-560-3221
www.claritywa.com
www.claritywealthadvisors.com
March 25, 2025
FORM ADV PART 2A
BROCHURE
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Clarity Wealth
Advisors. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, contact us at 408-560-3220.
The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Clarity Wealth Advisors is available on the SEC's website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Clarity Wealth Advisors is a registered investment adviser. Registration with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities authority does not imply a certain level of
skill or training.
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Item 2 Summary of Material Changes
Form ADV Part 2 requires registered investment advisers to amend their brochure when information
becomes materially inaccurate. If there are any material changes to an adviser's disclosure brochure,
the adviser is required to notify you and provide you with a description of the material changes.
Since our last annual updating amendment dated March 25, 2024, we have not made any material
amendments to this Brochure.
We will review and update, as needed, our brochure at least annually to make sure that it remains
current. If you would like to receive a complete copy of our current brochure free of charge at any time,
please contact us at 408-560-3220.
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Item 3 Table of Contents
Item 2 Summary of Material Changes ............................................................................................................. 2
Item 3 Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................. 3
Item 4 Advisory Business ................................................................................................................................ 4
Item 5 Fees and Compensation ...................................................................................................................... 6
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ................................................................. 9
Item 7 Types of Clients .................................................................................................................................... 9
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ............................................................ 9
Item 9 Disciplinary Information ...................................................................................................................... 12
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ........................................................................... 12
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation / Interest in Client Transactions & Personal Trading ......................... 13
Item 12 Brokerage Practices ......................................................................................................................... 13
Item 13 Review of Accounts .......................................................................................................................... 15
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation ....................................................................................... 15
Item 15 Custody ............................................................................................................................................ 16
Item 16 Investment Discretion ....................................................................................................................... 16
Item 17 Voting Client Securities .................................................................................................................... 16
Item 18 Financial Information ........................................................................................................................ 16
Item 19 Requirements for State-Registered Advisers ................................................................................... 17
Item 20 Additional Information ....................................................................................................................... 17
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Item 4 Advisory Business
Description of the Advisory Firm
Clarity Wealth Advisors, LLC is a Limited Liability Company organized in the State of California.
Our firm has been in business since May 2011, and the principal owners of our firm are Parvin
Manuchehri and Milind P. Dalal.
Portfolio Management Services
We offer discretionary portfolio management services and in limited circumstances, we may agree to
manage your account(s) on a non-discretionary basis. Our investment advice is tailored to meet our
clients’ needs and investment objectives. If you retain our firm for portfolio management services, we
will meet with you to determine your investment objectives, risk tolerance, and other relevant
information at the beginning of our advisory relationship. We will use the information we gather to
develop an investment strategy that enables our firm to give you continuous and focused investment
advice and/or to make investments on your behalf in accordance with your risk profile and investing
objectives.
As part of these services, we may create a custom portfolio for you or we may invest your assets in
one or more investment model strategies. These investment models may be proprietary or they may
be managed by a third-party manager. In either case, we will monitor your portfolio’s performance on
an ongoing basis, and will rebalance the portfolio as required by changes in market conditions and in
your financial circumstances. Where appropriate we may also assist you with you establishing an
account for purposes of holding certain securities.
If you engage our firm for discretionary portfolio management services, we require you to grant our firm
discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary authorization will allow us to determine
the specific securities, and the number of securities, to be purchased or sold for your account without
your approval prior to each transaction. This discretionary authority will also provide our firm
with authorization to delegate discretionary management services to other unaffiliated Sub-Advisors
selected by our firm based on your investment objectives and/or determined portfolio
strategy. Discretionary authority is granted by the advisory agreement you sign with our firm and the
appropriate trading authorization forms. In our sole discretion, we may accept instructions from you
that limit our discretionary authority (for example, limiting the types of securities that can be purchased
or sold for your account). Such requests must be presented to our firm in writing. If you enter into non-
discretionary arrangements with our firm, we will obtain your approval prior to the execution of any
transactions for your account(s). You have an unrestricted right to decline to implement any advice
provided by our firm on a non-discretionary basis.
As part of our investment advisory services, we may recommend that you use the services of a third-
party asset manager (“TPAM’) to manage your investment portfolio (or a portion of your investment
portfolio). When determining the TPAM to recommend, the client’s best interest will be the main
determining factor. Other factors that we take into consideration when making our recommendation(s)
include, but are not limited to, the TPAM's services, performance, investment strategies, fees, and
other added value that we believe will benefit our clients. In addition to our ongoing monitoring of your
portfolio, we will assist you in completing the necessary paperwork and agreements required by the
recommended TPAM. We will also be responsible for collecting and maintaining information on each
client's financial circumstances, and communicating such information to the TPAM as may be
necessary in efforts to ensure that portfolio allocations are aligned with each client's investment
objectives. We will provide you the TPAM's disclosure brochure and other information as may be
required. In most instances, clients will be required to sign an agreement directly with the TPAM.
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We do not sponsor a wrap fee program, but the recommended TPAM may provide a wrap fee program
as part of their program. Please refer to the TPAM's disclosure brochure for more information.
For information on our methods of analysis, investment strategies, and how we might manage your
account(s), please see Item 8 (Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss section) of
this Disclosure Brochure.
