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RIA / WealthAdvisor35 years in industry

JOHN ANDREW MEARS

Advisor at MEARS MONEY MANAGEMENT

VALENCIA, CA

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 29, 2010 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: MEARS MONEY MANAGEMENT
Current firm class: state registeredderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jan 1, 1991earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 35derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 8derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: Jul 5, 1994
First registration: Jul 29, 2010
Dual registered: no
Other names: JOHN ANDREWS MEARS
IAPD individual key: 2496834

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
MEARS MONEY MANAGEMENT	State registered	Jun 13, 2018	n/a	yes	VALENCIA, CA	Current employment
SIGNATURE INVESTMENTS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jan 2, 2013	Oct 1, 2015	no	DAYTON, OH\|VALENCIA, CA\|DAYTON, OH	Previous registration
SICOR SECURITIES INC	n/a	Jan 7, 2011	Dec 31, 2012	no	SANTA CLARITO, CA\|DAYTON, OH\|VALENCIA, CA\|DAYTON, OH\|DAYTON, OH	Previous registration
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Jul 29, 2010	Dec 31, 2010	no	VALENCIA, CA	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
SIGNATURE INVESTMENTS, INC.	MEARS MONEY MANAGEMENT	Oct 1, 2015	Jun 13, 2018	986	Firm change after gap	Other
SICOR SECURITIES INC	SIGNATURE INVESTMENTS, INC.	Dec 31, 2012	Jan 2, 2013	2	Firm change	Other
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	SICOR SECURITIES INC	Dec 31, 2010	Jan 7, 2011	7	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MEARS MONEY MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 13, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
→ SIGNATURE INVESTMENTS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 2, 2013 to Oct 1, 2015factForm ADV
→ SICOR SECURITIES INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 7, 2011 to Dec 31, 2012factForm ADV
→ AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 29, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010factForm ADV

Dated events

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