Important Disclosure Information

The following is important disclosure information related to this website.

Carlson Retirement Plan Services is a division of Carlson Capital Management, LLC (“CCM”). CCM is an SEC registered investment adviser located in Northfield, Minnesota. CCM may only transact business in those states in which it is registered, or qualifies for an exemption or exclusion from registration requirements. CCM’s website is limited to the dissemination of general information pertaining to its advisory services, together with access to additional investment-related information, publications, and links. Accordingly, the publication of CCM’s website on the Internet should not be construed by any consumer and/or prospective client as CCM’s solicitation to effect, or attempt to effect transactions in securities, or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, over the Internet. Any subsequent, direct communication by CCM with a prospective client shall be conducted by a representative that is either registered or qualifies for an exemption or exclusion from registration in the state where the prospective client resides. For information pertaining to the registration status of CCM, please contact the SEC or the state securities regulators for those states in which CCM maintains a notice filing. A copy of CCM’s current written disclosure statement discussing CCM’s business operations, services, and fees is available from CCM upon written request. CCM does not make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy, timeliness, suitability, completeness, or relevance of any information prepared by any unaffiliated third party, whether linked to CCM’s website or incorporated herein, and takes no responsibility therefore. All such information is provided solely for convenience purposes only and all users thereof should be guided accordingly.

Please remember that different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk, and there can be no assurance that the future performance of any specific investment or investment strategy (including those undertaken or recommended by CCM), will be profitable or equal any historical performance level(s).

Certain portions of CCM’s website (i.e. newsletters, articles, commentaries, etc.) may contain a discussion of, and/or provide access to, CCM (and those of other investment and non-investment professionals) positions and/or recommendations as of a specific prior date. Due to various factors, including changing market conditions, such discussion may no longer be reflective of current position(s) and/or recommendation(s). Moreover, no client or prospective client should assume that any such discussion serves as the receipt of, or a substitute for, personalized advice from CCM, or from any other investment professional. CCM is neither an attorney nor an accountant, and no portion of the website content should be interpreted as legal, accounting or tax advice.

No portion of article or video content should be construed by a client or prospective client as a guarantee that he/she will experience a certain level of results or satisfaction if CCM is engaged, or continues to be engaged, to provide investment advisory services.

Please Note: Limitations: Neither rankings and/or recognitions by unaffiliated rating services, publications, media, or other organizations, nor the achievement of any professional designation, certification, degree, or license, or any amount of prior experience or success, should be construed by a client or prospective client as a guarantee that he/she will experience a certain level of results if CCM is engaged, or continues to be engaged, to provide investment advisory services. Rankings published by magazines, and others, generally base their selections exclusively on information prepared and/or submitted by the recognized adviser. Rankings are generally limited to participating advisers (see participation data/criteria). Unless expressly indicated to the contrary, CCM did not pay a fee to be included on any such ranking. No ranking or recognition should be construed as a current or past endorsement of CCM by any of its clients. ANY QUESTIONS: Carlson Capital Management, LLC’s Chief Compliance Officer remains available to address any questions regarding rankings and/or recognitions, including the criteria used for any reflected ranking.

Articles and information provided to links outside of CCM’s website contain the opinions of the author(s) and those interviewed by the author(s) but not necessarily Carlson Capital Management and do not represent a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. The opinions of the author(s) are subject to change without notice. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but is not guaranteed. These articles are distributed for educational purposes and should not be considered investment advice or an offer of any security for sale.

To the extent that any client or prospective client utilizes any economic calculator or similar interactive device contained within or linked to CCM’s website, the client and/or prospective client acknowledges and understands that the information resulting from the use of any such calculator/device, is not, and should not be construed, in any manner whatsoever, as the receipt of, or a substitute for, personalized individual advice from CCM, or from any other investment professional.

Each client and prospective client agrees, as a condition precedent to his/her/its access to CCM’s website, to release and hold harmless CCM, its officers, directors, owners, employees and agents from any and all adverse consequences resulting from any of his/her/its actions and/or omissions which are independent of his/her/its receipt of personalized individual advice from CCM.

Privacy Notice

CCM’s web servers collect domain names and/or IP addresses of users to measure what pages and features are accessed by our visitors. This information helps us administer the site, improve content and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

CCM may use “cookies” or similar files or scripts throughout its website to enhance your convenience in using our websites, to improve search functionality or to hold information that you would otherwise need to re-key. “Cookies” are text files collected by a user’s web browser. If you do not wish to accept “cookies” from our website, you may configure your web browser so that it does not accept “cookies”; however, you may lose certain functions available on our website.

In order to understand how advertising performs, we may collect certain information on our Site and other sites and mobile apps through our advertising service providers using cookies, IP addresses, and other technologies. The collected information may include, but is not limited to the number of page visits, pages viewed on our Site, search engine referrals, browsing activities over time and across other sites following your visit to our Site, and responses to advertisements and promotions on the Site and on sites and apps where we advertise.

CCM uses information described in this Notice to help advertise our products and services, analyze the effectiveness of the advertising, and determine additional need for marketing.

If you prefer we not use information based on online Site behavior, you may choose to opt out of online behavioral advertising (in general) by going to https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

We collect personal information (such as name, address, and telephone number) only when it is provided voluntarily by users. For example, such information may be gathered through the use of our “Contact Us” and similar forms. Please do not submit any personal information you do not want collected, used, and shared in accordance with the terms of this Notice.

Please note that if you use our “Contact Us” form and similar information submission forms, any exchange of correspondence and information that follows will be governed by our Client Privacy Policy. You may request such Client Privacy Policy from our firm.