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RIA / WealthAdvisor26 years in industry

MARK A BALLENGER

Advisor at CERTIFIED PLANNING SERVICES, LLC

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:45 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 24, 2004 to Sep 14, 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: CERTIFIED PLANNING SERVICES, LLC
Current firm class: state registeredderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Nov 1, 1999earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 26derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: Nov 1, 1999
First registration: Jun 24, 2004
Dual registered: no
Other names: MARK ALBERT BALLENGER|MARK A BALLENGER
IAPD individual key: 2810252

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
CERTIFIED PLANNING SERVICES, LLC	State registered	Aug 14, 2024	n/a	yes	PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL	Current employment
CERTIFIED PLANNING SERVICES, LLC	State registered	Dec 1, 2017	Dec 31, 2025	no	Denver, CO\|PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL	Previous registration
THE INSTITUTE	Independent wealth	Oct 10, 2016	Dec 4, 2017	no	DENVER, CO	Previous registration
EWEALTH CONSULTING, LLC	n/a	Dec 4, 2015	Nov 14, 2016	no	DENVER, CO	Previous registration
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 2, 2009	Mar 3, 2016	no	LITTLETON, CO\|AVON, CO	Previous registration
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	National bd RIA	Nov 29, 2006	Oct 16, 2009	no	ENGLEWOOD, CO\|ENGLEWOOD, CO\|ENGLEWOOD, CO\|ENGLEWOOD, CO\|ENGLEWOOD, CO	Previous registration
A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.	n/a	Jun 24, 2004	Sep 21, 2006	no	FORT SMITH, AR\|SEMINOLE, FL	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
THE INSTITUTE	CERTIFIED PLANNING SERVICES, LLC	Dec 4, 2017	Dec 1, 2017	-3	Firm change	RIA to state RIA
EWEALTH CONSULTING, LLC	THE INSTITUTE	Nov 14, 2016	Oct 10, 2016	-35	Firm change after gap	Other
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	EWEALTH CONSULTING, LLC	Mar 3, 2016	Dec 4, 2015	-90	Firm change after gap	Other
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.	Oct 16, 2009	Nov 2, 2009	17	Firm change	Other
A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.	CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	Sep 21, 2006	Nov 29, 2006	69	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ CERTIFIED PLANNING SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 1, 2017 to Dec 31, 2025factForm ADV
→ THE INSTITUTERegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 10, 2016 to Dec 4, 2017factForm ADV
→ EWEALTH CONSULTING, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 4, 2015 to Nov 14, 2016factForm ADV
→ CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 2, 2009 to Mar 3, 2016factForm ADV
→ CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 29, 2006 to Oct 16, 2009factForm ADV
→ A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 24, 2004 to Sep 21, 2006factForm ADV

Dated events

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