Accounts Handled
We offer our clients a wide-array of retail and retirement accounts to accommodate their overall investment needs. These accounts include but are not limited to individual, joint, custodian for minors,trust, estates, corporations, IRA, Rollover IRA, Roth Simple Plans, and Simplified Employee Pensions (SEP). We also offer 529 Plans and HSA accounts.
Securities Handled
Stocks, bonds (treasury, corporate, municipal), mutual funds, CD’s, zero coupon Treasury and municipal bonds and options. Our company clears through National Financial Services, LLC (NFS) – a Fidelity Investments Company
Type of Accounts
We are able to offer our clients commission and/or fee-based accounts, whichever is in the best interest of the client.
Commission Accounts:
Compensation to your financial advisor is derived from the execution of each individual transaction.
Investment Advisory Services:
Stone Securities, Inc is a registered investment advisory firm with the State of Pennsylvania, We act as fiduciaries on behalf of our clients and manage their account(s) on a fee-based platform. Our ADV can be found here on our website.
Individual Stock Trading
If suitable for the client, we offer accounts that feature stock trading. Stone Securities, Inc. uses fundamental and technical analysis of stocks and the CAN SLIM methodology of investing to pick stock recommendations.
Settlement Schedules
Stock Transaction:
The second day after the transaction date.
Options:
The day following the transaction date. You must have cleared funds for the entire purchase amount – including commission – in your account before placing an order.
Checks:
Funds will be available when cleared through your bank.
Consolidation
Consolidate stocks, bonds, mutual funds (from more than 300 fund families)
Cash Management
Money market funds, electronic funds transfer directly to and from your checking account. Competitive margin rates. Check writing and debit cards for a yearly fee.
Documentation
Verbal and electronic confirmation – usually while you are on the phone or shortly afterward – in addition to locally printed confirmations mailed the next day. NFS provides either monthly and or quarterly statements and year-end tax summaries that include purchase detail.