Financial Planning Services
We provide financial planning services as a stand-alone service that generally involves a variety of
services regarding the management of the client's financial resources based upon an analysis of their
individual needs. If you retain our firm for these services, we will meet with you to gather information
about your financial circumstances and objectives. As required, we will conduct follow-up interviews for
the purpose of reviewing and/or collecting additional financial data. Once such information has been
reviewed and analyzed, we will provide you with our recommendations designed to help you achieve
your stated financial goals and objectives.
Our recommendations are based on your financial situation at the time we provide our
recommendations, and on the financial information you provide to our firm. You will always have the
right to accept or reject our recommendations. All terms of the engagement, including specific services
to be performed, will be evidenced in a written agreement between you and our firm.
Portfolio Consulting Services
As part of our investment advisory services, we may recommend that you use the services of a third-
party asset manager ("TPAM") to manage all, or a portion of, your investment portfolio with
discretionary trading authority. When determining the TPAM platform to recommend, the client’s best
interest will be the main determining factor. Other factors that we take into consideration when making
our recommendation(s) may include, but are not limited to, the following: the TPAM's performance,
methods of analysis, fees, your financial needs, investment goals, risk tolerance, and investment
objectives.
If we recommend a TPAM to you for management services, we will serve as the Primary Adviser and
will act as your liaison with the TPAM. We may also be responsible for: helping you complete the
necessary paperwork of the TPAM; communicating your investment objectives to the TPAM; providing
ongoing services and support; updating the TPAM with any changes in your financial
circumstances; reviewing monthly and/or quarterly statements provided by the TPAM; and, where
applicable, delivering the Privacy Notice and required notices and/or disclosure documents (for
instance, Form CRS and Form ADV Part 2) of the TPAM to you. We also monitor the TPAM's
performance to ensure its management and investment style remains aligned with your investment
goals and objectives. You must notify our firm immediately if your financial circumstances and/or
investment objectives change from what has already been disclosed to our firm. You may be required
to sign an agreement directly with the recommended TPAM. You are never under any obligation to
engage the services of any TPIA that we recommend.
Pension Consulting Services
We offer pension consulting services to employee benefit plans and their fiduciaries based upon the
needs of the plan and the services requested by the plan sponsor or named fiduciary. In general, these
services may include an existing plan review and analysis, plan-level advice regarding fund selection
and investment options, education services to plan participants, investment performance monitoring,
and/or ongoing consulting. The ultimate decision to act on behalf of the plan generally remains with the
plan sponsor or other named fiduciary.
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We may also assist with participant enrollment meetings and provide investment-related educational
seminars to plan participants on such topics as: Diversification; Asset allocation; Risk tolerance; and
Time horizon. Our educational seminars may include other investment-related topics specific to the
particular plan. We may also provide additional types of pension consulting services to plans on an
individually negotiated basis. All services, whether discussed above or customized for the plan based
upon requirements from the plan fiduciaries (which may include additional plan-level or participant-
level services) shall be detailed in a written agreement and be consistent with the parameters set forth
in the plan documents.
In providing services to a Plan and/or Participants, our status is that of an investment adviser
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and we are not subject to any
disqualifications under Section 411 of ERISA. To the extent we perform fiduciary services, we are
acting as a fiduciary of the Plan as defined in Section 3(21) under ERISA.
Assets Under Management
As of January 31, 2025, we provide continuous management services for approximately $601,219,849
in client assets on a discretionary basis. We do not currently manage client assets on a non-
discretionary basis.
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
Portfolio Management Services
Our annualized fee for portfolio management services is typically based on a percentage of your
assets we manage, and is based on the following blended- tiered fee schedule.**
Assets Under Management
Up to $2,000,000
$2,000,001 - $3,000,000
$3,000,001 - $4,000,000
$4,000,001 - $5,000,000
Above $5,000,000
Maximum Annualized Fee***
1.25%
0.90%
0.85%
0.80%
0.75%
*In general, we require a minimum of $500,000 to establish a managed account. However, in our sole
discretion, we may accept accounts that do not meet our minimum account requirement.
**For example, the applicable management fee for a client with $3,500,000 in portfolio assets would be
as follows: the first $2,000,000 would be billed at an annual rate of 1.25%; the next $1,000,000 would
be billed at an annual rate of 0.90%, and the remaining $500,000 would be billed at an annual rate of
0.85%.
***Adjustments will be made on a pro-rate basis for single transactions involving deposits and/or
withdrawals more than $100,000 during the billing period (quarter).
While our portfolio management fees are generally based on the tiered fee schedule noted above, we
may negotiate management fees that are based on a flat percentage of assets under management. In
these instances, our maximum annual fee will not exceed the percentages and corresponding fee
break points disclosed in the tiered fee schedule above.
Our annual portfolio management fee is billed and payable quarterly in advance based on the value of
your account on the last business day of the previous quarter.
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If the portfolio management agreement is executed at any time other than the first day of a calendar
quarter, our fees will apply on a pro rata basis, which means that the advisory fee is payable in
proportion to the number of days in the quarter for which you are a client. Our advisory fee is
negotiable, depending on individual client circumstances.
At our discretion, we may combine the account values of family members living in the same household
to determine the applicable advisory fee. For example, we may combine account values for you and
your minor children, joint accounts with your spouse, and other types of related accounts. Combining
account values may increase the asset total, which may result in your paying a reduced advisory fee
based on the available breakpoints in our fee schedule stated above.
Our fees for portfolio management services will be deducted directly from your account through the
qualified custodian holding your funds and securities. We will deduct our advisory fee only when you
have given our firm written authorization permitting the fees to be paid directly from your account.
