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Form ADV Part 2A: Disclosure Brochure
March 26, 2025
Harvest Investment Services, LLC
1 Trans Am Plaza Drive, Suite 230
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Phone: (630) 613-9230
Facsimile: (630) 613-9126
Website: www.harvestinvestmentservices.com
This Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Harvest
Investment Services, LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of this Brochure, please
contact us at (630) 613-9230. 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 Harvest Investment Services, LLC is available on the SEC's website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov by searching IARD/CRD # 159390.
Harvest Investment Services, LLC 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 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 the filing of our last annual updating amendment, dated March 14, 2024, we have no material
changes to report.
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Item 3 Table Of Contents
Item 1 Cover Page
Item 2 Material Changes
Item 3 Table Of Contents
Item 4 Advisory Business
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
Item 7 Types of Clients
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
Item 13 Review of Accounts
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Item 15 Custody
Item 16 Investment Discretion
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
Item 18 Financial Information
Item 19 Requirements for State-Registered Advisers
Item 20 Additional Information
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Item 4 Advisory Business
Description of Services and Fees
Harvest Investment Services, LLC ("Harvest Investments") is a registered investment adviser
established in 2011. We are organized as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of
Illinois. Harvest Financial Planning, LLC is our principal owner and Timothy J. Newell is the majority
owner of Harvest Financial Planning, LLC. Currently, we offer the following investment advisory
services, which are personalized to each individual client:
• Portfolio Management Services
• Financial Planning and Consulting Services
• Selection of Other Advisers
• Pension Consulting Services
• Sub-Advisory Management Services
The following paragraphs describe our services and fees. Please refer to the description of each
investment advisory service listed below for information on how we tailor our advisory services to your
individual needs. As used in this Brochure, the words "we", "our" and "us" refer to Harvest Investment
Services, LLC and the words "you", "your" and "client" refer to you as either a client or prospective
client of our firm.
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
establishing an account for purposes of holding certain securities.
If you participate in our discretionary portfolio management services, we require you to grant our firm
discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary authorization will allow our firm to effect
purchases, sales, exchanges, re-balance, reallocation, and other transactions with respect to the
managed assets in your account(s) without receiving your consent each time. Discretionary authority is
typically granted by the investment advisory agreement you sign with our firm and/or through trading
authorization forms. In limited circumstances, and only in our sole discretion, we may accept
certain instructions from you that limit our discretionary authority (for example, limiting the types of
securities that can be purchased for your account) by providing our firm with your restrictions and
guidelines 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.
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We also serve as investment manager for collective investment trusts ("CITs") used by our affiliate,
Envoy Advisory Inc. The CITs are used to manage pension benefits for Envoy's pension and
retirement plan clients.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
We offer financial planning and consulting services as a stand-alone service that generally consists of
broad-based planning, project-based planning, and/or general consulting. We also offer ongoing
financial planning that may include ongoing consulting regarding your financial plan,
quarterly and/or annual reviews, and updates to your financial plan. These services typically involve a
variety of advisory 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 financial planning and/or
consulting recommendations, which may be presented in a written plan, designed to help you achieve
your stated financial goals and objectives.
Our financial planning and/or consulting services may include, but are not limited to:
Income Analysis/Cash Flow/Budget Analysis
Investment Analysis/Asset Allocation/Investment Planning
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• Education Funding Analysis/Planning
• Retirement Needs Analysis/Planning
• Retirement Plan Review
• Debt Management
• Life Insurance Review/Analysis
• Long-Term Care Review/Analysis
• Disability Insurance Review/Analysis
• Estate Analysis/Estate Planning Service
• Charitable Giving
• Employee Benefit Analysis
• Portfolio Monitoring
• Business Planning
Financial 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 have the right to
accept or reject our financial recommendations, and you may choose our firm, or any other firm, to
assist you with implementing our recommendations. You may enter into arrangements with our firm
that are separate and in addition to our financial planning and/or consulting services in order to
implement advice provided, which is generally subject to additional compensation.
As part our firm's advisory services, we also offer clients access to third-party financial software that
typically allows you and us: the ability to aggregate account information; have access to financial
reporting; provide you with access to a secure client portal; and utilize a secure cloud-based document
storage platform.
Selection of Other Advisers
As part of our investment advisory services, we may recommend that you use the services of a third-
party money manager ("TPMM') to manage all or a portion of your investment portfolio. After gathering
information about your financial situation and objectives, we will decide whether to recommend that
you engage a TPMM or utilize another investment program. Factors that we take into consideration
when making our recommendations include, but are not limited to: the TPMM's performance, methods
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of analysis, fees, your financial needs, investment goals, risk tolerance, and investment objectives. We
generally will periodically monitor the TPMM's performance to ensure its management and investment
style remains aligned with your investment goals and objectives.
The TPMM will actively manage client portfolios and assume discretionary investment authority
over client accounts. We will generally assume discretionary authority to hire and fire the TPMM and/or
reallocate your assets to another TPMM where we deem such action appropriate and in your best
interest.
Pension Consulting Services
We offer various levels of advisory and consulting services to employee benefit plans and to the
participants of such plans ("Participants"). The services are designed to assist plan sponsors ("Plan
Sponsors") in meeting their management and fiduciary obligations to the Participants under the
Employee Retirement Income Securities Act ("ERISA"). In all cases, Plan Sponsors must make the
ultimate decision to retain our firm for pension consulting and other advisory services. The Plan
Sponsor is free to seek independent advice about the appropriateness of any recommended services
for the plan.
