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Our Mission: Take Care of You First! Then, pass on maximum wealth to the people, places and causes that you love and support. Securities and Advisory services offered through Linsco/Private Ledger (LPL), Member NASD/SIPC and a Registered Investment Advisor. Wood Financial Group, LLC and LPL are separate and unrelated companies. Wood Financial Group, LLC President of Wood Financial Group, LLC (WFG) has 14 years of nancial experience and is a member of the Financial Planning Association and a registered Investment Advisor Representative with Linsco/Private Ledger. WFG specializes in three nancial disciplines: Retirement Planning, Incapacity Planning and Estate Planning. In addition, Mr. Wood enjoys and offers small business advisory services. Mr. Wood graduated from the University of Virginia with a focus in nance and technology. His professional career began as a systems engineer with Electronic Data Systems and then Texas Instruments software where he specialized in nancial computer- based applications. He went on to support the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Wood has won many outstanding customer service awards as an Independent Financial Planner. He has a passion for teaching that is realized in his educational workshops, investment clubs, and George Mason University’s senior learning center. His goal is to educate and motivate people “to protect, preserve and pass on maximum wealth.” A native of Fairfax, Virginia, Mr. Wood is the 9th of 12 children, which forced him early in life to respect hard work and to manage money conservatively. He is grateful to have served in the military, which is where he learned to become focused on setting and achieving goals. Mr. Wood is married to his college sweetheart, Tracey, and they are the proud parents of Nicole and Natalie. John F. Wood, 10625 Jones Street, Suite 101-A Fairfax, VA 22030 Call us at (571) 432-0440 www.WFG-plan.com Our Mission: Take Care of You First! Then, pass on maximum wealth to the people, places and causes that you love and support. Wood Financial Group, LLC

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r M

issi

on

: Tak

e Ca

re o

f Yo

u F

irst

! Th

en, p

ass o

n max

imum

wea

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the p

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aces

and

caus

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anci

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WFG

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s 14

yea

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f fi n

anci

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xper

ienc

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d is

a m

embe

r of

the

Fin

anci

al P

lann

ing

Ass

ocia

tion

and

a re

gist

ered

Inv

estm

ent

Adv

isor

Rep

rese

ntat

ive

with

Lin

sco/

Priv

ate

Led

ger.

WFG

spe

cial

izes

in th

ree

fi nan

cial

dis

cipl

ines

: R

etir

emen

t Pl

anni

ng, I

ncap

acity

Pl

anni

ng a

nd E

stat

e Pl

anni

ng.

In a

dditi

on,

Mr.

Woo

d en

joys

and

off

ers

smal

l bu

sine

ss a

dvis

ory

serv

ices

.

Mr.

Woo

d gr

adua

ted

from

th

e U

nive

rsity

of

V

irgi

nia

with

a f

ocus

in fi n

ance

and

tec

hnol

ogy.

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pr

ofes

sion

al c

aree

r be

gan

as a

sys

tem

s en

gine

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ith

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ctro

nic

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trum

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whe

re h

e sp

ecia

lized

in fi n

anci

al c

ompu

ter-

base

d ap

plic

atio

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e w

ent o

n to

sup

port

the

Nat

iona

l Se

curi

ty A

genc

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d th

e C

entr

al I

ntel

ligen

ce A

genc

y.

Mr.

Woo

d ha

s w

on

man

y ou

tsta

ndin

g cu

stom

er

serv

ice

awar

ds a

s an

Ind

epen

dent

Fin

anci

al P

lann

er.

He

has

a pa

ssio

n fo

r te

achi

ng t

hat

is r

ealiz

ed i

n hi

s ed

ucat

iona

l w

orks

hops

, in

vest

men

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ubs,

an

d G

eorg

e M

ason

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vers

ity’s

sen

ior

lear

ning

cen

ter.

His

go

al

is

to

educ

ate

and

mot

ivat

e pe

ople

“t

o pr

otec

t, pr

eser

ve

and

pass

on

m

axim

um

wea

lth.”

A

nativ

e of

Fa

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x,

Vir

gini

a,

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Woo

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th

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12

ch

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n,

whi

ch

forc

ed

him

ea

rly

in

life

to

resp

ect

hard

w

ork

and

to

man

age

mon

ey

cons

erva

tivel

y.

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is

grat

eful

to

ha

ve

serv

ed

in

the

mili

tary

, w

hich

is

whe

re h

e le

arne

d to

bec

ome

focu

sed

on s

ettin

g an

d ac

hiev

ing

goal

s. M

r. W

ood

is

mar

ried

to

hi

s co

llege

sw

eeth

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race

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and

they

are

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pro

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aren

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icol

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ie.

John

F. W

ood,

1062

5 Jo

nes S

tree

t, Su

ite 1

01-A

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fax,

VA

2203

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s at (

571)

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st!

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s on m

axim

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ple,

plac

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d cau

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hat

you l

ove a

nd su

ppor

t.

