Preston Caves is an investment management consultant and Certified Financial Planner®. He also holds the designation Chartered Financial Analyst, a respected credential for professionals involved with securities analysis and money management. His experience in asset management and financial planning spans nearly three decades.

Mr. Caves is a graduate of Stanford University. He completed his bachelors degree in 1969, with a major in economics. He received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1973. Mr. Caves also completed approximately 1-1/2 years of post graduate work at Stanford Law School.

Mr. Caves’ early work experience for major U.S. corporations developed his orientation to objective, comprehensive analysis. He spent approximately ten years working with major corporations in the Los Angeles area, including Mattel, Getty Oil, and Ducommun Incorporated. His work involved a number of important financial areas, including investment analysis and control, merger and acquisition studies, and long run strategic planning. Mr. Caves saved these companies millions of dollars and was instrumental in improving their asset allocation and management. During this period, Mr. Caves also worked as a real estate feasibility consultant and spent approximately one year with a major real estate developer.

Mr. Caves has been involved in personal financial services and investment consulting since 1983. He specializes in investment management consulting for retirement plans and large private portfolios. Services are comprehensive. Initial work typically includes establishment of written investment objectives and policies, review of current investment holdings, portfolio allocation optimization, and selection of any new investment vehicles, including mutual funds and private managers. On-going services include performance reporting and evaluation and portfolio rebalancing.

For his individual clients, Mr. Caves addresses all areas of personal financial planning. Examples of services are risk management, including policy analysis and selection, retirement planning, income taxes, and estate planning. He also assists business owners in the areas of executive compensation, fringe benefit planning, pension plan, and financial planning for key executives.

Professional Associations include:

1) The Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts
2) The Institute of Certified Financial Planners

Mr. Caves is active in church and alumni organizations, is married to Gayle, has a son, a dog, and lives in Manhattan Beach. He enjoys skiing, golf, hiking in the Sierras, and cycling.