When working with Plan level engagements where we act as the Investment Manager to the Plan, we
shall have discretionary investment authority to direct the core investments to be offered to plan
participants in a manner that is consistent with the criteria set forth in the Plan's investment policy
statement ("IPS") that has been approved by the Plan Sponsor, or other plan fiduciary. Such authority
will include ability to select, monitor, remove and replace all investment alternatives that constitute the
core investment menu. In cases where we provide instructions directly to the Plan's recordkeeper or
third-party administrator with regard to the removal, or replacement, of investments, we will provide the
Plan Sponsor with a report containing the basis for those decisions.
In rendering Investment Management Services or any other ERISA Discretionary Fiduciary Service, we
will act as an ERISA fiduciary and will serve as an investment manager as defined in Section 3(38) of
ERISA, and also as a fiduciary under the Investment Advisers Act. We shall retain final decision-
making authority with regard to all ERISA Discretionary Fiduciary Services, and the Plan fiduciaries
remain responsible for demonstrating that our firm was prudently selected and monitored.
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.
401k ActiveWatch
Aside from our services where we act as the Investment Manager, we offer our 401k ActiveWatch
service directly to plan participants (i.e., the client or participant) where we use Pontera Solutions, Inc.
("Pontera"), a third-party platform, to facilitate management of held away assets such as defined
contribution plan participant accounts, with discretion. These are primarily 401(k) accounts, HSAs,
403(b)s, 529 education savings plans, 457 plans, profit sharing plans, and other assets not custodied
with our recommended custodian. Not all plans are compatible, please reach out to us to discuss your
opportunity.
Once a client's account is connected to the 401k ActiveWatch platform, we will review the current
allocation and the available fund lineup. If necessary, we will reallocate or rebalance the account
considering the client's investment goals, their risk tolerance, the current economic and market trends,
as well as the available fund lineup within the plan.
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The platform allows us to avoid being considered having custody of Client funds since we do not have
direct access to Client log-in credentials to affect trades. A link will be provided to the client, allowing
them to connect an account(s) to the platform. Harvest is not affiliated with the Pontera platform in any
way and receives no compensation from them for using their platform.
The goal is to improve account performance over time, potentially minimize losses during difficult
markets, and manage internal fees that harm account performance. Client account(s) will be reviewed
at least quarterly and allocation changes will be made as deemed necessary.
Sub-Advisory Management Services
We also provide sub-advisory portfolio management services to affiliated and non-affiliated investment
advisers (the "Primary Investment Adviser") and their clients. In this role, we manage assets on a
discretionary basis using specific portfolio strategies developed by our firm. Discretionary
authorization will allow us to determine the specific securities, and the amount of securities, to be
purchased or sold within our investment strategies. We are hired by the Primary Investment Adviser
and manage their clients' assets in accordance with stated guidelines and objectives which are
communicated to us by the Primary Investment Adviser. We have no direct contact with the PIA's
clients. The Primary Investment Adviser has a contract with us and has the authority to terminate our
services.
Wrap Fee Programs
We are a portfolio manager to and sponsor of a Wrap Fee Portfolio Management Program, which is a
type of investment management program that provides advisory services and brokerage execution. If
you participate in our Wrap Fee Program, you will pay our firm a single fee, which includes our money
management fees and transaction costs. The overall cost you will incur if you participate in our
Wrap Fee Program may be higher or lower than you might incur by separately purchasing the types of
securities available in the program.
To compare the cost of the Wrap Fee Program with non-wrap fee portfolio management services, you
should consider the frequency of trading activity associated with our investment strategies and the
brokerage commissions charged by other broker-dealers, and the advisory fees charged by investment
advisers. For more information concerning the Wrap Fee Program, please see the Form ADV Part
2A Appendix 1 (Wrap Fee Program Disclosure Brochure).
Affiliation with Private Fund
Our firm is affiliated through common ownership and management with Harvesting Kingdom
Resources, LLC, which is the Sponsor and investment manager of the HIS Kingdom Resources Trust
(the "Fund"), an affiliate of our firm. Harvest Investments does not manage any funds for Harvesting
Kingdom Resources, LLC.
Investments in the Fund are offered only to accredited investors as set forth in Regulation D under the
Securities Act of 1933, and Harvest Investments does offer the Fund to certain investors. Investments
in the Fund are offered by private offering memorandum which provides investors with full disclosure
regarding the objectives of the Fund and the risks involved with the offering. Investors that purchase
interests in the Fund will be admitted to the Fund as Interest Owners. The minimum initial capital
contribution required to become an Interest Owner of the Fund is $200,000 subject to the Fund's sole
discretion to accept a capital commitment in any amount.
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The detailed terms, strategies and risks applicable to the Funds are described in the Fund's
organizational and offering documents. Details of the guidelines, parameters and restrictions on
investments relating to the Fund investors may be found in the Fund's offering documents which
includes a private placement memorandum (or other information documents, as applicable).
Investment in the Fund is available for investment only by investors who meet the eligibility
requirements as set forth in the Fund's offering documents. The Fund is exempt from registration as an
investment company under the U.S. Investment Company Act, as amended (the "Investment Company
Act"), under Section 3(c)(1). Harvest Investments does not purchase the Fund for its investors through
the use of discretion and earns no compensation beyond the advisory fee it earns as stated in your
client agreement. Harvest Investments only sells class 2 of the Fund, which charges 1% in internal
fees and is not shared with Harvest Investments.
Types of Investments
We primarily offer advice on equity securities (stocks), exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual
funds. Additionally, we may advise you on any type of investment that we deem appropriate based on
your stated goals and objectives. We may also provide advice on any type of investment held in your
portfolio at the inception of our advisory relationship.
You may request that we refrain from investing in particular securities or certain types of securities.
You must provide these restrictions to our firm in writing.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2024, we provide continuous management services for $534,204,368 in client
assets on a discretionary basis.
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
Portfolio Management Fee Arrangement
Our fee for portfolio management services is typically based on a percentage of your assets we
manage, and is based on the following tiered fee schedule:
Assets Under Management
$0 - $49,999
$50,000 – $99,999
$100,000 – $249,999
$250,000 – $499,999
$500,000 – $749,999
$750,000 – $999,999
$1,000,000 – $1,499,999
$1,500,000 – $1,999,999
$2,000,000 – $9,999,999
$10,000,000 – and over
Maximum Annual Fee as % of Portfolio Assets**
2.80%
2.75%
2.50%
2.25%
2.00%
2.00%
1.75%
1.75%
1.50%
negotiable
*Accounts with holdings less than $50,000 may be assessed a $25 quarterly Reporting Fee in addition
to the percentage based Advisory Fee indicated above.
**This is a non-blended tiered fee schedule. For instance, if the value of your portfolio assets is
$1,500,000, the maximum annual fee is 1.75% of your portfolio assets.
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While our portfolio management fees are generally based on the tiered fee schedule noted above, we
may negotiate an alternate schedule, blended schedule or 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. Please refer to your Investment Advisory Services Agreement when engaging our services for
your specific fee schedule.
Typically, portfolio management fees will be billed directly to the account, monthly in advance, starting
with the first full month. Our advisory fees are negotiable depending on individual client
circumstances. In our sole discretion, we may negotiate other fee-paying arrangements, such
as quarterly fees or pro-rating partial billing periods. Please refer to your Investment Advisory Services
Agreement for your specific fee arrangement. In instances where your account is held directly with a
mutual fund, our fee may be billed based on the period determined by the mutual fund company.
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. The qualified custodian will deliver an account statement to
you at least quarterly. These account statements will show all disbursements from your account. You
should review all statements for accuracy. Generally, we will receive a duplicate copy of your account
statements or we will have access to your account statements through your custodian's platform.
Clients may terminate their services at any time. Portfolio management services will continue through
the current billing month in which the termination occurred with no refund of advisory fees. Upon
terminating the agreement, we reserve the right to charge an administrative fee to process the transfer
or closing of your account(s). Client aggregate account values greater than $250,000 will be charged
$200 while client aggregate accounts less than $250,000 will be charged $100.
Other Management Fees
We earn a portion of the fees charged by the Primary Investment Adviser to their clients for accounts
where we serve as the sub-advisor. This fee is 45 basis points (0.45%). We also earn a portion of the
fees charged to retirement plans that purchase the collective investment trusts where we serve as the
investment manager. This fee totals 45 basis points or 0.45%.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
We provide financial planning and consulting services on an hourly basis, and in some cases, we may
negotiate a fixed fee or percentage of portfolio/plan asset fee. Our hourly fee ranges up to $500 and
our fixed fees may range up to $10,000, and in certain instances may exceed this limit where the
services requested require more time and are complex in nature. These fees are generally due upon
completion of services rendered, but we reserve the right to negotiate other fee-paying arrangements,
such as 50% in advance with the remaining portion due upon completion of services rendered. Where
we offer advisory clients access to third-party financial software, we may impose an annual fee ranging
up to $500 collected in advance. In our sole discretion, we may negotiate our fee and fee-paying
arrangements depending on the client's individual circumstances. Under no circumstances will we
require prepayment of a fee in excess of $1,200 for services not performed within six months of the
advanced payment. All terms of our engagement will be evidenced in the written agreement that you
sign with our firm.
Our fee is payable as invoiced, or you may authorize us to deduct our fee from a managed account at
a qualified custodian for which we provide portfolio management services. You may terminate the
agreement by providing our firm with written notice. You will incur a pro rata charge for services
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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.
Selection of Other Advisers
We do not charge you a separate fee for the selection of other advisers. We will share in the advisory
fee you pay directly to the TPMM. The advisory fee you pay to the TPMM is established and payable in
accordance with the brochure provided by each TPMM to whom you are referred. These fees may or
may not be negotiable. Our compensation may differ depending upon the individual agreement we
have with each TPMM. As such, a conflict of interest may arise where our firm or persons associated
with our firm may have an incentive to recommend one TPMM over another TPMM with whom we
have more favorable compensation arrangements or other advisory programs offered by a TPMM with
whom we have less or no compensation arrangements.
You will be required to sign an agreement directly with each selected TPMM. Brokerage and custodial
services used by a recommended TPMM vary. You are able to terminate your advisory relationship
with the TPMM according to the terms of your agreement with the TPMM. You should review each
TPMM's brochure for specific information on how to terminate your advisory relationship with the
TPMM and how you will receive a refund, if applicable. You should contact the TPMM directly for
questions regarding your advisory agreement with that firm.
Pension Consulting Services to Retirement Plans and Plan Participants
Our Pension Consulting fee is based on our portfolio management fee schedule noted above and in
the agreement that you sign with our firm.
Generally, fees for these services shall be: 1) on a flat fee basis; 2) on a percentage of a plan's assets;
or 3) a combination of these methods, as agreed to between Harvest Investment Services and the
Plan Sponsor or plan participant (in the case of the 401k Active Watch service). Neither our firm nor
any of our investment adviser representatives receive additional compensation beyond these fees.
Either party to the agreement may terminate the agreement upon 7-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 any unearned fees will be refunded to the client.
401k ActiveWatch
For assets held at a custodian that is not directly accessible by our firm ("Held Away Accounts"), we
may, but are not required to, manage these Held Away Accounts using Pontera which allows our firm
to view and manage assets. Our annual fee for investment management services for held away
accounts will follow our portfolio management fee schedule and termination instructions as noted
above.