Further, the qualified custodian will deliver an account statement to you at least quarterly. These
account statements will show all disbursements from your account, and you should review all
statements for accuracy. If you have any questions about the statement(s) you receive from the
qualified custodian, please call our main office number located on the cover page of this Disclosure
Brochure.
In instances where you have acted on our recommendation to engage a TPAM (third-party asset
manager), the TPAM will generally charge you a percentage of assets under management fee that is
separate and apart from our portfolio management fee. Clients will typically enter into an agreement
directly with the TPAM, and clients should carefully review that agreement along with the TPAM's
disclosure brochure for specific information regarding the terms of their engagement with the TPAM.
Our agreement for services will continue in effect until terminated by either party upon 30-days' written
notice to the other party. You will incur a pro rata charge for services rendered prior to the termination
of the agreement, which means you will incur advisory fees only in proportion to the number of days in
the quarter for which you are a client. If you have pre-paid advisory fees that we have not yet earned,
you will receive a prorated refund of those fees.
Financial Planning Services
We provide financial planning services on a fixed fee basis with our fees ranging up to $5,000. These
fees are generally due within 30 days of the inception of the engagement, but we reserve the right to
negotiate other fee-paying arrangements. The financial plan and related recommendations will be
delivered within six months (typically sooner) from the inception of the engagement. For these
relationships, we offer complimentary, ongoing consulting services for a period no later than twelve
months from the date of contract. The financial planning engagement will renew automatically pursuant
to the Financial Planning Agreement on the one-year anniversary unless terminated by the client. If the
Financial Planning Agreement is renewed, we will prepare an updated written financial plan for the
same fixed fee (unless negotiated otherwise), which will be due within 30 days of the one-year
anniversary date.
In our sole discretion, we may negotiate our fee and fee-paying arrangements depending on the
client's individual circumstances. All terms of our engagement, including the fee and how the fee is
payable, will be evidenced in the written agreement that you sign with our firm.
We will offset our financial planning fees to the extent you implement our recommendations through
our portfolio management services within 90 days from the inception of the financial planning
engagement.
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Either party may terminate the engagement by providing written notice to the other party. You will incur
a pro rata charge for services rendered prior to the termination of the agreement. If advanced fee-
paying arrangements are negotiated and we have received pre-paid advisory fees that we have not yet
earned, you will receive a prorated refund of those fees.
Portfolio Consulting Services
Our annualized fee for Portfolio Consulting services ranges up to 0.50% of your portfolio assets. Our
fee for this service is billed quarterly in arrears. Our fees will be assessed pro rata in the event that the
advisory agreement is executed at any time other than the first day of a billing period.
In addition to our fee, you will be a separate fee to the TPAM in accordance with the agreement you
enter into directly with the TPAM. These fees may or may not be negotiable.
You may terminate the portfolio consulting agreement upon written notice to our firm. In the event the
portfolio consulting engagement is terminated, no further payments are due so long as the client has
paid all invoices in full to the extent.
Pension Consulting Services
Our advisory fee for pension consulting services is based on our portfolio management fee schedule
noted above (see tiered fee scheduled under Item 5 - Portfolio Management Services). This fee
may be negotiated with the plan sponsor or named fiduciary on a case-by-case basis. Our fee is
typically billed quarterly in advance based on the value of plan assets on the last day of the previous
quarter, but we may negotiate other fee-paying arrangements depending on the individual needs of the
plan.
Either party to the pension consulting engagement may terminate the agreement upon 30-days' written
notice to the other party. The pension consulting fees will be prorated for the quarter in which the
termination notice is given and, if applicable, any unearned fees will be refunded to the client.
The services we provide and the compensation we receive for such services are described in this
Disclosure Brochure, and in the service agreement that you sign with our firm. We do not reasonably
expect to receive any other compensation, direct or indirect, for the services we provide to the Plan
or Participants unless we are retained under a separate engagement. If we receive any other
compensation for such services, we will (i) offset the compensation against our stated fees, and (ii) we
will promptly disclose the amount of such compensation, the services rendered for such compensation
and the payer of such compensation to you.
Additional Fees and Expenses
As part of our investment advisory services to you, we may invest, or recommend that you invest, in
mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The fees that you pay to our firm for investment advisory
services are separate and distinct from the fees and expenses charged by mutual funds or exchange-
traded funds (described in each fund's prospectus) to their shareholders. These fees will generally
include a management fee and other fund expenses. You generally will also incur transaction charges
and/or brokerage fees when purchasing or selling securities. These charges and fees are typically
imposed by the broker-dealer or custodian through whom your account transactions are executed. We
do not share in any portion of the brokerage fees/transaction charges imposed by the broker-dealer or
custodian. To fully understand the total cost you will incur, you should review all the fees charged by
mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, our firm, and others. For information on our brokerage practices,
please refer to Item 12 (Brokerage Practices section) of this Disclosure Brochure.
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Compensation for the Sale of Securities or Other Investment Products
Certain Executive officers and other Associated Persons of our firm are licensed as independent
insurance agents. These persons will earn commission-based compensation for selling insurance
products, including insurance products they sell to our clients. Insurance commissions earned by these
persons are separate from and in addition to our advisory fees. The sale of insurance instruments and
other commissionable products offered by Associated Persons are intended to complement our
advisory services. However, this practice presents a conflict of interest because persons providing
investment advice on behalf of our firm who are insurance agents have an incentive to recommend
insurance products to you for the purpose of generating commissions rather than solely based on your
needs. We address this conflict of interest by recommending insurance products only where we, in
good faith, believe that it is appropriate for the client’s particular needs and circumstances and only
after a full presentation of the recommended insurance product to our client. Clients to whom the firm
offers advisory services are informed that they are under no obligation to purchase insurance services.
