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Archer Investment Corporation

Carmel, INSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 136403

Filed as ARCHER INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Archer Investment Corporation is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Carmel, IN, registered since 2005, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 17, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$1,012,991,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Archer Investment Corporation compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Archer Investment Corporation reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Archer Investment Corporation located?

Archer Investment Corporation's principal office is in Carmel, IN, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 24 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Archer Investment Corporation registered with the SEC or a state?

Archer Investment Corporation is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 136403.

How much does Archer Investment Corporation manage?

Archer Investment Corporation reports $1,012,991,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 17, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Archer Investment Corporation's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Archer Investment Corporation: Regulatory assets under management: $481,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $1,012,991,000 in the October 2026 data, up 111%. Total employees: 89 in October 2021 and 80 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Archer Investment Corporation serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (4,117); high net worth individuals (173); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (38).

Which custodians does Archer Investment Corporation use?

Archer Investment Corporation's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Trade-PMR Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Archer Investment Corporation 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/136403

What changed in Archer Investment Corporation's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Added the business name Bison Creek Advisors, LLC. Employees performing advisory functions went from 82 to 80. Regulatory assets under management went from $900,511,000 to $1,012,991,000 (+12%). Added an office in Castle Rock, CO. Added an office in Cincinnati, OH. No longer lists an office in Burnsville, MN. No longer lists an office in Frederick, MD. No longer lists an office in Scottsdale, AZ.

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
  • 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 17, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,012,991,000

$1,012,991,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,012,991,000.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 4,117 Assets $355,417,000 (35%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 173 Assets $418,400,000 (41%)
Investment companies
Clients 7 Assets $171,117,000 (17%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 38 Assets $68,057,000 (7%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
ACCUPRO FINANCIAL SERVICES, BISON CREEK ADVISORS, LLC, LAKE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, NEWTON WEALTH MANAGEMENT, SULLIVAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, TRANSITIONS FINANCIAL INDIANA, WALKER WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 80. Performing investment advisory functions: 80.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
24 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Aiken, SCAltamonte Springs, FLAmarillo, TXBethesda, MDBoonton, NJBurleson, TXCastle Rock, COCharlotte, NCChestnut Ridge, NYCincinnati, OHElkhart, INHendersonville, TNHouston, TXLake Mary, FLLawrenceville, GANew Albany, INOak Brook, ILOld Greenwich, CTSarasota, FLSouth Barrington, ILStevenson Ranch, CATerre Haute, INWestlake, OHWoodland Hills, CA
States registered or notice-filed
39 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

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$481M 2021 $663M 2022 $603M 2023 $749M 2024 $901M 2025 $1.01B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,012,991,00080March 17, 2026
October 2025$900,511,00082May 19, 2025
October 2024$749,207,37282July 1, 2024
October 2023$602,923,20587June 29, 2023
October 2022$663,101,82385March 8, 2022
October 2021$481,000,00089September 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $481,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $1,012,991,000 in the October 2026 data, up 111%.

Total employees: 89 in October 2021 and 80 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Added the business name Bison Creek Advisors, LLC.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 82 to 80.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $900,511,000 to $1,012,991,000 (+12%).
    • Added an office in Castle Rock, CO.
    • Added an office in Cincinnati, OH.
    • No longer lists an office in Burnsville, MN.
    • No longer lists an office in Frederick, MD.
    • No longer lists an office in Scottsdale, AZ.
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in KS.

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

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. Archer Investment Corporation (CRD 136403): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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