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Potomac Investment Company

SEC-registered investment adviserCRD 14553

Filed as POTOMAC INVESTMENT COMPANY

Potomac Investment Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2026, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 20, 2026.

0 years
registered since 2026
$106,972,702
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Commissions
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Potomac Investment Company compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Potomac Investment Company reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; commissions.

Is Potomac Investment Company registered with the SEC or a state?

Potomac Investment Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2026. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 14553.

How much does Potomac Investment Company manage?

Potomac Investment Company reports $106,972,702 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 20, 2026 (100% discretionary).

What types of clients does Potomac Investment Company serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (18); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (9); charitable organizations (5).

Does Potomac Investment Company report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(5) (another regulator's denial, suspension, or revocation of a registration or license, bar, or restriction). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/14553

Does Potomac Investment Company state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 14, 2026 says: "Fees are negotiable and accounts usually must have an opening balance of $250,000. This can be waived at Carol Greenwald's discretion." "The minimum size for opening an account is $250,000 but this may be waived at the discretion of Carol Greenwald."

What changed in Potomac Investment Company's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in NY.

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
  • Commissions

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: $250,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Fees are negotiable and accounts usually must have an opening balance of $250,000. This can be waived at Carol Greenwald's discretion.
The minimum size for opening an account is $250,000 but this may be waived at the discretion of Carol Greenwald.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 14, 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
$106,972,702

$106,972,702 as of October 2026, filing dated August 20, 2026.

Discretionary: $106,972,702.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 9 Assets $2,041,050 (2%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 18 Assets $67,821,029 (63%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $35,865,463 (34%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $1,245,160 (1%)
Other
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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2026 (0 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the September 2026 filing
The Villages, FL
States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
DCFLMAMDNY

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

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's activity?

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

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. September 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in NY.
  2. May 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

Not reported.

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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