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RIA / WealthAdvisor27 years in industry

FREDERICK WILLIAM GEARHART

Advisor at PLP ADVISORS, LLC

GRAND RAPIDS, MI | PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL

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Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 25, 2003 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

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Current firm: PLP ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: former SEC adviserderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jan 27, 1999earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 27derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 12derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Jan 27, 1999
First registration: Apr 25, 2003
Dual registered: no
Other names: FRITZ GEARHART
IAPD individual key: 3147196

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
PLP ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 3, 2014	n/a	yes	PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL\|GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Current employment
LUMINIST CAPITAL, LLC	Independent wealth	Aug 24, 2017	Nov 4, 2020	no	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Previous registration
LUMINIST CAPITAL, LLC	Independent wealth	Mar 25, 2015	Aug 18, 2015	no	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Previous registration
PLP ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 3, 2010	Dec 31, 2010	no	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Previous registration
USA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC	Former SEC adviser	Apr 25, 2003	Dec 31, 2013	no	GRAND RAPIDS, MI\|GRAND RAPIDS, MI	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
LUMINIST CAPITAL, LLC	n/a	Nov 4, 2020	n/a	n/a	Departure no registered destination	Departure
USA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC	PLP ADVISORS, LLC	Dec 31, 2013	Sep 3, 2010	-1,215	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ PLP ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 3, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010factForm ADV
→ LUMINIST CAPITAL, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 24, 2017 to Nov 4, 2020factForm ADV
→ USA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 25, 2003 to Dec 31, 2013factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:8b6a80ad-d657-0b79-2d81-dbf0cbd8b7fe
First observed: Apr 25, 2003
Last observed: Sep 15, 2026 5 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

FREDERICK WILLIAM GEARHART

Advisor at PLP ADVISORS, LLC

GRAND RAPIDS, MI | PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL

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Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

PLP ADVISORS, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Jan 3, 2014

n/a

yes

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL|GRAND RAPIDS, MI

Current employment

LUMINIST CAPITAL, LLC

Independent wealth

Aug 24, 2017

Nov 4, 2020

GRAND RAPIDS, MI

Previous registration

LUMINIST CAPITAL, LLC

Independent wealth

Mar 25, 2015

Aug 18, 2015

GRAND RAPIDS, MI

Previous registration

PLP ADVISORS, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Sep 3, 2010

Dec 31, 2010

GRAND RAPIDS, MI

Previous registration

USA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC

Former SEC adviser

Apr 25, 2003

Dec 31, 2013

GRAND RAPIDS, MI|GRAND RAPIDS, MI

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

LUMINIST CAPITAL, LLC

n/a

Nov 4, 2020

n/a

Departure no registered destination

Departure

USA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC

PLP ADVISORS, LLC

Dec 31, 2013

Sep 3, 2010

-1,215

Firm change after gap

Other