Our advisory fees will not be deducted directly from the accounts managed through the Pontera Order
Management System. The client does not pay an additional fee for Pontera. Fees will be based upon
your negotiated fee in accordance to our portfolio management fee schedule and your Agreement.
Clients will give written authorization to deduct the fee from an account managed by our firm in the
advisory agreement, in which case, the advisory fee would be deducted on a recurring basis (typically
quarterly, however please see your advisory contract for specific terms). Further, the qualified
custodian will deliver an account statement to you at least quarterly. These account statements will
show all disbursements from your account. You should review all statements and invoices for
accuracy.
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We pay a fee to Pontera, however, you will not pay our firm a higher advisory fee beyond what is listed
above.
Affiliation with Private Fund
To qualify for an investment in a private fund an investor to the private fund must be an accredited
investor or qualified purchaser as applicable to the corresponding private fund offering documents. For
a full description of the applicable fees, including performance-based fees, and expenses charged to
the respective private fund, investors should review the associated offering documents. Harvest
Investments does not purchase the Fund for its investors through the use of discretion and earns no
compensation beyond the advisory fee it earns as stated in your client agreement. Harvest
Investments only sells class 2 of the Fund, which charges 1% in internal fees and is not shared with
Harvest Investments.
Additional Fees and Expenses
As part of our investment advisory services to you, we may invest, or recommend that you invest, in
equity securities, ETFs, or mutual funds. The fees that you pay to our firm for investment advisory
services are separate and distinct from the fees and expenses involving the trading of securities. You
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 the Brokerage Practices section of this
Brochure.
We may trade client accounts on margin. Each client must sign a separate margin agreement before
margin is extended to that client account. Fees for advice and execution on these securities are based
on the total asset value of the account, which includes the value of the securities purchased on margin.
While a negative amount may show on a client's statement for the margined security as the result of a
lower net market value, the amount of the fee is based on the absolute market value. This could create
a conflict of interest where we may have an incentive to encourage the use of margin to create a
higher market value and therefore receive a higher fee. The use of margin results in interest charges
paid by you in addition to all other fees and expenses associated with the securities involved.
Compensation for the Sale of Other Investment Products
Some investment adviser representatives of our firm are licensed as insurance agents and may sell
insurance products through an affiliated company, Harvest Financial Planning, LLC, or through
separate insurance agencies of which the investment adviser representative may or may not be
affiliated. These persons will earn commission-based compensation for selling insurance products,
including insurance products they sell to you. Insurance commissions earned by these persons are
separate and in addition to our advisory fees. This practice presents a conflict of interest because
persons providing investment advice on behalf of our firm who are insurance agents have a financial
incentive to recommend insurance products to you for the purpose of generating commissions rather
than solely based on your needs. However, you are under no obligation, contractually or otherwise, to
purchase insurance products through any person affiliated with our firm. Depending on the insurance
products sold, the commissions earned by the insurance agent may be substantial. This creates an
incentive for the insurance agent to sell you insurance products rather than investment advisory
services since they will typically earn more money from the sale of insurance products. Harvest
Investments mitigates this by recommending what we believe is in your best interest at all times.
Lower fees for comparable services may be available from other services.
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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 Advisory Business section 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 business
entities, and other registered investment advisers. We also provide investment advisory services to
collective investment trusts for our affiliated investment adviser, Envoy Advisory Inc., for pension and
profit-sharing plans.
Generally, we require a minimum account size of $25,000 to open and maintain an advisory account
with our firm. We may waive or lower this minimum requirement in our sole 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 to meet the stated
minimum.
As mentioned previously in this Brochure, our firm is affiliated with HIS Kingdom Resources Trust
through common ownership. Investors in the Fund will be required to make a minimum initial
investment of $200,000 upon subscription. Investors and prospective investors should refer to the
Fund's offering documents for further information on minimum investment and investor qualification
requirements.
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:
Our Actively Managed Tactical Strategy uses a unique blend of global capital appreciation strategies
coupled with risk control techniques. We employ disciplined buy and sell strategies to manage each
position in your accounts.
Charting Analysis – involves the gathering and processing of price and volume pattern information for a
particular security, sector, broad index or commodity. This price and volume pattern information is
analyzed. The resulting pattern and correlation data is used to detect departures from expected
performance and diversification and predict future price movements and trends.
Risk: Our charting 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.
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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.
Risk: 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.
Cyclical Analysis – a type of technical analysis that involves evaluating recurring price patterns and
trends. Economic/business cycles may not be predictable and may have many fluctuations between
long term expansions and contractions.
Risk: The lengths of economic cycles may be difficult to predict with accuracy and therefore the
risk of cyclical analysis is the difficulty in predicting economic trends and consequently the
changing value of securities that would be affected by these changing trends.
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.
Risk: 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.
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.
Risk: 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.
Risk: 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 time.
Short Sales – securities transaction in which an investor sells securities that were borrowed in
anticipation of a price decline. The investor is then required to return an equal number of shares at
some point in the future.
Risk: A short seller will profit if the stock goes down in price, but if the price of the shares
increase, the potential losses are unlimited.
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Margin Transactions – a securities transaction in which an investor borrows money to purchase a
security, in which case the security serves as collateral on the loan.
Risk: If the value of the shares drops sufficiently, the investor will be required to either deposit
more cash into the account or sell a portion of the stock in order to maintain the margin
requirements of the account. This is known as a "margin call." An investor's overall risk includes
the amount of money invested plus the amount that was loaned to them.
Option Writing – a securities transaction that involves selling an option. An option is the right, but not
the obligation, to buy or sell a particular security at a specified price before the expiration date of the
option. When an investor sells an option, he or she must deliver to the buyer a specified number of
shares if the buyer exercises the option. The seller pays the buyer a premium (the market price of the
option at a particular time) in exchange for writing the option.