Clients who do choose to purchase insurance services are under no obligation to use our licensed
Associated Persons and may use the insurance brokerage firm and agent of their choice.
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
We do not accept performance-based fees or participate in side-by-side management. Performance-
based fees are fees that are based on a share of capital gains or capital appreciation of a client’s
account. Side-by-side management refers to the practice of managing accounts that are charged
performance-based fees while at the same time managing accounts that are not charged performance-
based fees. Our fees are calculated as described in the Fees and Compensation section (Item 5 of
this Disclosure Brochure) above, and are not charged on the basis of a share of capital gains upon, or
capital appreciation of, the funds in your advisory account.
Item 7 Types of Clients
We typically offer investment advisory services to individuals (including high-net worth individuals),
pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other
business entities.
Generally, we require a minimum account size of $500,000 to open and maintain an advisory account
with our firm, but we may waive or lower this minimum requirement in our sole discretion. Additionally,
we may combine the account values of family members living in the same household to determine the
applicable advisory fee. For example, we may combine account values for you and your minor
children, joint accounts with your spouse, and other types of related accounts to meet the stated
minimum.
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Our Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
We may use one or more of the following methods of analysis or investment strategies when providing
investment advice to you:
Technical Analysis - involves studying past price patterns, trends and interrelationships in the financial
markets to assess risk-adjusted performance and predict the direction of both the overall market and
specific securities.
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The risk of market timing based on technical analysis is that our analysis may not accurately detect
anomalies or predict future price movements. Current prices of securities may reflect all information
known about the security and day-to-day changes in market prices of securities may follow random
patterns and may not be predictable with any reliable degree of accuracy.
Fundamental Analysis - involves analyzing individual companies and their industry groups, such as a
company's financial statements, details regarding the company's product line, the experience and
expertise of the company's management, and the outlook for the company and its industry. The
resulting data is used to measure the true value of the company's stock compared to the current
market value.
The risk of fundamental analysis is that information obtained may be incorrect and the analysis may
not provide an accurate estimate of earnings, which may be the basis for a stock's value. If securities
prices adjust rapidly to new information, utilizing fundamental analysis may not result in favorable
performance.
Long-Term Purchases - securities purchased with the expectation that the value of those securities will
grow over a relatively long period of time, generally greater than one year.
Using a long-term purchase strategy generally assumes the financial markets will go up in the long-
term which may not be the case. There is also the risk that the segment of the market that you are
invested in or perhaps just your particular investment will go down over time even if the overall
financial markets advance. Purchasing investments long-term may create an opportunity cost -
"locking-up" assets that may be better utilized in the short-term in other investments.
Short-Term Purchases - securities purchased with the expectation that they will be sold within a
relatively short period of time, generally less than one year, to take advantage of the securities' short-
term price fluctuations.
Using a short-term purchase strategy generally assumes that we can predict how financial markets will
perform in the short-term which may be very difficult and will incur a disproportionately higher amount
of transaction costs compared to long-term trading. There are many factors that can affect financial
market performance in the short-term (such as short-term interest rate changes, cyclical earnings
announcements, etc.) but may have a smaller impact over longer periods of times.
General Approach
Our investment strategies and advice may vary depending upon each client's specific financial
situation. As such, we determine investments and allocations based upon your predefined objectives,
risk tolerance, time horizon, financial horizon, financial information, liquidity needs, and other various
suitability factors. Your restrictions and guidelines may affect the composition of your portfolio.
Risk of Loss
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that you should be prepared to bear. We do not represent or
guarantee that our services or methods of analysis can or will predict future results, successfully
identify market tops or bottoms, or insulate clients from losses due to market corrections or declines.
We cannot offer any guarantees or promises that your financial goals and objectives will be met. Past
performance is in no way an indication of future performance.
Other Risk Considerations
When evaluating risk, financial loss may be viewed differently by each client and may depend on many
different risks, each of which may affect the probability and magnitude of any potential loses. The
following risks may not be all-inclusive, but should be considered carefully by a prospective client
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before retaining our services.
Liquidity Risk: The risk of being unable to sell your investment at a fair price at a given time due to high
volatility or lack of active liquid markets. You may receive a lower price or it may not be possible to sell
the investment at all.
Credit Risk: Credit risk typically applies to debt investments such as corporate, municipal, and
sovereign fixed income or bonds. A bond issuing entity can experience a credit event that could impair
or erase the value of an issuer’s securities held by a client.
Inflation and Interest Rate Risk: Security prices and portfolio returns will likely vary in response to
changes in inflation and interest rates. Inflation causes the value of future dollars to be worth less and
may reduce the purchasing power of a client’s future interest payments and principal. Inflation also
generally leads to higher interest rates which may cause the value of many types of fixed income
investments to decline.
Horizon and Longevity Risk: The risk that your investment horizon is shortened because of an
unforeseen event, for example, the loss of your job. This may force you to sell investments that you
were expecting to hold for the long term. If you must sell at a time that the markets are down, you may
lose money. Longevity Risk is the risk of outliving your savings. This risk is particularly relevant for
people who are retired, or are nearing retirement.
