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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner34 years in industry

DAVID BRAD KAUFFMAN

Advisor at CW ADVISORS, LLC

BOSTON, MA | COLUMBIA, MD

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 2, 2000 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: CW ADVISORS, 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: Jan 10, 1992earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 34derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 5derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Jan 10, 1992
First registration: Jan 2, 2000
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 2188590

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
CW ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	Apr 19, 2021	n/a	yes	BOSTON, MA\|COLUMBIA, MD	Current employment
PINNACLE ADVISORY GROUP, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Feb 2, 2007	May 17, 2021	no	COLUMBIA, MD	Previous registration
FERRIS, BAKER WATTS, LLC	n/a	Jun 2, 2003	Jan 30, 2007	no	ROCKVILLE, MD\|ROCKVILLE, MD	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	n/a	Nov 20, 2002	Jun 10, 2003	no	WASHINGTON, DC	Previous registration
CAPITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS	Independent wealth	Jan 2, 2000	Jun 5, 2003	no	WASHINGTON, DC	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
PINNACLE ADVISORY GROUP, INC.	CW ADVISORS, LLC	May 17, 2021	Apr 19, 2021	-28	Firm change	RIA to RIA
FERRIS, BAKER WATTS, LLC	PINNACLE ADVISORY GROUP, INC.	Jan 30, 2007	Feb 2, 2007	3	Firm change	Other
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	FERRIS, BAKER WATTS, LLC	Jun 10, 2003	Jun 2, 2003	-8	Firm change	Other
CAPITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS	MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	Jun 5, 2003	Nov 20, 2002	-197	Firm change after gap	Other

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
107757:310873:MD:2021-05-17	May 17, 2021	Apr 19, 2021	COLUMBIA, MD	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ CW ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 19, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
→ PINNACLE ADVISORY GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 2, 2007 to May 17, 2021factForm ADV
→ FERRIS, BAKER WATTS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 2, 2003 to Jan 30, 2007factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 20, 2002 to Jun 10, 2003factForm ADV
→ CAPITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 2, 2000 to Jun 5, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

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