Risk: Options are complex investments and can be very risky, especially if the investor does not
own the underlying stock. In certain situations, an investor's risk can be unlimited.
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.
We may use short-term trading (in general, selling securities within 30 days of purchasing the same
securities) as an investment strategy when managing your account(s). Short-term trading is not a
fundamental part of our overall investment strategy, but we may use this strategy occasionally when
we determine that it is suitable given your stated investment objectives and tolerance for risk.
We may use investment strategies that involve buying and selling securities frequently in an effort to
capture significant market gains and avoid significant losses during a volatile market. However,
frequent trading can negatively affect investment performance, particularly through increased
brokerage and other transactional costs and taxes.
Tax Considerations
Our strategies and investments may have unique and significant tax implications. Regardless of your
account size or any other factors, we strongly recommend that you continuously consult with a tax
professional prior to and throughout the investing of your assets.
Moreover, as a result of revised IRS regulations, custodians and broker-dealers will begin reporting the
cost basis of equities acquired in client accounts on or after January 1, 2011. Your custodian will
default to the FIFO (First-In First-Out) accounting method for calculating the cost basis of your
investments. You are responsible for contacting your tax advisor to determine if this accounting
method is the right choice for you. If your tax advisor believes another accounting method is more
advantageous, please provide written notice to our firm immediately and we will alert your account
custodian of your individually selected accounting method. Please note that decisions about cost basis
accounting methods will need to be made before trades settle, as the cost basis method cannot be
changed after settlement.
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.
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Recommendation of Particular Types of Securities
As disclosed under the "Advisory Business" section in this Brochure, we primarily
recommend stocks and ETFs along with mutual funds. 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.
There are numerous ways of measuring the risk of stocks. 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, more well-established companies ("large cap") tend to be safer than smaller start-up
companies ("small cap") but the mere size of an issuer is not, by itself, an indicator of the safety of the
investment.
ETFs generally provide diversification, risks can be significantly increased if the ETF 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 ETF with different types of securities. Exchange traded funds
can be bought and sold throughout the day like stock and their price can fluctuate throughout the day.
The returns on ETFs can be reduced by the costs to manage the funds.
Other securities that we may recommend that have higher risk include the following:
Leveraged ETFs seek to achieve a return that is a multiple of two or three times the performance
of the index they track. For example, if the market as measured by the S&P 500 is up 1%, then an
ETF with a 2x multiplier would be up approximately 2%, while an ETF with a 3x multiplier would be
up 3%. It may seem that a 2x or 3x multiplier is a benefit when the market and ETF move higher, it
is important to remember that the multiplier applies when the ETF moves lower, which would
result in greater losses than the tracked index.
Inverse ETFs seek to deliver the opposite performance of the index or benchmark they track. For
example, if the market as measured by the S&P 500 is down 1% the inverse ETF would be
positive by approximately 1%. Inverse ETFs often are marketed as a way for investors to profit
from or hedge exposure to declining markets. It is important to remember that historically the
market does move higher over the intermediate to long term.
Leveraged Inverse ETFs seek to achieve the inverse return of two or three times the performance
of the index they track. For example, if the market as measured by the S&P 500 is down 1%, then
an inverse leveraged ETF with a 2x multiplier would be up approximately 2%, while an ETF with a
3x multiplier would be up 3%. To accomplish their objectives, leveraged and inverse ETFs pursue
a range of investment strategies through the use of swaps, futures contracts, and other derivative
instruments.
Most leveraged and inverse ETFs "reset" daily, meaning that they are designed to achieve their
stated objectives on a daily basis. Their performance over longer periods of time -- over weeks or
months or years -- can differ significantly from the performance (or inverse of the performance) of
their underlying index or benchmark during the same period of time. This effect can be magnified
in volatile markets and results can deviate substantially from their index.
Leveraged or inverse ETFs are typically more costly than traditional ETFs.
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Leveraged or inverse ETFs may be less tax-efficient than traditional ETFs, in part because daily
resets can cause the ETF to realize significant short-term capital gains that may not be offset by a
loss. Be sure to check with your tax advisor about the consequences of investing in a leveraged or
inverse ETF.
Due to our firm's philosophy on investments, we sometimes hold these longer than the
recommended prospectus' daily time frame since we attempt to limit the downside on a client-by-
client basis through other trading techniques. While there may be trading and hedging strategies
that justify holding these investments longer than a day, buy-and-hold investors with an
intermediate or long-term time horizon should carefully consider whether leveraged ETFs are
appropriate for their portfolio. As discussed above, because leveraged and inverse ETFs reset
each day, their performance can quickly diverge from the performance of the underlying index or
benchmark. In other words, it is possible that you could suffer significant losses even if the long-
term performance of the index showed a gain.
Real Estate Investment Trust: A real estate investment trust ("REIT") is a corporate entity which
invests in real estate and/or engages in real estate financing. A REIT reduces or eliminates
corporate income taxes. REITs can be publicly or privately held. Public REITs may be listed on
public stock exchanges. REITs are required to declare 90% of their taxable income as dividends,
but they actually pay dividends out of funds from operations, so cash flow has to be strong or the
REIT must either dip into reserves, borrow to pay dividends, or distribute them in stock (which
causes dilution). After 2012, the IRS stopped permitting stock dividends. Most REITs must
refinance or erase large balloon debts periodically. The credit markets are no longer frozen, but
banks are demanding, and getting, harsher terms to re-extend REIT debt. Some REITs may be
forced to make secondary stock offerings to repay debt, which will lead to additional dilution of the
stockholders. Fluctuations in the real estate market can affect the REIT's value and dividends.