Recommendation of Particular Types of Securities
We primarily offer advice on equity securities, mutual fund shares (open-end and closed-end), bonds,
and exchange-traded funds. We may also recommend other types of securities since each client may
have different needs and/or risk tolerances. Each type of security has its own unique set of risks
associated with it and it would not be possible to list here all of the specific risks of every type of
investment. Even within the same type of investment, risks can vary widely. However, in very general
terms, the higher the anticipated return of an investment, the higher the risk of loss associated with it.
Equity Securities (Stocks): There are numerous ways of measuring the risk of equity securities (also
known simply as "equities" or "stock"). In very broad terms, the value of a stock depends on the
financial health of the company issuing it. However, stock prices can be affected by many other factors
including, but not limited to the class of stock (for example, preferred or common); the health of the
market sector of the issuing company; and, the overall health of the economy. In general, larger,
better-established companies ("large cap") tend to be safer than smaller start-up companies ("small
cap") are but the mere size of an issuer is not, by itself, an indicator of the safety of the investment.
Mutual Funds and ETFs: Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") are professionally
managed collective investment systems that pool money from many investors and invest in stocks,
bonds, short-term money market instruments, other mutual funds, other securities, or any combination
thereof. The fund will have a manager that trades the fund's investments in accordance with the fund's
investment objective. While mutual funds and ETFs generally provide diversification, risks can be
significantly increased if the fund is concentrated in a particular sector of the market, primarily invests
in small cap or speculative companies, uses leverage (i.e., borrows money) to a significant degree, or
concentrates in a particular type of security (i.e., equities) rather than balancing the fund with different
types of securities. Exchange-traded funds differ from mutual funds since they can be bought and sold
throughout the day like stock and their price can fluctuate throughout the day. The returns on mutual
funds and ETFs can be reduced by the costs to manage the funds. Also, while some mutual funds are
"no load" and charge no fee to buy into, or sell out of, the fund, other types of mutual funds do charge
such fees which can also reduce returns. Mutual funds can also be "closed end" or "open end". So-
called "open end" mutual funds continue to allow in new investors indefinitely whereas "closed end"
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funds have a fixed number of shares to sell which can limit their availability to new investors.
Bonds: Corporate debt securities (or "bonds") are typically safer investments than equity securities, but
their risk can also vary widely based on: the financial health of the issuer; the risk that the issuer might
default; when the bond is set to mature; and, whether or not the bond can be "called" prior to maturity.
When a bond is called, it may not be possible to replace it with a bond of equal character paying the
same rate of return.
While our managed portfolios typically consist of equity securities, mutual funds, and ETFs, we may
also recommend alternative investments, such as private placements, limited partnerships, limited
liability companies, alternative investments or private funds, to certain "qualified" clients.
Alternative investments should be considered to contain an above average amount of risk and the loss
of principal is high. These types of investments are generally recommended only as long-term
investments as they are generally, for some time, considered illiquid in nature, and clients should be
prepared for any investment in these funds to be inaccessible for a prolonged period. To the extent
applicable, clients will be provided the required legal investment documentation and must sign
documents outside the scope of our firm's investment advisory agreement. These documents may
include, but are not limited to: Private Placement Memorandum; Subscription Agreement; Operating
Agreement; and/or, Limited Partnership Agreement.
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
We are required to disclose the facts of any legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client's
evaluation of our advisory business or the integrity of our management. We do not have any required
disclosures under this item.
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Broker-Dealer Registered Representative -- Licensed Insurance Agency / Agents
We do not have any financial industry activities, affiliations or relationships that are material to our
advisory business or to our advisory clients except as listed below.
In addition to being registered as an investment adviser, our firm is also licensed as an
insurance agency with the State of California and does business under Clarity Insurance
Solutions, LLC, a fictitious business name registered with the State of California. IARs of
our firm may also be licensed as independent insurance agents, and they will earn
commission-based compensation for selling insurance products.
Please refer to the Fees and Compensation section (Item 5 of this Disclosure Brochure) above for
additional disclosures on these outside capacities.
Any material conflicts of interest between you and our firm, or our employees are disclosed in this
Disclosure Brochure. If at any time, additional material conflicts of interest develop, we will provide you
with written notification of the material conflicts of interest or an updated Disclosure Brochure.
Recommendation of Other Advisers
We may recommend that you use a third-party asset manager (“TPAM’) based on your needs and
suitability. In these instances, you will sign an agreement directly with our firm, and a separate
agreement directly with the TPAM. Our fees are separate and apart from any fees imposed by the
TPAM, but the TPAM may debit the combined fee (our fee in addition to the TPAM's fee) and distribute
our portion of the fee to us.
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Clients are not obligated, contractually or otherwise, to use the services of any TPAM we recommend.
Please refer to the Advisory Business section above for additional disclosures on this topic.
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and
Personal Trading
Description of Our Code of Ethics
We strive to comply with applicable laws and regulations governing our practices. Therefore, our Code
of Ethics includes guidelines for professional standards of conduct for persons associated with our
firm. Our goal is to protect your interests at all times and to demonstrate our commitment to our
fiduciary duties of honesty, good faith, and fair dealing with you. All persons associated with our firm
are expected to adhere strictly to these guidelines. Persons associated with our firm are also required
to report any violations of our Code of Ethics. Additionally, we maintain and enforce written policies
reasonably designed to prevent the misuse or dissemination of material, non-public information about
you or your account holdings by persons associated with our firm.
