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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)18 years in industry

JOSHUA CHRISTIAN SCHEFERS

Advisor at VALLEY WEALTH STRATEGIES, LLC

WALNUT CREEK, CA

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Relationships: 6
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 16, 2008 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: VALLEY WEALTH STRATEGIES, LLC
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Mar 22, 2008earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 18derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 8derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Mar 22, 2008
First registration: Sep 16, 2008
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: JOSHUA SCHEFERS
IAPD individual key: 5234784

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
VALLEY WEALTH STRATEGIES, LLC	Independent wealth	Oct 20, 2017	n/a	yes	WALNUT CREEK, CA	Current employment
VALLEY WEALTH STRATEGIES	n/a	May 16, 2017	Dec 31, 2017	no	San Ramon, CA	Previous registration
NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)	Former SEC adviser	Oct 18, 2011	Dec 6, 2017	no	LAKE FOREST, CA\|SAN RAMON, CA\|LOS ANGELES, CA\|Emeryville, CA	Previous registration
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 23, 2011	Nov 4, 2011	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
HEFFERNAN INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Oct 29, 2010	Oct 11, 2011	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
PARKSIDE ADVISORS LLC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 16, 2008	Jan 13, 2010	no	SAN FRANCISCO, 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
VALLEY WEALTH STRATEGIES	VALLEY WEALTH STRATEGIES, LLC	Dec 31, 2017	Oct 20, 2017	-72	Firm change after gap	Other
NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)	VALLEY WEALTH STRATEGIES	Dec 6, 2017	May 16, 2017	-204	Firm change after gap	Other
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)	Nov 4, 2011	Oct 18, 2011	-17	Firm change	Other
HEFFERNAN INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Oct 11, 2011	Mar 23, 2011	-202	Firm change after gap	Other
PARKSIDE ADVISORS LLC	HEFFERNAN INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.	Jan 13, 2010	Oct 29, 2010	289	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
282275:289737:CA:2017-12-31	Dec 31, 2017	Oct 20, 2017	SAN RAMON, CA	Firm change after gap
29604:282275:CA:2017-11-29	Dec 6, 2017	May 16, 2017	EMERYVILLE, CA	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ VALLEY WEALTH STRATEGIES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 20, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
→ VALLEY WEALTH STRATEGIESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 16, 2017 to Dec 31, 2017factForm ADV
→ NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 18, 2011 to Dec 6, 2017factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 23, 2011 to Nov 4, 2011factForm ADV
→ HEFFERNAN INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 29, 2010 to Oct 11, 2011factForm ADV
→ PARKSIDE ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 16, 2008 to Jan 13, 2010factForm ADV

Dated events

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