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Bamboo Wealth Strategies

San Diego, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 170093

Filed as BAMBOO WEALTH STRATEGIES · Legal name Spectrum Planning & Advisory Services Inc.

Bamboo Wealth Strategies is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Diego, CA, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 15, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2020
$235,695,335
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bamboo Wealth Strategies compensated?

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

Where is Bamboo Wealth Strategies located?

Bamboo Wealth Strategies' principal office is in San Diego, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Bamboo Wealth Strategies registered with the SEC or a state?

Bamboo Wealth Strategies is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 170093.

How much does Bamboo Wealth Strategies manage?

Bamboo Wealth Strategies reports $235,695,335 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 15, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Bamboo Wealth Strategies' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Bamboo Wealth Strategies: Regulatory assets under management: $116,373,526 in the October 2021 data and $235,695,335 in the October 2026 data, up 103%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bamboo Wealth Strategies serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (145); high net worth individuals (84).

Which custodians does Bamboo Wealth Strategies use?

Bamboo Wealth Strategies' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Bamboo Wealth Strategies 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/170093

Does Bamboo Wealth Strategies state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 5, 2026 says: "Bamboo Wealth generally does not impose a minimum size for establishing a relationship."

What changed in Bamboo Wealth Strategies' recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $184,244,140 to $235,695,335 (+28%).

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
Bamboo Wealth generally does not impose a minimum size for establishing a relationship.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 5, 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
$235,695,335

$235,695,335 as of October 2026, filing dated September 15, 2026.

Discretionary: $235,695,335.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 145 Assets $41,746,016 (18%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 84 Assets $185,804,267 (79%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $5,652,462 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $2,492,590 (1%)

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
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Spectrum Planning & Advisory Services Inc.
Also doing business as
BETTER PLANNING
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 8. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
4 states or jurisdictions
CANHPATX

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
$116M 2021 $133M 2022 $123M 2023 $152M 2024 $184M 2025 $236M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$235,695,3358September 15, 2026
October 2025$184,244,1405March 25, 2025
October 2024$151,901,5098September 23, 2024
October 2023$123,324,4305February 3, 2023
October 2022$132,581,8504July 19, 2022
October 2021$116,373,5264July 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $116,373,526 in the October 2021 data and $235,695,335 in the October 2026 data, up 103%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 8 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. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $184,244,140 to $235,695,335 (+28%).

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
bamboowealth.combamboowealthstrategies.comhooverluster.comstartbetterplanning.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. Bamboo Wealth Strategies (CRD 170093): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bamboo-wealth-strategies-san-diego-ca-170093