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Edward D. Jones & Co. LP is a broker-dealer and registered investment advisor located in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm is a subsidiary of the Jones Financial Cos. LLLP. Edward Jones provides financial services for individual investors and businesses in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. Edward Jones registered as a broker–dealer in 1941 and as an investment adviser in 1993. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They cover stocks that perform over the long-term, focusing on US, Canadian and Western European companies with long, stable, operating histories.

Founded in 1985, Berthel Fisher & Co. Financial Services, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The firm provides a full range of securities and brokerage services to their clients. They do not provide any internal research. Berthel Fisher is the broker subsidiary of Berthel Fisher & Co.

Part of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Nationwide Investment Services Corp. provides fund management services. The company is based in Columbus, OH.

Part of Marco Polo New World, Inc., XTF Global Asset Management LLC provides investment advisory services. The company is based in New York, NY. XTF Global Asset Management was acquired by Marco Polo New World, Inc. on April 21, 2008.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Founded in 2004, SagePoint Financial, Inc. is a dually-registered SEC-registered investment advisor and broker-dealer headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The firm is a subsidiary of Advisor Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advisor Group Holdings, Inc., which is owned by a consortium of investors that includes Lightyear Fund III LP (an investment fund affiliated with Lightyear Capital LLC) and PSPIB Lunar Investments Inc. (a wholly-owned vehicle of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board). SagePoint Financial was formerly known as AIG Financial Advisors.