Wade Financial Tactical L/S Fund

Wade Financial Group, Inc. (WFG) is the advisor to the Wade Tactical L/S Fund. WFG was founded in 1994 and is based in Minneapolis, MN. WFG is a SEC Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) serving the needs of high net worth individuals, wealthy families and institutional investors. WFG has gained national recognition for its ongoing success and has been highlighted in many national media outlets, including Worth Magazine, Wealth Manager Magazine, Registered Rep, Medical Economics, The Wall Street Journal, Investment News and others. WFG was recognized as the "most dependable financial advisors" in Minnesota and the central U.S.A. in Forbes Magazine in 2008. (See our Press/News page)

WFG makes the Wade Tactical L/S Fund available directly through their firm to clients of WFG’s services, to individual investors via www.wadefunds.com and to other investment advisors for their clients.

For more information on the comprehensive wealth management and investment services of WFG visit www.wadefinancialgroup.com.

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Investment Team

A team that possesses a broad and diverse background in the investment management business makes security selections for the Fund. The members of the team who are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are Jerry Wade, CFP^®, CFS, Nick Asmus and Blaine Conklin. Mr. Wade is the Fund’s Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and has managed the Fund since its inception.

Jerry Wade is founder and President of Wade Financial Group, Inc. and has been since its inception in 1994. WFG is an independent advisory firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which provides comprehensive financial planning, tax planning, investment management and estate planning for high net worth families located across the U.S. A native of New Castle, Indiana, Mr. Wade is a 1981 graduate of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications. Before founding WFG in 1994, he spent 10 years associated with American Express Financial Advisors. During his tenure with American Express Financial Advisors, Mr. Wade functioned as a financial planner, trainer and strategic consultant to IDS/American Express senior management.

Blaine Conklin works as an Investment Portfolio Associate as part of the Investment Team. Before coming to Wade Financial Group, Blaine worked for an investment firm in Wayzata, Minnesota. At his former firm, Blaine gained an extensive knowledge of the financial industry as a Registered Sales Associate. Blaine worked for his former employer for almost nine years and this was a major attraction in WFG hiring Blaine. Blaine graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Financial Economics and a minor in Computer Science from Gustavus Adolphus College. He is currently a Level III Candidate for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Working closely with Blaine and Jerry in the Investment Department, also as an Investment Portfolio associate, is Nick Asmus. Before coming to WFG, Nick worked for a family of independent broker dealers serving 700 institutions and 5,000+ financial professionals out of St. Cloud, Minnesota. With that firm, Nick was a Trader/Analyst. Nick graduated cum laude with a Bachelors of Arts in Financial Management from the University of St. Thomas. He is currently a Level II Candidate for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Both Blaine and Nick bring to WFG diverse work experience and a strong academic record in finance. They have demonstrated both the drive and proficiency to succeed in investment management.

Consumer Advocacy

The Fund’s sponsor, Wade Financial Group, Inc. and it’s founder, Jerry Wade, CFP^®, CFS have been heavily involved in advocating on behalf of investor’s best interests.

Minneapolis Firm Assists National Fiduciary Awareness Campaign
To Protect Consumers
In 2008 the Fund’s CIO Jerry B. Wade, CFP^®, CFS and his firm Wade Financial Group, Inc. (WFG) teamed up with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), assisting in a national public service effort called “Focus on Fiduciary” aimed at educating Americans about the need for financial professionals to work on a fee-only basis while meeting fiduciary ‘client comes first’ standards.

