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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)40 years in industry

DAVID ROSS MCCAGHREN

Advisor at GRADIENT WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Abilene, TX | ARDEN HILLS, MN

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 26, 1998 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: GRADIENT WEALTH MANAGEMENT
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: Mar 18, 1986earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 40derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 9derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 5
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Mar 18, 1986
First registration: Jun 26, 1998
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 1452802

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
GRADIENT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 18, 2017	n/a	yes	ARDEN HILLS, MN\|ARDEN HILLS, MN\|Abilene, TX	Current employment
SAGEPOINT FINANCIAL, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Oct 31, 2005	Aug 18, 2017	no	ABILENE, TX	Previous registration
SUNAMERICA SECURITIES, INC.	n/a	Dec 7, 2004	Oct 31, 2005	no	ABILENE, TX	Previous registration
FINANCIAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATES, INC.	n/a	Jun 26, 1998	Dec 31, 2004	no	ABILENE, 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
SAGEPOINT FINANCIAL, INC.	GRADIENT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Aug 18, 2017	Aug 18, 2017	0	Firm change	Other
SUNAMERICA SECURITIES, INC.	SAGEPOINT FINANCIAL, INC.	Oct 31, 2005	Oct 31, 2005	0	Bulk transfer	Other
FINANCIAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATES, INC.	SUNAMERICA SECURITIES, INC.	Dec 31, 2004	Dec 7, 2004	-24	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ GRADIENT WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 18, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
→ SAGEPOINT FINANCIAL, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 31, 2005 to Aug 18, 2017factForm ADV
→ SUNAMERICA SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 7, 2004 to Oct 31, 2005factForm ADV
→ FINANCIAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 26, 1998 to Dec 31, 2004factForm ADV

Dated events

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