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LC

Page 2: WFG Brochure

As

a re

tiree

, se

nior

or

ba

by-

boom

er,

your

fi n

anci

al n

eeds

are

un

ique

. T

he

prof

essi

onal

s w

ho

serv

e th

ese

need

s re

cogn

ize

this

an

d ha

ve r

espo

nded

with

a m

ore

spec

ializ

ed

appr

oach

. A

t W

FG,

we

refe

r to

thi

s sp

ecia

lizat

ion

as

the Hub-and-Spoke

ar

chite

ctur

e,

with

you

at

the

cent

er a

ttem

ptin

g to

m

anag

e ea

ch

spec

ializ

ed

prof

essi

onal

. It

’s

impr

actic

al,

if

not

impo

ssib

le, f

or e

ven

the

mos

t kn

owle

dgea

ble

clie

nt t

o m

anag

e th

ese

‘spo

kes’

eff

ectiv

ely.

At

WFG

, ou

r co

mpr

ehen

sive

app

roac

h to

thi

s si

tuat

ion

is s

impl

e: (

1) W

e ac

know

ledg

e th

e Hub-and-

Spoke

appr

oach

is

chao

s an

d w

e pr

ovid

e a

solu

tion

to s

uit

your

nee

ds;

(2)

We

real

ize

that

wha

t dr

ives

yo

ur m

anag

emen

t ne

eds

is y

our fi n

anci

al s

ecur

ity;

(3)

We

unde

rsta

nd t

hat

each

man

agem

ent

deci

sion

af

fect

s yo

ur fi

nanc

ial s

tabi

lity;

and

(4)

We

reco

gniz

e th

at o

ur r

ole

is to

ser

ve a

s yo

ur fi

nanc

ial f

acili

tato

r, ed

ucat

or, a

nd ‘

arch

itect

.’

Pro

blem

: M

anag

ing

You

r N

eeds

You

rsel

f Can

Be

Chao

tic

Solu

tion

: U

sin

g W

FG C

an G

ive

You

Rea

ssu

ran

ce

Wh

at t

o Ex

pect

Fro

m U

s

Pro

cess

Lik

e a

skill

ed d

octo

r du

ring

an

exam

inat

ion,

we

care

fully

ass

ess

your

fi na

ncia

l nee

ds. O

ur a

ttent

ive

staf

f w

ill d

iscu

ss s

uita

ble

optio

ns w

ith y

ou a

nd

offe

r re

com

men

datio

ns t

hat

incr

ease

the

hea

lth o

f yo

ur fi

nanc

ial p

ortf

olio

.

We

take

a fi

nan

cial

‘sn

apsh

ot’

from

whi

ch w

e cr

eate

a ‘

base

line’

to

diag

nose

, an

d w

e co

ntin

ue

to m

onito

r th

is b

asel

ine

thro

ugho

ut y

our fi n

anci

al

futu

re.

Our

ded

icat

ed s

taff

pro

vide

s pr

escr

iptio

ns

to r

emed

y ev

en t

he m

ost

vuln

erab

le o

f fi n

anci

al

situ

atio

ns.

We

use

this

med

ical

ana

logy

bec

ause

our

pro

cess

is

con

duct

ed w

ith th

e sa

me

thor

ough

ness

, res

pect

, an

d pr

ofes

sion

alis

m.

Tim

eT

he

initi

al

cons

ulta

tion

(Dat

a G

athe

ring

an

d R

ecom

men

datio

ns)

will

run

long

er th

an f

ollo

w-u

p m

eetin

gs a

nd p

erio

dic

revi

ews,

jus

t as

an

annu

al

phys

ical

re

quir

es

mor

e tim

e th

an

a fo

llow

-up

appo

intm

ent.

Spe

cifi c

ally

, the

ini

tial

cons

ulta

tion

typi

cally

req

uire

s tw

o ho

urs,

but

may

tak

e lo

nger

if

you

ow

n a

busi

ness

, if

you

hav

e a

com

plex

fi n

anci

al s

ituat

ion,

or

if y

ou h

ave

a co

mpl

ex e

stat

e pl

an.

Com

pen

sati

onT

he i

nitia

l co

nsul

tatio

n is

fre

e. A

fter

tha

t, th

ere

are

seve

ral

way

s th

at w

e ar

e co

mpe

nsat

ed.

Sinc

e ea

ch c

lient

’s s

ituat

ion

is u

niqu

e, n

o tw

o so

lutio

ns

are

exac

tly

alik

e.

The

sa

me

can

be

said

fo

r co

mpe

nsat

ion.

In

gene

ral,

ther

e ar

e th

ree

way

s a

fi nan

cial

pla

nner

can

be

com

pens

ated

:

1

. B

y th

e H

our,

Task

, or A

ppoi

ntm

ent

2

. Pe

rcen

tage

of A

sset

s U

nder

Man

agem

ent

3

. C

omm

issi

ons

Dur

ing

the

initi

al c

onsu

ltatio

n, w

e w

ill d

iscu

ss

a m

utua

lly a

gree

able

app

roac

h th

at w

ill i

nclu

de

at l

east

one

of

the

optio

ns,

or a

com

bina

tion.

In

sum

mar

y, th

e m

ost e

quita

ble

form

of c

ompe

nsat

ion

will

dep

end

upon

you

r si

tuat

ion.