Kowal Investment Group is not affiliated with and does not endorse any of the listed organizations.

Barron’s is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, L.P. All rights reserved. The rankings are based on data provided by over 4,000 individual advisors and their firms and include qualitative and quantitative criteria. Data points that relate to quality of practice include professionals with a minimum of 7 years financial services experience, acceptable compliance records (no criminal U4 issues), client retention reports, charitable and philanthropic work, quality of practice, designations held, offering services beyond investments offered including estates and trusts, and more. Financial Advisors are quantitatively rated based on varying types of revenues produced and assets under management by the financial professional, with weightings associated for each. Investment performance is not an explicit component because not all advisors have audited results and because performance figures often are influenced more by clients’ risk tolerance than by an advisor’s investment picking abilities. The ranking may not be representative of any one client’s experience, is not an endorsement, and is not indicative of advisor’s future performance. Neither Kowal Investment Group nor any of its Financial Advisors pay a fee in exchange for this award/ rating. Barron’s is not affiliated with Kowal Investment Group. Rankings are comprised of wirehouses, independent and RIA advisors; individual advisors not required to be individually registered in FINRA.

The Future 50 Program recognizes privately-owned companies in the seven-county Milwaukee region that have been in business for at least three years and have shown significant revenue and employment growth. Kowal Investment Group is not affiliated with and does not endorse the opinions or services of MMAC or Park Bank. The ranking may not be representative of any one client’s experience, is not an endorsement, and it not indicative of advisor’s future performance. Neither Kowal Investment Group nor any of its Financial Advisor pay a fee in exchange for this award/rating.

The FT 400 was developed in collaboration with Ignites Research, a subsidiary of the FT that provides specialized content on asset management. To qualify for the list, advisers had to have 10 years of experience and at least $300 million in assets under management (AUM) and no more than 60% of the AUM with institutional clients. The FT reaches out to some of the largest brokerages in the U.S. and asks them to provide a list of advisors who meet the minimum criteria outlined above. These advisors are then invited to apply for the ranking. Only advisors who submit an online application can be considered for the ranking. In 2018, roughly 880 applications were received and 400 were selected to the final list (45.5%). The 400 qualified advisers were then scored on six attributes: AUM, AUM growth rate, compliance record, years of experience, industry certifications, and online accessibility. AUM is the top factor, accounting for roughly 60-70 percent of the applicant’s score. Additionally, to provide a diversity of advisors, the FT placed a cap on the number of advisors from any one state that’s roughly correlated to the distribution of millionaires across the U.S. The ranking may not be representative of any one client’s experience, is not an endorsement, and is not indicative of advisor’s future performance. Neither Kowal Investment Group nor any of its Financial Advisors pay a fee in exchange for this award/rating. The FT is not affiliated with Kowal Investment Group.

SHOOK Research considered advisors born in 1980 or later with a minimum 4 years relevant experience. Advisors have built their own practices and lead their teams; joined teams and are viewed as future leadership; or a combination of both. Ranking algorithm is based on qualitative measures derived from telephone and in-person interviews and surveys: service models, investing process, client retention, industry experience, review of compliance records, firm nominations, etc.; and quantitative criteria, such as assets under management and revenue generated for their firms. Investment performance is not a criteria because client objectives and risk tolerances vary, and advisors rarely have audited performance reports. Rankings are based on the opinions of SHOOK Research, LLC. Neither SHOOK nor Forbes receives compensation from the advisors or their firms in exchange for placement on a ranking. Kowal Investment Group is not affiliated with Forbes or Shook Research, LLC. This ranking is not indicative of advisor’s future performance, is not an endorsement, and may not be representative of individual clients’ experience. Out of 5,832 advisors considered, 1000 made the final list in 2018. For more information see www.SHOOKresearch.com. 1 Minimum account sizes are general since it can vary depending on a range of circumstances. 2Advisors are judged on individual contribution but total team assets are shown, which can include one or more additional advisors. 3Minimum account sizes are general since it can vary depending on a range of circumstances.

The 2017 ranking of Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 list, is based on the percentage of revenue growth over a three-year period, 2013 to 2016. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2013. They had to be a U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent – not subsidiaries or division of other companies. The minimum revenue required for 2013 was $100,000, the minimum revenue required for 2016 was $2,000,000. Inc. Magazine reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. This award is bestowed by an independent third party not affiliated with Kowal Investment Group. No fees were paid to Inc. Magazine in exchange for this award. Kowal Investment Group has not paid a fee in exchange for this award. This recognition is not indicative of future performance, is not an endorsement, and may not be representative of individual clients’ experience.

Links are being provided for information purposes only. Kowal Investment Group is not affiliated with and does not endorse, authorize or sponsor any of the listed websites or their respective sponsors. Kowal Investment Group is not responsible for the content of any website or the collection or use of information regarding any website’s users and/or members.

Securities offered through Kowal Investment Group member FINRA and SIPC. Investment Advisory Services offered through Kowal Investment Group. Kowal Investment Group, LLC is not a registered broker/dealer.