Shamow Wealth Management
Bradley Matthew Shamow
Financial Advisor|CFP®, CLU®, RICP®
Personal
I'm a father, a husband, a son, and a brother. I appreciate spending time with my wife, Mary, my daughters, Paityn and Reese, and my son, Jonah. Family is extremely important to me, as I'm sure it is to many of you. I grew up in Troy, and I am now raising my family in our forever home in Rochester Hills. I love to travel, golf, barbecue and watch sports, especially football on Sunday.
Like you, I have many of the same goals in life. I want to be able to retire comfortably at a reasonable age with my wife. I would love to be able to travel with my wife and experience new places and new things. I want to be able to one day send my children to the college of their choice, and help them financially through it. I want to be able to spend time with family and friends, and enjoy life. I want to be able to live comfortably, and stress free.
Over the course of my career, I've learned that these things are possible with the proper planning. From experience, I have been able to make a positive impact on many people's lives by helping them create a plan to work towards their goals in life. Dreams and aspirations don't have to stay just dreams and aspirations. Let's make them a reality.
Professional
With the country’s economy continuing to strengthen, personal financial security is still uppermost in many peoples’ minds. They’re eager for advice about their retirement, estate plans, insurance, emergency funds, liabilities and their asset allocation. Today’s financial conditions require a holistic approach – looking at an individual’s entire financial picture, not just one aspect or another. Working with a Certified Financial Planner™ professional is assurance that they are a credentialed expert who does just that, and performs to high ethical and professional standards.
There are many benefits to working with a certified financial planner. If you have any questions or would like an analysis of your current financial situation, I’d love to hear from you. Feel free to contact me directly to schedule a convenient time to talk.
Here are some of Brad's career highlights:
- Attained CFP® Certification in 2018.
- Attained CLU® Certification in 2015.
- Attained RICP® Certification in 2016.
- Member of The National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA).
- Graduated from Oakland University.
- Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with a major in Human Resource Management.
- Joined Northwestern Mutual in May of 2009 as an Intern.
- Jointed Northwestern Mutual Full Time in September 2010.
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 2010.
Awards and Recognition
- Nationally recognized as the #6 College Unit Director within Northwestern Mutual in 2018
- National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Quality Award 2013, 2015
- Award recognizing commitment to excellence in service to clients and industry
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.
Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Insurance Protection Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Disability Planning
Multigenerational Planning
Estate Planning
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
