James Merle Weiss

Current Employers

Weiss Financial Group, Llc

Des Moines, IA • United States

Current Registrations

Authority	Category	Status	Date
IA	RA	APPROVED	2019-04-10

IA RA
APPROVED

Since 2019-04-10

Branch Locations

Johnston, IA • United States

Disclosures

1 disclosure category reported Yes on this SEC record. Read each Yes below, then review the firm’s Form ADV Item 11 guide for how disclosure questions work.

Regulatory action No
Criminal Yes
Bankruptcy No
Civil judicial No
Bond No
Judgment / lien No
Investigation No
Customer complaint No
Termination No

Employment History

Organization	City	State	From	To
Global Financial Private Capital	Sarasota	FL	12/2011	07/2018
Elite Retirement Planning, Llc	Johnston	IA	06/2018	04/2019
Weiss-Merkle Financial, Llc	Johnston	IA	07/2009	04/2019
Elite Retirement Planning, Llc	Johnston	IA	08/2018	04/2019
Wmf Insurance, Llc	Johnston	IA	06/2018	04/2019
Jw Elite Insurance, Llc	Johnston	IA	04/2019	Present
Weiss Financial Group, Llc	Johnston	IA	04/2019	Present
Weiss Financial Group, Llc	Johnston	IA	04/2019	Present

12/2011 → 07/2018

Global Financial Private Capital

Sarasota, FL
06/2018 → 04/2019

Elite Retirement Planning, Llc

Johnston, IA
07/2009 → 04/2019

Weiss-Merkle Financial, Llc

Johnston, IA
08/2018 → 04/2019

Elite Retirement Planning, Llc

Johnston, IA
06/2018 → 04/2019

Wmf Insurance, Llc

Johnston, IA
04/2019 → Present

Jw Elite Insurance, Llc

Johnston, IA
04/2019 → Present

Weiss Financial Group, Llc

Johnston, IA
04/2019 → Present

Weiss Financial Group, Llc

Johnston, IA

Previous Registrations

2018-08-20 → 2019-04-03

Merkle Retirement Planning

Johnston, IA
2011-12-02 → 2018-08-22

Global Financial Private Capital, Inc.

Johnston, IA

Sarasota, FL

Johnston, IA
2009-08-31 → 2011-12-14

Investment Advisors Corp

Ankeny, IA

Johnston, IA
2005-02-25 → 2008-07-07

Principal Securities, Inc.

Des Moines, IA

Des Moines, IA

Other Businesses

Owner of JW Elite Holdings, Inc. This is a holding company which owns JW Elite Financial, LLC (a Branding Company), JW Elite Insurance, LLC (an Insurance Agency), JW Elite Real Estate and Weiss Financial Group, LLC. Approximately 30% of time is spent outside of Weiss Financial Group, LLC.

Exams

Code	Exam	Date
S65	Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination	2005-02-22
S63	Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination	2003-04-14

S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination

2005-02-22
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination

2003-04-14

Designations

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