Investment Planning for Families and Individuals

We reduce the uncertainty and anxiety our clients face as they search for answers to questions like these:

Working together with our clients we develop an Investment Plan that maps out their financial future. Our plans can never eliminate the uncertainty clients feel in the short-term, but by focusing attention on the long-term outcomes available to investors, a certain level of calm can be achieved. We’ve seen it happen—and getting to this place with clients is what makes our work satisfying and rewarding.

To be successful, an investor must cut through the fog created by corporate accounting standards and the media narratives.

By understanding our clients’ financial goals and vision for the future, we develop a plan that reduces anxiety over finances. Building a plan enables clients to prioritize and take action on critical decisions that focus on long-term impact.

An investor for over thirty five years, Dan has been involved in a number of entrepreneurial activities. His success from those efforts drew him to the financial markets and led to the 1989 creation of DOCK STREET.

Shortly after graduating as a history and economics major from Michigan State University, Dan co-founded a mail-order marketer of chimney cleaning equipment. This business as well as those that were formed in later years provided attractive returns and gave Dan the initial capital to accelerate his investment activities.

Over 35 years ago Dan began managing assets when he served as General Partner for several commercial real estate partnerships in New York City. The buildings were sold in 1985 demonstrating positive returns for the investors. Early in his career, Dan began studying Warren Buffett’s writings. He concluded that the practical experience of creating, operating and selling businesses could be applied to the investment profession. In 1986, Dan became active as an investment advisor for the Windmill Group, a securities brokerage firm. During those early years in the investment field, Dan began attending the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder’s meeting.

Dan believes that evaluating investments with an entrepreneurial eye is one of the most critical factors in achieving long term attractive returns from public market investing.

Evan has over 14 years of experience working at Dock Street and holds the Series 65 license for Investment Advisor Representatives. Evan manages Dock Street’s investment research and trading operations.

Evan believes in combining analysis of historical data with reading thousands of pages of company corporate earnings transcripts each year. This results in a watch list of profitable companies that Dock Street narrows down to a select few that are worth owning.

Leveraging his Communications degree from New York University, Evan has an innate ability to make the complex simple. He enjoys frequently engaging directly with clients to help them make sense of the market, specific companies, and the impacts of current events.

A lifelong student of economics and computer science, Spencer is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). He has worked in the investment industry for more than 15 years, first at Citigroup and Legg Mason, followed by 13 years at K2 Advisors, a subsidiary of Franklin Templeton which focuses on Hedge Fund investing. There, he developed tools to analyze portfolios of hedge funds and quantitative strategies to provide returns similar to hedge funds with better liquidity. This culminated in his role as portfolio manager for quantitative strategies with more than $700 million under management.

Spencer has long had an interest in microeconomics, both how it influences business, as well personal decisions made by individuals and families. His extensive experience in asset allocation and portfolio construction, has provided the foundation for his current work on retirement income, tax, and inheritance planning. Spencer engages with clients to develop plans to grow assets effectively during early years, and spend them responsibly in later years.

Spencer has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin. He has sailed competitively for more than 30 years as navigator in numerous regattas and offshore races, and has sailed more than 15,000 nautical miles offshore including an Atlantic crossing.

Adam developed an interest in investing at age 10 when his father had him create charts of stock prices using three years of saved financial sections from the New York Times. After receiving an MBA at Fordham University, Adam formally entered the field as a Securities Analyst working for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he also became a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder. Ten years into his career, Adam launched Glenville Capital Partners LP, a hedge fund that grew to $40 million in assets, which he ran for 15 years.

Adam has extensive experience in accounting and financial analysis, and he oversees our stock research efforts at Dock Street. In addition to his MBA, he has a Mechanical Engineering degree from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

Marjan has been an associate of Dock Street since 2001. She has served in many capacities including research analyst, project manager and client service coordinator.

Prior to moving to Connecticut, Marjan spent over seven years with several Belgium offices of General Electric and Grace Dearborn. She was a sourcing specialist and supply chain project manager for both Honeywell Europe and GE Capital Modular Space.

Marjan’s degrees include MA in European Economics, Law and Politics-University of Surrey,UK and Bachelor of Science, Chemistry-Don Bosco,Antwerp, Belgium. She is fluent in Dutch, English, French and German.

Liz manages Dock Street’s marketing efforts, as well as providing support to clients. Prior to joining Dock Street, Liz was an independent consultant supporting a variety of companies with organizational restructuring, marketing, client relations, hiring, and special projects. During this time, Liz helped to launch a number of organizations. Liz’s work has always centered on solving problems through creative solutions and networking.

Liz holds an MA from King’s College London in Education Policy and a B.A. in Secondary Education-Social Studies from Indiana University. She served as a Peace Corps Romania volunteer, teaching high school English and working at a local orphanage. Liz lives in Seattle with her husband and two sons.