Clarity Advisors was founded in 2024 in response to the rigid, limited offerings of traditional financial firms. After more than a decade of working with clients, founder Michael Brady saw firsthand how large institutions often failed to meet the real needs of individuals, families, and business owners. He started Clarity Advisors to provide a single, reliable place for financial guidance—where clients can get the advice, strategies, and services they actually need, all under one roof.
At Clarity Advisors, we go beyond just managing investments. We help clients navigate every major financial decision, from planning for retirement to protecting their families and businesses. Our services include:
• Retirement Planning – Helping clients map out a path to financial independence, whether they’re decades away or already retired.
• Investment Management – Creating and managing portfolios tailored to each client’s risk tolerance, goals, and time horizon.
• Life Insurance – Evaluating coverage needs and securing policies that provide financial security for loved ones.
• Tax Planning & Filing – Identifying tax-saving opportunities throughout the year and handling tax preparation to ensure compliance and efficiency.
• Business Valuation & Exit Planning – Advising business owners on financial strategies, valuation, and long-term planning.
• Estate Planning (Trusts & Wills) – Ensuring assets are protected and passed on according to a client’s wishes through proper estate planning strategies.

Whether planning for the future, managing wealth, or making critical financial decisions, Clarity Advisors provides the guidance and solutions clients need—without the constraints of traditional financial firms.

Hightower Wealth Advisors | St. Louis is an intentional wealth management practice powered by intentional people. With an equal commitment to greatness and kindness, we focus on successful individuals, families, entrepreneurs, and business owners who want to make a lasting impact.
Our ensemble approach helps to ensure the right mix of advice and service, with a culture of collaboration and purpose that fuels success rather than competition.
We help streamline complexity, save money, and grow wealth, but ultimately, our structure and approach allow us to uncover what is truly important to our clients. Where their financial life reflects a meaningful life.

Equilibrium Financial Planning provides retirees with an ally in all aspects of their financial life and an alternative to the traditional big bank model of asset management. The innumerable decisions individuals face as they approach and navigate through retirement necessitate a comprehensive strategy, accounting for your entire financial picture. We provide a holistic perspective that considers the tax impact of each financial decision.
Additionally, since retirement planning often requires personalized solutions to address unique financial goals and aspirations, we collaborate with your team of experienced professionals, including your CPA, attorneys, and more. The ultimate objectives are to ensure long-term financial security, to optimize tax efficiency, and to provide you with a trusted partner along your retirement journey.

Jesse Rodriquez is the Founder and President of Rodriquez Wealth Management. Jesse has served as a financial advisor to wealthy families for nearly three decades, beginning his career in the investment advisory industry as an intern at the age of nineteen. He has been working with many of the same client families, their second and even third generations ever since.
Jesse began his career at Smith Barney in the Private Client Group. After eleven years at Smith Barney,  Jesse along with his assistant Cathy Anderson joined Merrill Lynch, where he was instrumental in growing the Manhattan Beach office and became its largest individual producer. In 2011,  Jesse and his entire team joined the flagship UBS office in Newport Beach as Managing Director - Wealth Management. By 2019, he again became the largest individual producer. In January of 2020,  Jesse followed his lifelong passion by founding and becoming the sole owner of Rodriquez Wealth Management, a true independent and fiduciary firm based in Newport Beach.

Jesse believes that by not accepting private equity or having other institutional ownership, his practice can stay truly independent and unbiased in how they advise clients. He focuses on providing multi-generational clients with a “family office” experience, serving as their trusted advisor and providing thoughtful advice regarding any financial issue that may arise. While the practice has undergone substantial asset growth (all organic), his handpicked team stands ready, willing and able to accept new client relationships.

Jesse has been named one of Forbes “Best-In-State Wealth Advisors” from 2018-2024, is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) Professional, a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC®), and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA™). He earned the CPWA® designation from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a BS in Finance from CSU Long Beach and is a member of TIGER 21. In his free time, Jesse is a voracious reader of history and non-fiction and enjoys ocean fishing and diving, snow skiing and running, having completed the New York, Los Angeles and San Diego marathons. Jesse resides in Newport Beach with his wife and two children.