WELCOME to the web site of Barrett & Company.

We invite you to explore the site, call us or email us at any time.

Barrett & Company specializes in tax efficient strategies for the preservation and the distribution of family wealth. We work with you to evaluate your current situation and formulate a plan for your secure financial future. Areas of service include investment planning, estate planning, education planning and retirement planning.

The purpose of this site is three fold. First, we want to give our clients a place to go to find out what is happening at Barrett & Company and to have an easy way of communicating with us, at their convenience. Second, we want our clients to have access to the latest information available regarding your Fidelity accounts at one location. Finally, we wish to provide information on investing and market updates that we believe are relevant to all clients as well as prospects and visitors.

Privacy Statement & Identity Verification:

Barrett & Company will maintain reasonable precautions to maintain the confidentiality of all information provided in utilizing this site.  Because of the nature of the Internet, no assurances can be given that this information remains secure. 

Barrett & Company will, under terms and conditions of The United States Patriot Act, obtain information from you that is necessary for us to comply with terrorism and money-laundering activities.

The following information would have to be provided to Barrett & Comany before an account can be established with us - Name, Date of Birth, Legal Address, Social Security or Tax Identification Number, Copy of a valid Driver’s License, Passport, or other picture identification.

We collect non-public personal information about you from the following sources:

1. Information provided by you on applications or other forms.
2. Information about your transactions and accounts with us, our affiliates or others.
3. Information we receive from customer reporting agencies, such as credit rating bureaus.

We do not disclose or sell any non-public information that we have about any client or any former client to anyone, except as required by law.

Since Barrett & Company does not sell or provide your information to any outside party except to service your account, there is no "opt out" option at this time. If at any time we change our policy in this respect, we will notify you by mail of the change.

Barrett & Company restricts access to your non-public personal information to our clearing broker, National Financial Services, LLC, and to those of our employees who need to know the information in order to provide services to you.  We maintain all required physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your non-public person information.

NOTICE OF IDENTITY VERIFICATION

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money-laundering activities, and to verify your identity, federal law requires that Barrett & Company and/or National Financial Services LLC (NFS), our clearing broker, obtain your name, date of birth, address, and a government-issued identification number (including social security number or tax identification number) before opening your account. In certain circumstances, Barrett & Company and/or NFS may obtain and verify this information with respect to any person(s) authorized to effect transactions in an account. For certain entities, such as trusts, estates, corporations, partnerships, or other organizations, identifying documentation is also required. Your account may be restricted and/or closed if Barrett & Company and/or NFS cannot verify this information. Barrett & Company and/or NFS will not be responsible for any losses or damages (including but not limited to lost opportunities) resulting from any failure to provide this information, or from any restriction placed upon, or closing of, your account.

INRA RULE 2267 (INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION)
FINRA Rule 2267 requires Barrett & Company to provide information about FINRA’s BrokerCheck® program.

FINRA BrokerCheck Program
An investor brochure that includes information describing the public disclosure program may be obtained from FINRA. The FINRA BrokerCheck Hotline number is (800) 289-9999. The FINRA website address is http://www.finra.org.

The information on this site is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended for distribution to or use by any person in any jurisdiction where such use would be contrary to regulation. Nothing in this site constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security which may be referenced on the site.

Barrett & Company does not provide investment advice or make suitablilty determinations or recommendations through the use of this site. Barrett & Company does not provide legal or tax advice.