Stephen C Soulas
Wealth Management Advisor|CFP®, RICP®
Professional
Stephen spent the first phase of his career in the capital markets industry, as a proprietary trader for a private partnership with operations in Philadelphia, Chicago, New York and London that was later acquired by a large international bank. Stephen has extensive experience in most aspects of investing and managing risk. Stephen achieved meaningful success during this phase of his career, which facilitated a need to plan properly. The cumulative years of interacting with financial/investment advisors, estate, elder care and business law attorneys and accounting professionals proved invaluable. These cumulative experiences form the basis for what Stephen brings to his second career – that of a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and Wealth Management Advisor at Northwestern Mutual.
His guideposts are best summarized this way:
- Financial well-being is about risk management in every aspect of your life - from spending to insurance and investments
- Unnecessary fees and expenses impact returns
- I am not a conventional manager, nor am I a financial products salesman
- I believe that diversified allocations are the basis for a successful investment portfolio
"The picture starts as a puzzle; most people have a few of the pieces already. My job is to help them see the entire picture, examine how their current pieces fit and find the pieces that are missing."
As a CFP (R) practitioner, it is important for clients and prospective clients to know that it is Stephen's responsibility to adhere to the standards established by the CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct. In his professional activities, Stephen works to minimize conflicts of interest and work in accordance of the CFP Board's fiduciary expectations.
Personal
On a personal level, Stephen is devoted to his wife of 25+ years and is a loving father to two adult children. Stephen resides in Bethany Beach, DE. He actively supports many local charities in his community. Stephen received a Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Joseph's University, with dual concentration in Finance and Information Systems, in 1984.
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.