Nearly 49 percent of American consumers don’t trust financial advisors to work in their clients’ best interests.⁽¹⁾ Further, brokerage documents’ legally required disclosures are often relegated to “fine print,” typically never read or understood.⁽²⁾

WFG Chairman Jerry Wade built his firm in 1994 on the principle of acting in his clients’ best interests as a fee-only Registered Investment Advisors (RIA). Recent research confirms a clear need for such transparency:

Just 26 percent of investors know that only RIAs provide protection to act in investors’best interests in all aspects of the relationship.
If those same investors knew that non-registered financial advisors weren’t required to act in their best interest in all areas, 70 percent wouldn’t use them.⁽³⁾
After learning of the protections provided by advisors who abide by fiduciary standards, 97 percent of Americans say they would seek an advisor who adheres to fiduciary standards over one who doesn’t.⁽⁴⁾

About Wade Financial Group, Inc.
Based in Minneapolis, Wade Financial Group, Inc., is consistently identified in national rankings such as Worth Magazine’s “Top 100 Most Exclusive Financial Advisors in the U.S.,” and Wealth Manager Magazine’s “Top 300 Wealth Managers.” Wade Financial Group, Inc., offers comprehensive wealth management services. For more information, please visit www.wadefinancialgroup.com.

About NAPFA
With more than 2,000 members since being founded in 1983, The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) is the leading professional association dedicated to the advancement of fee-only financial planning. NAPFA provides fee-only financial planners with some of the strictest guidelines possible for professional competency, comprehensive financial planning, and fee-only compensation. For more information, please visit www.NAPFA.org.

The Purpose Of FundPolice
Jerry Wade founded the website www.fundpolice.com in 2004 to educate consumers regarding financial scandals and how these scandals and wrongdoings by financial institutions were impacting investors. It also provided news stories surrounding regulatory and legal action being taken against “financial offenders”.

Investors’ can look up their fund or brokerage firm and see if they are involved in shenanigans where they have put their financial interests ahead of the investors’.

When Fund Police was founded in 2004, studies revealed that despite almost daily reporting of the mutual fund scandal, the average investor did not know much about it, and worse yet, did not seem to care. The severe financial meltdown of 2008 brought many Wall Street firms to the brink of failure and left millions of investors with their finances in shambles. Ponzi schemes unfolded as well, with the Madoff scandal impacting investors across the country.

Although the website is no longer being updated with new scandals and lawsuits, the database and article content still prove extremely valuable to investors who desire to “double check the background” of any financial institution that they may be working with or considering.

(1) TNS Financial Services Study, 2006.
(2) TD Ameritrade Institutional Survey, 2006.
(3) TD Ameritrade Institutional Survey, 2006.
(4) TNS Financial Services Study, 2006.

Wade Financial Group, Inc. is an SEC registered investment advisor that has managed investment portfolios for wealthy families and high net worth individuals since 1994. The funds Chief Investment Officer, Jerry B. Wade, CFP^®, CFS, began his financial advisory career in 1984 and is one of the most recognized and respected financial advisors in the U.S.

An investor should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing. This and other information about the Wade Tactical L/S Fund is contained in the Fund’s prospectus, which can be obtained by calling 1-866-950-6WFG (1-866-950-6934). Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. The Fund is distributed by Northern Lights Distributors, LLC, member FINRA.

Mutual Funds involve risk including possible loss of principal.
To the extent the Fund invests in Underlying Funds that invest in foreign securities, the Fund could be subject to greater risks because that Fund’s performance may depend on issues other than the performance of a particular company or U.S. market sector. Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect that Fund than a mutual fund that invests exclusively in U.S. companies. The value of foreign securities is also affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

Short Sale: The sale of shares of a security that the seller does not own. Such sales are made in anticipation of a decline in the price of the security to enable the seller to cover the sale with a purchase at a later date, at a lower price, and thus at a profit. Securities and Exchange Commission rules allow investors to sell short only when a stock price is moving upward. This prevents "pool operators" from driving down a stock price through heavy short-selling, then buying the shares for a large profit.

Emerging Markets Risks: Countries with emerging markets may have relatively unstable governments, social and legal systems that do not protect shareholders, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of issues.

Prospectus Disclosure: Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Wade Tactical L/S Fund. This and other important information about the Fund is contained in the prospectus, which can be obtained by calling 1-866-950-6934. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing. The Wade Tactical L/S Fund is distributed by Northern Lights Distributors, LLC member. FINRA.

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