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Certified Financial Planner™

Retirement Planning and Guided Investing™

Retirement Planning CFP®

Hunt Country Wealth Management’s Financial Advisor Christopher Merchant is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™. He is part of an elite group of Financial Planners who represent the highest ethical and technical standards in the industry. Chris specializes in offering advanced planning strategies for retirement income planning. 

Most people think all financial planners are “certified,” but this isn’t true. Just about anyone can use the title “financial planner.” Only those who have fulfilled CFP Board’s rigorous requirements can call themselves a CFP® professional.

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERS/ CFP® professionals are held to strict ethical standards to ensure financial planning recommendations are in your best interest. A CFP® professional must acquire several years of experience related to delivering financial planning services to clients and pass the comprehensive CFP® Certification Exam before they can use the CFP® designation. As you begin to consider how best to manage your financial future, you should feel confident knowing that with Chris Merchant, you’re receiving the highest standard of financial planning service available.

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, and CFP® in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.

Chris Merchant, CFP® BFA®

Owner of Hunt Country Wealth Management

Chris is the bestselling author of On Investing Well: The Elements of Good Investing and is the President of Hunt Country Wealth Management. Through his work with hundreds of clients preparing for their journey into retirement, he developed The Prepared Retiree Method™ and the Investment Management philosophy and framework Guided Investing™. 

Our Services

 

The Sovereign Series™ Retirement Plan is our signature planning service that will show you how to retire. Our guided step-by-step framework is easy to follow and provides a written financial plan that outlines the best use of your resources and a path to produce reliable income. Gain clarity of direction and a stable foundation to experience the freedom of a well-planned retirement. 

This service was designed for those who want to...

  • Feel confident and prepared for retirement
  • Know the amount/regularity of income your resources can produce 
  • Have control over your financial future and clarity of direction. 

Guided Investing™ is our comprehensive investment management service. It was designed to help you create a master plan for your finances and offer a strategy to help you optimize and preserve your resources. This process starts with defining your why. It can be applied to investors who are saving for retirement, building wealth, wanting to manage risk or all of the above.

This service was designed for those who want to...

  • Feel more confident in their investment decisions 
  • Design a strategy to reach planned financial milestones such as retirement 
  • Collaborate with an professional to manage risk and monitor performance

The 90-Minute Strategy Session is a 1:1 session with Chris Merchant, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™. Sometimes you just want to talk to a professional. Whether you want to tap into a broader understanding of a financial topic such as How to Prepare for Retirement or you seek a second opinion on your investment strategy, this session is a great time to discuss the financial considerations on your mind.

This service was designed for those who want to...

  • Feel confident and prepared for retirement
  • Know the amount/regularity of income your resources can produce 
  • Feel supported and reinforced working with a Retirement Income Professional

Led by a husband and wife team…

Hunt Country Wealth Management is a financial planning and investment management firm that specializes in preparing modern retirees for retirement. Client’s access a proven framework that helps them make better decisions, achieve better outcomes and make the best use of their financial resources. Firm founder, Chris Merchant is a leading Retirement Income Professional who specializes in helping retirees nationwide. He is the bestselling author of On Investing Well: The Elements of Good Investing, and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™/ CFP® and Behavioral Financial Advisor™.