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Potomac Investment Company
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.
Quick answers
From the filingHow 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 2AThe 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 as of October 2026, filing dated August 20, 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
Who the firm serves
Item 5.DA 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)
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1 other office, as of the September 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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5 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 111 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- September 2026
- Registered or notice-filed in NY.
- 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.INot reported.
Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Potomac Investment Company (CRD 14553): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/potomac-investment-company-14553