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Schaefer Wealth Management, Inc.

Waterloo, ILState-registered investment adviserCRD 145992

Filed as SCHAEFER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.

Schaefer Wealth Management, Inc. is a state-registered investment advisory firm in Waterloo, IL, registered since 2009, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

17 years
registered since 2009
$82,753,911
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Schaefer Wealth Management, Inc. compensated?

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

Where is Schaefer Wealth Management, Inc. located?

Schaefer Wealth Management, Inc.'s principal office is in Waterloo, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Schaefer Wealth Management, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Schaefer Wealth Management, Inc. is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 145992.

How much does Schaefer Wealth Management, Inc. manage?

Schaefer Wealth Management, Inc. reports $82,753,911 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (94% discretionary).

What types of clients does Schaefer Wealth Management, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (296).

Does Schaefer Wealth Management, Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.E(1) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a false statement or omission), 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation), and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, 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 public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/145992

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)
  • 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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$82,753,911

$82,753,911 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $77,466,900.Non-discretionary: $5,287,011.

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 296 Assets $59,782,403 (72%)
High net worth individuals
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $19,257,286 (23%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $3,714,222 (4%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
State-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: APPROVED.
Registered since
2009 (17 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
ILMO

State-registered investment advisers are examined by their state securities regulator. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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.E(1) Has a self-regulatory organization (such as FINRA) or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 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?
  • 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?

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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
schaeferwealthmanagement.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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