St. Louis County • Iron Range

A CFP® Fiduciary for Chisholm, Minnesota

You do not have to drive to Duluth or the Cities to sit down with an independent CFP® fiduciary. Dr. Adam Link is based right here on the Range, someone who knows the people, the towns, and the winters. Fee-based, no commissions on your investment advice, with a focus on retirement income and active risk management. Meet by video or in person.

Book a free 30-minute call No pitch. No product to sell you. Just a straight conversation about your money.
  • CFP® fiduciary
  • Independent, not a national brand
  • Based on the Iron Range
  • Video or in person

What a real financial advisor does for a Chisholm family

Anyone can sell you a mutual fund and mail you a statement. The people in Chisholm who actually need an advisor are usually asking a harder question: will I actually be okay when the paychecks stop, and will my money hold up through a bad stretch in the market? Answering that, in writing, and managing it well year after year, is the job.

  • Turning savings into a paycheckBuilding steady retirement income from your 401(k), pension, IRA, and Social Security, so you know what you can actually spend.
  • Managing the downside on purposeWe do not just tell you to buy the index and ride it down. We believe in active risk management in the years right before and after you retire, when a bad market does the most damage.
  • Keeping more from the taxesGetting the draw order right and running Roth conversions in the low-income years, so more of what you built stays yours.
  • Timing Social SecurityA claiming strategy that fits your health, your spouse, and your pension, not a rule of thumb.
  • Sitting on your side of the tableA fiduciary is legally bound to put your interests first. Fee-based, no commissions on your investment advice, no sales quotas.

Choosing a financial advisor in Chisholm

There are good, capable advisors on the Iron Range, and you have real choices. The question usually is not whether someone is competent or a good person. It is whether what they focus on matches what you actually need. So here is what we specialize in, plainly, so you can decide whether we are the right fit for you.

Active risk managementThis is the core of what we do. We actively manage risk in the years around retirement rather than buying an index and simply waiting out the drops. That is a different job than most portfolios are built for.
Retirement income planningTurning your 401(k), IRA, and Social Security into a paycheck you can count on, built to hold up through a rough stretch in the market.
Independent and fee-basedAn independent CFP® fiduciary, paid a transparent advisory fee, with your money held at independent custodians like Schwab and Fidelity.

If that is the kind of help you are looking for, we would love to be your firm. And if another advisor up here turns out to be the better fit for you, we will gladly point you their way.

Where Fireweed Capital is different

Independent and localAn independent firm based on the Range, not a branch of a national chain. We answer to you.
A CFP® fiduciaryDr. Adam Link holds the CFP®, the profession's top credential, and works as a fiduciary, legally required to put your interests first. That combination is not common this far north.
Fee-based, advice you pay for directlyYou pay a transparent advisory fee, with no commissions on your investment advice. Your money is held at independent custodians like Schwab and Fidelity.
We manage risk actively (this is the big one)Most portfolios are built to buy an index and simply wait out the drops. Ours are not. We actively manage risk in the years around retirement and do not automatically move you into bonds the day you near it. This is the heart of how we invest.
A different kind of backgroundBefore the CFP®, Dr. Adam Link earned a Doctorate in Computer Science and led teams at Coinbase. You get an advisor who thinks like an analyst and an operator, whether you are retiring on the Range or left for a tech career and want a way back home.

Financial advisors in Chisholm, MN

Fireweed Capital serves Chisholm by video or in person. Below are the other financial offices with a local presence in Chisholm, with a side-by-side comparison for each.

Dr. Adam Link, CFP®Fireweed Capital • serving Chisholm

Independent CFP® focused on active risk management and retirement income. Doctorate in Computer Science, ex-Coinbase, and author of four books.

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Serving Chisholm and the whole Iron Range

Wherever you are on the Range, Hibbing, Buhl, and Mountain Iron included, you get the same independent, fee-based CFP® fiduciary. A few of the towns we serve:

VirginiaHibbingEvelethGilbertAuroraMountain IronBuhlBiwabikBabbittNashwaukKeewatinColeraineBoveyGrand RapidsHoyt LakesTowerElyCook

Talk to a CFP® who serves Chisholm

Thirty minutes, no cost, no pressure. If we are a fit, great. If not, you will still walk away knowing more than when you started.

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