Clients or prospective clients may obtain a copy of our Code of Ethics by contacting us at the
telephone number on the cover page of this brochure.
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
Neither our firm nor any persons associated with our firm has any material financial interest in client
transactions beyond the provision of investment advisory services as disclosed in this brochure.
Certain investment adviser representatives ("IARs") or related persons of the firm may invest in private
investment opportunities, including private funds, side-by-side with advisory clients. These private
investments are made solely by the IAR, and not our firm, and such investments are not solicited or
recommended to advisory clients. Clarity Wealth Advisors does not receive any compensation or
economic benefit from these private investments, and does not participate in or recommend such
investments.
Personal Trading Practices
Our firm or persons associated with our firm may buy or sell the same securities that we recommend to
you or securities in which you are already invested. A conflict of interest exists in such cases because
we may have the ability to trade ahead of you and potentially receive more favorable prices than you
will receive. In efforts to mitigate this conflict of interest, it is our policy that neither our firm nor persons
associated with our firm shall have priority over your account in the purchase or sale of securities. As a
fiduciary, it is our firm's obligation to act in our client's best interest.
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
Brokerage Practices
For clients engaging our firm for portfolio management services, clients must open one or more
custodian accounts in their own name at an independent custodian. While you are free to choose any
broker-dealer/custodian or other service provider, we typically require that you establish an account
with a brokerage firm with which we have an existing relationship. In recommending a broker-
dealer/custodian we will endeavor to select those brokers or dealers that will provide quality services at
reasonable fees. The reasonableness of such fees is based on several factors, including the broker's
ability to provide professional services, competitive commission rates, volume discounts, execution
price negotiations, the custodian's reputation, execution capabilities, and responsiveness to our clients.
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Clarity Wealth Advisors, LLC maintains brokerage/custodial relationships with Fidelity Brokerage
Services LLC ("Fidelity") and/or Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ("Schwab"), among others. These firms
were chosen based on their relatively low transaction fees and access to mutual funds and ETFs.
Clarity Wealth Advisors, LLC will never charge a premium or commission on transactions, beyond the
actual cost imposed by the acting Custodian.
We generally do not allow clients to instruct our firm to use one or more particular brokers for the
transactions in their accounts. If you choose to direct our firm to use a particular broker, and we accept
such appointment, you should understand that this might prevent our firm from aggregating trades with
other client accounts and/or otherwise prevent our firm from obtaining favorable net price and
execution. Thus, when directing brokerage business, you should consider whether the commission
expenses, execution, clearance, and settlement capabilities that you will obtain through your selected
broker-dealer/custodian are adequately favorable in comparison to those that we would otherwise
obtain for you.
Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits
As a registered investment adviser, we may have access to research products and services from your
account custodian and/or other brokerage firm. These products may include financial publications,
information about particular companies and industries, research software, and other products or
services that provide lawful and appropriate assistance to our firm in the performance of our
investment decision-making responsibilities. Such research products and services are provided to all
investment advisers that utilize the service platforms of these firms and considered a benefit to our
firm, but are not considered to have been paid with soft dollars. To the extent our firm receives
any research products and/or services from your acting custodian/broker-dealer, a conflict of interest
arises in that such research and/or services might not directly benefit client accounts. In effort
to mitigate this conflict of interest it is our firm's policy to use such research or services to assist in
making investment decisions on behalf of client accounts or to assist with our overall responsibility for
servicing client accounts, respectively. Clients should also be aware that the commissions charged by
a particular broker-dealer for a particular transaction or set of transactions may be greater than the
amounts another broker who did not provide research services or products might charge. As a
registered investment adviser our firm and representatives of our firm have a fiduciary duty to act in our
client's best interest.
Brokerage for Client Referrals
We do not receive client referrals from broker-dealers in exchange for cash or other compensation,
such as brokerage services or research.
Trade Errors
In the event a trading error occurs in your account that we are responsible for, our policy is to restore
your account to the position it should have been in had the trading error not occurred. Depending on
the circumstances, corrective actions may include canceling the trade, adjusting an allocation, and/or
reimbursing the account.
Block Trades
We may combine multiple orders for shares of the same securities purchased for advisory accounts we
manage (this practice is commonly referred to as "block trading"). We will then distribute a portion of
the shares to participating accounts in a fair and equitable manner. The distribution of the shares
purchased is typically proportionate to the size of the account, but it is not based on account
performance or the amount or structure of management fees. Accounts owned by our firm or persons
associated with our firm may participate in block trading with your accounts; however, they will not
receive preferential treatment. Our firm's strict policy that neither our firm nor persons associated with
our firm shall have priority over your account in the purchase or sale of securities or investment
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products.
Where we block trade accounts, we do so only for discretionary accounts. We do not combine orders
for non-discretionary accounts. Accordingly, non-discretionary accounts may pay different costs than
discretionary accounts pay. If you enter into non-discretionary arrangements with our firm, we may not
be able to buy and sell the same quantities of securities for you and you may pay higher commissions,
fees, and/or transaction costs than clients who enter into discretionary arrangements with our firm.
