Brookstone Wealth Advisors, LLC

• 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

Account minimum: $25,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

Hourly rate: $350 an hour (financial planning services)

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 2, 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

$0 as of October 2026, filing dated September 29, 2026.

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

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.

• Financial planning services
• Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
• Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
• Educational seminars/workshops

Also doing business as

RETIREMENT WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

2007 (19 years)

Employees

Total: 247. Performing investment advisory functions: 247.

Wrap fee program participation

Yes.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)

24 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing

Alpharetta, GAAnnapolis, MDBeaumont, TXBerlin, MDCharlotte, NCDyersburg, TNFarr West, UTLewistown, PALucas, TXManhattan Beach, CANeenah, WINewton, MANorth Salt Lake, UTRaleigh, NCSarasota, FLScottsdale, AZSt. George, UTStamford, CTThe Villages, FLTwin Falls, IDVancouver, WAVernon, CTWaco, TXWestlake Village, CA

States registered or notice-filed

52 states or jurisdictions

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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

5 Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

• 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
• 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
• 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
• 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
• 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Regulatory assets under management: $2,179,419,572 in the October 2021 data and $0 in the October 2026 data, down 100%.

Total employees: 181 in October 2021 and 247 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.

1. October 2026
   • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
2. April 2026
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 244 to 247.
   • Changed its office addresses in Newton, MA.
   • Changed its office addresses in Raleigh, NC.
   • Added an office in Annapolis, MD.
   • Added an office in Charlotte, NC.
   • Added an office in Dyersburg, TN.
   • Added an office in Farr West, UT.
   • Added an office in Lewistown, PA.
   • Added an office in Lucas, TX.
   • Added an office in Neenah, WI.
   • Added an office in North Salt Lake, UT.
   • Added an office in Sarasota, FL.
   • Added an office in Scottsdale, AZ.
   • Added an office in St. George, UT.
   • Added an office in Twin Falls, ID.
   • Added an office in Vancouver, WA.
   • Added an office in Vernon, CT.
   • Added an office in Westlake Village, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Bedford, TX.
   • No longer lists an office in Chesterfield, MO.
   • No longer lists an office in Cleveland, TN.
   • No longer lists an office in Hauppauge, NY.
   • No longer lists an office in Kearney, NE.
   • No longer lists an office in Lexington, SC.
   • No longer lists an office in Lincoln, NE.
   • No longer lists an office in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.
   • No longer lists an office in Punta Gorda, FL.
   • No longer lists an office in Roseville, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in State College, PA.
   • No longer lists an office in Tulsa, OK.
   • No longer lists an office in Wexford, PA.
   • No longer lists an office in Windcrest, TX.
   • No longer lists an office in Woodland Hills, CA.

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