Who are we?

We are a team of smart, experienced financial advocates who have dedicated over 33 years to helping families, professionals and business decision-makers create success in their financial strategies. With corner offices in downtown Tempe's lakeside office plaza, the Battock team's multi-generational members work together to help ensure their clients are understood and taken care of.

• A financial planner since 1979, Marty Battock has frequently been invited to give economic updates and speak on wealth management topics at a variety of events and organizations. He uses an investment philosophy based on the 1990 Nobel Prize-winning strategy by Harry Markowitz.¹
• Ever-professional Vicki Thomas knows how to be a true resource and get things done for the team's clients. They benefit from Vicki's extensive experience as a business owner as well as a financial advisor.
• As marketing support specialist for the team, Audrey Denney makes sure everything runs as it should, so clients receive outstanding service and the team delivers on its commitments.

¹The 1990 Nobel Prize-winning strategy by Harry Markowitzrefers to Modern Portfolio Theory (“MPT”), which is  an investment technique which suggests that each investment should be considered for its effect on the overall portfolio.  A wisely chosen portfolio will tend to maximize expected long-term return for some value of risk/volatility or, equivalently, minimize risk/volatility for some expected long-term return.  MPT is a Nobel Prize winning approach to investing (Harry Markowitz won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Economics for it). No investment strategy including asset allocation or diversification, can guarantee a profit or protect against a loss. No forecasts can be guaranteed.