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RIA / WealthAdvisorChartered Financial Analyst16 years in industry

John Bay

Advisor at SPIRE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC

Winchester, MA | MCLEAN, VA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 7, 2010 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: SPIRE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
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 7, 2010earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 16derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Chartered Financial Analyst
Exams: S66
First exam: Feb 27, 2018
First registration: Sep 7, 2010
Dual registered: no
Other names: John Martin Bay|John Bay
IAPD individual key: 5539917

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
SPIRE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 13, 2025	n/a	yes	MCLEAN, VA\|Winchester, MA	Current employment
M3 ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Independent wealth	Feb 15, 2024	Mar 10, 2025	no	NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, MA	Previous registration
NEWEDGE ADVISORS	Bd affiliated wealth	May 7, 2021	Jan 9, 2024	no	Arlington, MA\|NEW ORLEANS, LA	Previous registration
PALLAS CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	Nov 18, 2020	Feb 22, 2021	no	BRAINTREE, MA	Previous registration
NEWEDGE ADVISORS	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 19, 2019	Dec 1, 2020	no	NEW ORLEANS, LA\|BRAINTREE, MA	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Sep 7, 2010	Dec 12, 2012	no	BOSTON, MA\|BOSTON, MA\|NEWTON, MA	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
M3 ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	SPIRE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	Mar 10, 2025	Mar 13, 2025	3	Firm change	RIA to ibd
NEWEDGE ADVISORS	M3 ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Jan 9, 2024	Feb 15, 2024	37	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
PALLAS CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	NEWEDGE ADVISORS	Feb 22, 2021	May 7, 2021	74	Firm change	Other
NEWEDGE ADVISORS	PALLAS CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	Dec 1, 2020	Nov 18, 2020	-13	Firm change	RIA to new firm
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	NEWEDGE ADVISORS	Dec 12, 2012	Jul 19, 2019	2,410	Firm change after gap	Wirehouse to RIA

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
171351:310327:MA:2020-12-01	Dec 1, 2020	Nov 18, 2020	BRAINTREE, MA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ SPIRE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 13, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ M3 ADVISORY GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 15, 2024 to Mar 10, 2025factForm ADV
→ NEWEDGE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 7, 2021 to Jan 9, 2024factForm ADV
→ PALLAS CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 18, 2020 to Feb 22, 2021factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 7, 2010 to Dec 12, 2012factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 10, 2025
Advisor changed firm
John Bay left M3 Advisory Group, Llc for Spire Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2025-03-13)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jan 9, 2024
Advisor changed firm
John Bay left Newedge Advisors for M3 Advisory Group, Llc (registered 2024-02-15)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago