About Ken

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Kenneth R. Solow, CFP®, CLU, ChFC is a founding partner and Chief Investment Officer with Pinnacle Advisory Group, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor providing Private Wealth Management services to more than 500 families in the Mid-Atlantic Region and around the world. As Chief Investment Officer, Solow is responsible for the research direction and management of Pinnacle’s investment analysts, as well as the philosophy, tactics, and trading strategy for more than half a billion dollars of assets. Solow has over 25-years of experience as a financial planner working directly with clients, and is nationally known for his views on active portfolio management and Tactical Asset Allocation strategy.

Pinnacle Advisory Group, Inc. was founded by John Hill, CFP®, Dwight Mikulis, CFP®, and Ken Solow, CFP® in 1993.  The company believes that an individual’s investment policy should be ascertained in the context of a comprehensive approach to financial planning.  By coordinating client income tax, estate, and investment needs, Pinnacle offers relief from the stress of managing personal financial issues in such complicated and challenging times.  Pinnacle is a fee-based advisor whose core belief is to provide financial planning and investment services to clients with no conflicts of interest. Pinnacle currently employs twenty-five associates including twelve Certified Financial Planners (CFP® Certificants) solely dedicated to meeting the needs of financial planning clients.

Solow has been published in The Journal of Financial Planning, Smart Money, Financial Planning Magazine, and the Wall Street Transcript. In 2006, Ken spoke on Tactical Asset Allocation at the TDAmeritrade National Conference in Orlando, Fla., and was the keynote speaker for the Portfolio Construction Conference in Sydney, Australia. He also spoke on New Paradigm investment strategy at the NAPFA Cutting Edge Conference in September in Indianapolis. In 2007, Ken was a featured speaker at the NAPFA National Conference in Chicago, IL and a panel speaker at the 5th Annual Art of Indexing Conference in Washington DC. He is a member of the Financial Planning Association and the Society of Financial Services Professionals

Solow, a graduate of Towson University, lives in Columbia, Maryland with his wife Linda, his two teenaged children, Danny and Carly, and Connor the dog. Solow is a proud member of Rotary International where he is active in training club presidents in his Rotary District. He enjoys golf, tennis, fishing, and boating.