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Applied Financial Wisdom

Rapid City, SDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 164428

Filed as APPLIED FINANCIAL WISDOM · Legal name Alliance of Wealth Advisors, LLC

Applied Financial Wisdom is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Rapid City, SD, registered since 2026, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 9, 2026.

0 years
registered since 2026
$130,250,000
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Applied Financial Wisdom compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Applied Financial Wisdom reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

What does Applied Financial Wisdom's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 9, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 3% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Applied Financial Wisdom located?

Applied Financial Wisdom's principal office is in Rapid City, SD, according to its Form ADV.

Is Applied Financial Wisdom registered with the SEC or a state?

Applied Financial Wisdom is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2026. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 164428.

How much does Applied Financial Wisdom manage?

Applied Financial Wisdom reports $130,250,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 9, 2026 (69% discretionary).

What types of clients does Applied Financial Wisdom serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (150); high net worth individuals (1); corporations or other businesses not listed above (1).

Which custodians does Applied Financial Wisdom use?

Applied Financial Wisdom's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists LPL Financial LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Applied Financial Wisdom report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/164428

Does Applied Financial Wisdom state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 9, 2026 says: "Our firm does not impose an account minimum. We believe that every investor, large or small, deserves unbiased, uninfluenced, professional management services."

What changed in Applied Financial Wisdom's recent Form ADV filings?

In the February 2026 filing data: Newly registered with the SEC.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Asset-based fee: up to 3% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
AFW charges clients a management fee ranging up to 3.00% per annum, collected quarterly in advance based on the fair market value of the assets in the account at the close of business on the last day of the previous quarter.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
Our firm does not impose an account minimum. We believe that every investor, large or small, deserves unbiased, uninfluenced, professional management services.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 9, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$130,250,000

$130,250,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 9, 2026.

Discretionary: $90,250,000.Non-discretionary: $40,000,000.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 150 Assets $85,000,000 (65%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1 Assets $45,000,000 (35%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $250,000 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Alliance of Wealth Advisors, LLC
Also doing business as
APPLIED FINANCIAL WISDOM
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2026 (0 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
9 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. February 2026
    • Newly registered with the SEC.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
appliedfinancialwisdom.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Applied Financial Wisdom (CRD 164428): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/applied-financial-wisdom-rapid-city-sd-164428