Item 13 Review of Accounts
Portfolio Management
Parvin Manuchehri and/or Milind Dalal, Investment Adviser Representatives of our firm, will monitor
your accounts on an ongoing basis and will generally conduct account reviews on a quarterly basis,
but no less than annually, in efforts to ensure the advisory services provided to you are consistent with
your investment needs and objectives. Additional reviews may be conducted based on various
circumstances, including, but not limited to: contributions and withdrawals; year-end tax
planning; market moving events; security specific events; and/or, changes in your risk/return
objectives.
Clients will receive trade confirmations and at least quarterly statements from their account custodian.
Financial Planning Services
For those clients whom we provide personal financial planning services, reviews are conducted on an
as-needed basis or as agreed upon in the Financial Planning Agreement. If you engage us for these
services, Parvin Manuchehri and/or Milind Dalal will review your financial plan or current circumstances
as needed, depending on the arrangements made with you at the inception of your advisory
relationship. If the Financial Planning Agreement is renewed, we will prepare an updated written
financial plan pursuant to the Financial Planning Agreement. While we recommend meeting with you at
least annually, additional reviews will be conducted upon your request. To the extent we provide any
written reports, such reports and/or financial plans will be rendered as part of the negotiated services.
Portfolio Consulting Services
Parvin Manuchehri and/or Milind Dalal, Investment Adviser Representatives of our firm will monitor
your accounts on an ongoing basis and will conduct account reviews at least annually in efforts to
ensure the TPAM's performance and portfolio allocations are consistent with your investment needs
and objectives.
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
We do not receive any compensation from any third party in connection with providing investment
advice to you nor do we compensate any individual or firm for client referrals.
Please refer to Item 10 of this Brochure for more information on outside business activities involving
our firm's Investment Advisor Representatives where such persons might receive additional
compensation beyond our advisory fees.
Item 15 Custody
We do not have physical custody of any client funds and/or securities. However, where clients grant us
written authorization to deduct advisory fees from their account(s), we are deemed to have custody
over client funds or securities limited to the deduction of advisory fees.
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With respect to third party standing letters of authorization (“SLOA”) where a client grants us authority
to direct custodians to disburse funds to one or more third party accounts, we are deemed to have
custody pursuant to Rule 206(4)-2 (the “Custody Rule”). We have taken steps to have controls and
oversight in place to comply with the no-action letter issued by the SEC on February 21, 2017 (the
“SEC no-action letter”). We are not required to comply with the surprise examination requirements of
the Custody Rule if we comply with the representations noted in the SEC no-action letter. Where our
firm acts pursuant to a SLOA, we believe we are making a good faith effort to comply with the
representations noted in the SEC no-action letter. Additionally, since many of the representations
noted in the SEC no-action letter involve the qualified custodian’s operations, we will collaborate
closely with our custodian(s) to ensure that the representations are met.
Your funds and securities will be held with a bank, broker-dealer, or other independent, qualified
custodian. You will receive account statements from the independent, qualified custodian(s) holding
your funds and securities at least quarterly. The account statements from your custodian(s) will
indicate the amount of our advisory fees deducted from your account. You should carefully review
account statements for accuracy. If you have questions regarding your account or if you did not receive
a statement from your custodian, please contact us.
Item 16 Investment Discretion
If you engage our firm for discretionary portfolio management services, we require you to grant our firm
discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary authorization will allow us to determine
the specific securities, and the number of securities, to be purchased or sold for your account without
your approval prior to each transaction. This discretionary authority will also provide our firm
with authorization to delegate discretionary management services to other unaffiliated Sub-Advisors
selected by our firm based on your investment objectives and portfolio strategy. Discretionary
authority is granted by the advisory agreement you sign with our firm and the appropriate trading
authorization forms. In our sole discretion, we may accept instructions from you that limit our
discretionary authority (for example, limiting the types of securities that can be purchased or sold for
your account). Such requests must be presented to our firm in writing.
If you enter into non-discretionary arrangements with our firm, we will obtain your approval prior to the
execution of any transactions for your account(s). You have an unrestricted right to decline to
implement any advice provided by our firm on a non-discretionary basis.
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
We will not vote proxies on behalf of your advisory accounts. At your request, we may offer you advice
regarding corporate actions and the exercise of your proxy voting rights. If you own shares of
applicable securities, you are responsible for exercising your right to vote as a shareholder.
In most cases, you will receive proxy materials directly from the account custodian. However, in the
event we were to receive any written or electronic proxy materials, we would forward them directly to
you by mail, unless you have authorized our firm to contact you by electronic mail, in which case, we
would forward any electronic solicitations to vote proxies.
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Item 18 Financial Information
The following are disclosures required by the Form ADV Instructions:
Our firm does not have any financial condition or impairment that would prevent us from meeting our
contractual commitments to you. We do not take physical custody of client funds or securities, or serve
as trustee or signatory for client accounts, and, we do not require the prepayment of more than $1,200
in fees for services not performed within six months. Therefore, we are not required to include a
financial statement with this Disclosure Brochure. We have not filed a bankruptcy petition at any time in
the past ten years.
Item 19 Requirements for State-Registered Advisers
We are a federally registered investment adviser; therefore, we are not required to respond to this
item.
Item 20 Additional Information
Your Privacy
We view protecting your private information as a top priority. Pursuant to applicable privacy
requirements, we have instituted policies and procedures to ensure that we keep your personal
information private and secure.