Business Development Company's (BDCs) are designed to provide a high level of current income.
The fund primarily invests in floating rate, senior secured loans of private U.S. middle market
companies. BDCs invest in securities that are rated below investment grade by rating agencies or
that would be rated below investment grade if they were rated. Below investment grade securities,
which are often referred to as "junk," have predominantly speculative characteristics with respect
to the issuer's capacity to pay interest and repay principal. They may also be difficult to value and
illiquid. An investment strategy focused primarily on privately held companies presenting certain
challenges, including lack of available information about these companies. BDCs can be publicly
or privately held. Public BDCs may be listed on a public exchange. Privately held BDCs may be
considered speculative and involve a high level of risk, including the risk of a substantial loss of
investment. There may be no public trading market for shares of privately held BDCs and the
BDC sponsor is not obligated to effectuate a liquidity event by a specified date, if at all, it is
unlikely that you will be able to sell your shares. If you are able to sell your shares before the BDC
completes a liquidity event, it is likely that you will receive less than you paid for them. There may
be quarterly tender offers for the BDC and if there are tender offers only a limited number of
shares will be eligible for repurchase and the sponsor may amend, suspend or terminate the share
repurchase program at any time.
Alternative Investments / Private Funds
As part of our firm's investment philosophy, we may also recommend to certain "accredited
investors' to invest in private investments, including, but not limited to, private placements, limited
partnerships, limited liability companies, alternative investments, oil and gas direct investment, or
private funds. Private 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 may be considered illiquid in nature, and clients should be
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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. Private funds are pooled
investment vehicles that generally include hedge funds and private equity funds. These
investments are considered illiquid with high levels of risk, include the loss of the entire
investment.
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
Insurance Licenses
Some persons providing investment advice on behalf of our firm are also licensed as independent
insurance agents. Please refer to the Fees and Compensation section (Item 5) for additional
disclosures on this topic.
Recommendation of Other Advisers
We may recommend that you use a third-party money manager ("TPMM") based on your needs and
suitability. We will receive compensation from the TPMM for recommending that you use their services.
These compensation arrangements present a conflict of interest because we have a financial incentive
to recommend the services of the TPMM. You are not obligated, contractually or otherwise, to use the
services of any TPMM we recommend. We will only refer you to TPMMs or other advisers that are
registered or notice filed in the appropriate jurisdiction.
Affiliated Entities
Harvest Investment Services is also affiliated with the following entities:
• Envoy Advisory Inc. is an affiliated SEC registered investment adviser.
• Envoy TPA and Recordkeeping, Inc. is an affiliated company which provides Plan accounting
and administration, trade processing, mutual fund shareholder services, and recordkeeping
services to Plan Sponsors and Participants, and clients for additional fees which are set forth in
separate agreements.
• Envoy Financial is an affiliated company that focuses on client education, but this entity does
not earn any separate compensation or fees.
• Envoy IRA, LLC is an affiliated company that was created for eventual IRA business, though at
present, all IRA business is under Envoy Advisory, Inc. As Envoy's IRA service grows and
diversifies, the income from those services and the expenses associated with providing them
will be captured in Envoy IRA, LLC and not be part of the Envoy Advisory expense or income
structure.
• Harvesting Kingdom Resources, LLC is the sponsor and investment manager of the HIS
Kingdom Resources Trust (the "Fund"), an affiliate of our firm through common ownership and
management. Harvesting Kingdom Resources, LLC provides discretionary investment advisory
and portfolio management services to the Fund.
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Referrals to an affiliated entity present a conflict of interest for us because we have a direct or indirect
financial incentive to recommend an affiliated firm's services. While we believe that compensation
charged by our affiliates is competitive, such compensation may be higher than fees charged by other
firms providing the same or similar services. You are under no obligation to use the services of any
firm we recommend, whether affiliated or otherwise, and may obtain comparable services and/or lower
fees through other firms.
Arrangements with Affiliated Entities
As discussed in the Advisory Business section of this Brochure, our firm is affiliated with HIS Kingdom
Resources Trust through common ownership and management, a private fund in which you may be
solicited to invest. The Fund is offered to "accredited investors" as described in the Fund's private
placement memorandum and other offering documents. The fees charged by the Fund are separate
and apart from our advisory fees. You should refer to the offering documents for a complete
description of the fees, investment objectives, risks and other relevant information associated with
investing in the Fund. Persons affiliated with our firm have made an investment in the Fund and have a
financial incentive to recommend the Fund over other investments.
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.
Code of Ethics also requires that certain persons associated with our firm submit reports of their
personal reportable securities account holdings and transactions to a qualified representative of our
firm who will review these reports on a periodic basis. These requirements are not applicable to: (i)
direct obligations of the Government of the United States; (ii) money market instruments, bankers'
acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper, repurchase agreements and other high
quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements; (iii) shares issued by mutual
funds or money market funds; and (iv) shares issued by unit investment trusts that are invested
exclusively in one or more mutual funds.
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 of our Associated Persons has any material financial interest in client
transactions beyond the provision of investment advisory services as disclosed in this Brochure.
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 have the ability to trade ahead of you and potentially receive more favorable prices than you will
receive. 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.
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Item 12 Brokerage Practices
Brokerage Recommendations
We recommend the brokerage and custodial services of Charles Schwab ("Schwab"). Your assets
must be maintained in an account at a "qualified custodian," generally a broker-dealer or bank. In
recognition of the value of the services the Custodian provides, you may pay higher commissions
and/or trading costs than those that may be available elsewhere. Our selection of custodian is based
on many factors, including the level of services provided, the custodian's financial stability, and the cost
of services provided by the custodian to our clients, which includes the yield on cash sweep choices,
commissions, custody fees and other fees or expenses.
