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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)26 years in industry

Kenneth Eugene Shade

Advisor at SUNBELT SECURITIES

HOUSTON, TX | Garland, TX

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 18, 2002 to Sep 15, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: SUNBELT SECURITIES
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Sep 28, 1999earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 26derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Sep 28, 1999
First registration: Jan 18, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: KEN SHADE
IAPD individual key: 3259826

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
SUNBELT SECURITIES	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 5, 2019	n/a	yes	HOUSTON, TX\|Garland, TX	Current employment
CHESTNUT FINANCIAL ADVISERS, INC.	n/a	Feb 14, 2013	Nov 18, 2013	no	RICHARDSON, TX	Previous registration
AFS BROKERAGE, INC.	n/a	Aug 2, 2006	Dec 31, 2007	no	AUSTIN, TX\|AUSTIN, TX	Previous registration
MILKIE/FERGUSON INVESTMENTS, INC.	n/a	Feb 1, 2005	Mar 7, 2005	no	DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
MOMENTUM INDEPENDENT NETWORK INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 18, 2002	Sep 16, 2004	no	DALLAS, TX	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
CHESTNUT FINANCIAL ADVISERS, INC.	SUNBELT SECURITIES	Nov 18, 2013	Sep 5, 2019	2,117	Firm change after gap	Other
AFS BROKERAGE, INC.	CHESTNUT FINANCIAL ADVISERS, INC.	Dec 31, 2007	Feb 14, 2013	1,872	Firm change after gap	Other
MILKIE/FERGUSON INVESTMENTS, INC.	AFS BROKERAGE, INC.	Mar 7, 2005	Aug 2, 2006	513	Firm change after gap	Other
MOMENTUM INDEPENDENT NETWORK INC.	MILKIE/FERGUSON INVESTMENTS, INC.	Sep 16, 2004	Feb 1, 2005	138	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ SUNBELT SECURITIESRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 5, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CHESTNUT FINANCIAL ADVISERS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 14, 2013 to Nov 18, 2013factForm ADV
→ AFS BROKERAGE, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 2, 2006 to Dec 31, 2007factForm ADV
→ MILKIE/FERGUSON INVESTMENTS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 1, 2005 to Mar 7, 2005factForm ADV
→ MOMENTUM INDEPENDENT NETWORK INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 18, 2002 to Sep 16, 2004factForm ADV

Dated events

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