We do not disclose any non-public personal information about you to any non-affiliated third parties,
except as permitted by law. In the course of servicing your account, we may share some information
with our service providers, such as transfer agents, custodians, broker-dealers, accountants,
consultants, and attorneys. We restrict internal access to non-public personal information about you to
employees, who need that information in order to provide products or services to you. We maintain
physical and procedural safeguards that comply with regulatory standards to guard your non-public
personal information and to ensure our integrity and confidentiality. We will not sell information about
you or your accounts to anyone. We do not share your information unless it is required to process a
transaction, at your request, or required by law.
You will receive a copy of our privacy notice prior to or at the time you sign an advisory agreement with
our firm. Thereafter, we will deliver a copy of the current privacy policy notice to you on an annual
basis. Contact our main office at the telephone number on the cover page of this Disclosure Brochure
if you have any questions regarding this policy. If you decide to close your account(s) we will adhere to
our privacy policies, which may be amended from time to time.
If we make any substantive changes in our privacy policy that would further permit or require
disclosures of your private information, we will provide written notice to you. Where the change is
based on permitted disclosures, you will be given an opportunity to direct us as to whether such
disclosure is acceptable. Where the change is based on required disclosures, you will only receive
written notice of the change. You may not opt out of the required disclosures. If you have questions
about our privacy policies contact our main office at the telephone number on the cover page of this
Disclosure Brochure and ask to speak to the Chief Compliance Officer.
Class Action Lawsuits
We do not determine if securities held by you are the subject of a class action lawsuit or whether you
are eligible to participate in class action settlements or litigation nor do we initiate or participate in
litigation to recover damages on your behalf for injuries as a result of actions, misconduct, or
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negligence by issuers of securities held by you.
IRA Rollover Considerations
As part of our investment advisory services to you, we may recommend that you withdraw the assets
from your employer's retirement plan and roll the assets over to an individual retirement account
("IRA") that we will manage on your behalf. If you elect to roll the assets to an IRA that is subject to our
management, we will charge you an asset-based fee as set forth in the agreement you executed with
our firm. This practice presents a conflict of interest because persons providing investment advice on
our behalf have an incentive to recommend a rollover to you for the purpose of generating fee based
compensation rather than solely based on your needs. You are under no obligation, contractually or
otherwise, to complete the rollover. Moreover, if you do complete the rollover, you are under no
obligation to have the assets in an IRA managed by our firm.
Many employers permit former employees to keep their retirement assets in their company plan. Also,
current employees can sometimes move assets out of their company plan before they retire or change
jobs. In determining whether to complete the rollover to an IRA, and to the extent the following options
are available, you should consider the costs and benefits of:
1. Leaving the funds in your employer's (former employer's) plan.
2. Moving the funds to a new employer’s retirement plan.
3. Cashing out and taking a taxable distribution from the plan.
4. Rolling the funds into an IRA rollover account.
Each of these options has advantages and disadvantages and before making a change we encourage
you to speak with your CPA and/or tax attorney.
If you are considering rolling over your retirement funds to an IRA for us to manage here are a few
points to consider before you do so:
1. Determine whether the investment options in your employer's retirement plan address your
needs or whether you might want to consider other types of investments.
1. Employer retirement plans generally have a more limited investment menu than IRAs.
2. Employer retirement plans may have unique investment options not available to the
public such as employer securities, or previously closed funds.
2. Your current plan may have lower fees than our fees.
1. If you are interested in investing only in mutual funds, you should understand the cost
structure of the share classes available in your employer's retirement plan and how the
costs of those share classes compare with those available in an IRA.
2. You should understand the various products and services you might take advantage of
at an IRA provider and the potential costs of those products and services.
3. Our strategy may have higher risk than the option(s) provided to you in your plan.
4. Your current plan may also offer financial advice.
5. If you keep your assets titled in a 401k or retirement account, you could potentially delay your
required minimum distribution beyond a certain age.
6. Your 401k may offer more liability protection than a rollover IRA; each state may vary.
1. Generally, federal law protects assets in qualified plans from creditors. Since 2005, IRA
assets have been generally protected from creditors in bankruptcies. However, there
can be some exceptions to the general rules so you should consult with an attorney if
you are concerned about protecting your retirement plan assets from creditors.
7. You may be able to take out a loan on your 401k, but not from an IRA.
8. IRA assets can be accessed any time; however, distributions are subject to ordinary income tax
and may also be subject to a 10% early distribution penalty unless they qualify for an exception
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such as disability, higher education expenses or the purchase of a home.
9. If you own company stock in your plan, you may be able to liquidate those shares at a lower
capital gains tax rate.
10.
Your plan may allow you to hire us as the manager and keep the assets titled in the plan
name.
It is important that you understand the differences between these types of accounts and to decide
whether a rollover is best for you. Prior to proceeding, if you have questions contact your investment
adviser representative, or call our main number as listed on the cover page of this Disclosure
Brochure.
IRA Rollover Recommendations
For purposes of complying with the DOL’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 (“PTE 2020-02”)
where applicable, we are providing the following acknowledgment to you.
When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or individual
retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing retirement
accounts. The way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests, so we operate under a
special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. Under
this special rule’s provisions, we must:
• Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give prudent
advice);
• Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations (give loyal
advice);
• Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
• Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your best
interest;
• Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
• Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
We benefit financially from the rollover of your assets from a retirement account to an account that we
manage or provide investment advice, because the assets increase our assets under management
and, in turn, our advisory fees. As a fiduciary, we only recommend a rollover when we believe it is in
your best interest.
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