The custodian and brokers we use
We do not maintain custody of your assets that we manage, although we may be deemed to have
custody of your assets if you give us authority to withdraw assets from your account (see Item 15
Custody). Your assets must be maintained in an account at a "qualified custodian," generally a broker-
dealer or bank. We recommend that our clients use Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), a registered
broker-dealer, member SIPC, as the qualified custodian.
We are independently owned and operated and are not affiliated with Schwab. Schwab will hold your
assets in a brokerage account and buy and sell securities when we instruct them to. While we
recommend that you use Schwab as custodian/broker, you will decide whether to do so and will open
your account with Schwab by entering into an account agreement directly with them. Conflicts of
interest associated with this arrangement are described below as well as in Item 14 Client Referrals
and Other Compensation. You should consider these conflicts of interest when selecting your
custodian.
We do not open the account for you, although we may assist you in doing so. If you do not wish to
place your assets with Schwab, then we cannot manage your account. Not all advisors require their
clients to use a particular broker-dealer or other custodian selected by the advisor. Even though your
account is maintained at Schwab, and we anticipate that most trades will be executed through
Schwab, we can still use other brokers to execute trades for your account as described below (see
"Your Brokerage and Custody Costs").
How we select brokers/custodians
TD Ameritrade Institutional was acquired by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. All existing TD Ameritrade
accounts were transferred to Schwab's platform in September 2023. All disclosures related to TD
Ameritrade have been removed and replaced with Charles Schwab references and disclosures specific
to products and services provided by Charles Schwab that benefit clients and/or our firm.
We recommend Schwab, a custodian/broker, to hold your assets and execute transactions. When
considering whether the terms that Schwab provides are, overall, most advantageous to you when
compared with other available providers and their services, we take into account a wide range of
factors, including:
• Combination of transaction execution services and asset custody services (generally without a
separate fee for custody)
• Capability to execute, clear, and settle trades (buy and sell securities for your account)
• Capability to facilitate transfers and payments to and from accounts (wire transfers, check
requests, bill payment, etc.)
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• Breadth of available investment products (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds,
etc.)
• Availability of investment research and tools that assist us in making investment decisions
• Quality of services
• Competitiveness of the price of those services (commission rates, margin interest rates, other
fees, etc.) and willingness to negotiate the prices
• Reputation, financial strength, security and stability
• Prior service to us and our clients
• Services delivered or paid for by Schwab
• Availability of other products and services that benefit us, as discussed below (see "Products
and services available to us from Schwab")
Your brokerage and custody costs
For our clients' accounts that Schwab maintains, Schwab generally does not charge you separately for
custody services but is compensated by charging you commissions or other fees on trades that it
executes or that settle into your Schwab account. Certain trades (for example, certain mutual funds
and ETFs) do not incur Schwab commissions or transaction fees. Schwab is also compensated by
earning interest on the uninvested cash in your account in Schwab's Cash Features Program. This
commitment benefits you because the overall commission rates you pay are lower than they would be
otherwise. In addition to commissions, Schwab charges you a flat dollar amount as a "prime broker" or
"trade away" fee for each trade that we have executed by a different broker-dealer but where the
securities bought or the funds from the securities sold are deposited (settled) into your Schwab
account. These fees are in addition to the commissions or other compensation you pay the executing
broker-dealer. In order to minimize your trading costs, we have Schwab execute most trades for your
account.
We are not required to select the broker or dealer that charges the lowest transaction cost, even if that
broker provides execution quality comparable to other brokers or dealers. Although we are not required
to execute all trades through Schwab, we have determined that having Schwab execute most trades is
consistent with our duty to seek "best execution" of your trades. Best execution means the most
favorable terms for a transaction based on all relevant factors, including those listed above (see "How
we select brokers/custodians"). By using another broker or dealer you sometimes pay lower
transaction costs.
Products and services available to us from Schwab
Schwab Advisor Services™ is Schwab's business serving independent investment advisory firms like
us. They provide us and our clients with access to their institutional brokerage services (trading,
custody, reporting, and related services), many of which are not typically available to Schwab retail
customers. However, certain retail investors may be able to get institutional brokerage services from
Schwab without going through us. Schwab also makes available various support services. Some of
those services help us manage or administer our clients' accounts, while others help us manage and
grow our business. Schwab's support services are generally available on an unsolicited basis (we don't
have to request them) and at no charge to us. Following is a more detailed description of Schwab's
support services:
Services that benefit you. Schwab's institutional brokerage services include access to a broad range
of investment products, execution of securities transactions, and custody of client assets. The
investment products available through Schwab include some to which we might not otherwise have
access or that would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment by our clients. Schwab's
services described in this paragraph generally benefit you and your account.
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Services that do not directly benefit you. Schwab also makes available to us other products and
services that benefit us but do not directly benefit you or your account. These products and services
assist us in managing and administering our clients' accounts and operating our firm. They include
investment research, both Schwab's own and that of third parties. We use this research to service all
or a substantial number of our clients' accounts, including accounts not maintained at Schwab. In
addition to investment research, Schwab also makes available software and other technology that:
• Provide access to client account data (such as duplicate trade confirmations and account
statements)
• Facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts
• Provide pricing and other market data
• Facilitate payment of our fees from our clients' accounts
• Assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping, and client reporting
Services that generally benefit only us. Schwab also offers other services intended to help us
manage and further develop our business enterprise. These services include:
• Educational conferences and events
• Consulting on technology and business needs
• Consulting on legal and compliance related needs
• Publications and conferences on practice management and business succession
• Access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, and insurance providers
• Marketing consulting and support
Schwab provides some of these services itself. In other cases, it will arrange for third-party vendors to
provide the services to us. Schwab also discounts or waives its fees for some of these services or pays
all or a part of the third party's fees. If you did not maintain your account with Schwab, we would be
required to pay for those services from our own resources.
Our interest in Schwab's services
The availability of these services from Schwab benefits us because we do not have to produce or
purchase them. We don't have to pay for Schwab's services. Schwab has also agreed to pay for
certain technology, research, marketing, and compliance consulting products and services on our
behalf. These services are not contingent upon us committing any specific amount of business to
Schwab in trading commissions or assets in custody. The fact that we receive these benefits from
Schwab is an incentive for us to recommend the use of Schwab rather than making such a decision
based exclusively on your interest in receiving the best value in custody services and the most
favorable execution of your transactions. This is a conflict of interest. We believe, however, that taken
in the aggregate our recommendation of Schwab as custodian and broker is in the best interests of our
clients. Our selection is primarily supported by the scope, quality, and price of Schwab's services (see
"How we select brokers/ custodians") and not Schwab's services that benefit only us.
Other Custodians/Broker/Dealers
As part of the investment advisory services we provide, if we recommend the use of a third-party
money manager, that firm may use brokerage and custodial services separate and apart from Schwab.
You should review the disclosure brochure of the recommended third-party money manager for
additional disclosures on this topic.
Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits
As a registered investment adviser, we have access to research products and services from your
account custodian and/or other brokerage firms. These products include financial publications,
information about particular companies and industries, research software, and other products or
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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, 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 combine multiple orders for shares of the same securities purchased for advisory accounts we
manage, including trades for our accounts and our employees' accounts. This practice is commonly
referred to as "block trading". We will then allocate 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. Subject to our discretion regarding factual and market conditions, when we
combine orders, each participating account pays an average price per share for all transactions and
pays a proportionate share of all transaction costs. Accounts owned by our firm or persons associated
with our firm may participate in block trading with your accounts; however, they will not be given
preferential treatment.
Item 13 Review of Accounts
We monitor client portfolios as part of an ongoing process while account reviews are conducted at
least annually. The reviews are designed to ensure that the advisory services provided to you are
consistent with your stated investment needs and objectives. Additional reviews may be conducted at
your request, or 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.
The Investment Adviser Representative assigned to your account and/or one of the following
individuals will review your account: Tim J. Newell, President, CEO, Scott Bradtmiller, CCO or John
Alyo, CIO. The individuals conducting reviews may vary from time to time, as personnel join or leave
our firm.
You will receive trade confirmations and monthly or quarterly statements from each account custodian
where you have accounts.
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Financial planning reviews may be conducted based on your specific request and agreement you sign
with our firm, and may be subject to our hourly rate discussed above in the Fees and
Compensation section.
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Please refer to the Brokerage Practices section above for disclosures on research and other benefits
we may receive resulting from our relationship with Charles Schwab.
As disclosed under the Fees and Compensation section in this Brochure, some persons providing
investment advice on behalf of our firm are licensed insurance agents. For information on the conflicts
of interest this presents, please refer to the Fees and Compensation section (Item 5) above.
Item 15 Custody
Your independent custodian will directly debit client accounts for the payment of our advisory fees.
This ability to deduct our advisory fees from your accounts causes our firm to exercise limited custody
over your funds or securities. We do not have physical custody of any of your funds and/or securities.
Your funds and securities will be held with a bank, broker-dealer, or other qualified custodian. You will
receive account statements from the qualified custodian holding your funds and securities at least
quarterly. The account statements from the custodian will indicate the amount of our advisory fees
deducted from each client account each billing period. You should carefully review account statements
for accuracy.
For assets held at a custodian that is not directly accessible by our firm ("Held Away Accounts") and
are managed through the Pontera management system. Fees will be based upon your negotiated fee
in accordance to our portfolio management fee schedule and your Agreement. Refer to Item 5 - Fees
and Compensation for further information.
Item 16 Investment Discretion
If you engage us to perform discretionary management services, you must first sign our discretionary
management agreement before we can buy or sell securities on your behalf. Discretionary
authorization enables our firm to exercise discretion over the selection and amount of securities to be
purchased or sold for your account(s) without obtaining your consent or approval prior to each
transaction. In limited circumstances, and only in our sole discretion, we may accept
certain instructions from you that limit our discretionary authority (for example, limiting the types of
securities that can be purchased for your account) by providing our firm with your restrictions and
guidelines 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.
Again, Harvest Investments does not use its discretionary authority to purchase HIS Kingdom
Resources Trust.
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Item 17 Voting Client Securities
We do not vote proxies on behalf of your advisory accounts. At your request, we sometimes 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 receive any written or electronic proxy materials, we 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 solicitation to vote proxies. Some proxy notices are coded for privacy. If that is the case,
we will be unable to forward them to you.
Item 18 Financial Information
We are not required to provide a balance sheet or other financial information to our clients, because
we do not require the prepayment of fees in excess of $1,200 and six months or more in advance; we
do not take custody of client funds or securities; and, we do not have a financial condition that is
reasonably likely to impair our ability to meet our commitments to you. Moreover, we have never been
the subject of a bankruptcy petition.
Item 19 Requirements for State-Registered Advisers
Our firm is registered with the SEC; therefore, no response is required for 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, insurance agencies
and insurance companies, 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. Please contact our main office at the telephone number on the cover page of this Brochure if
you have any questions regarding this policy.
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Class Action Lawsuits
We do not determine if securities held by you are the subject of a class action lawsuit. Moreover, we
do not determine 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.
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
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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
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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