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Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd

3750 Park East Dr Ste 200, Beachwood, OH 44122 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
MS RA APPROVED 2025-11-04
LA RA APPROVED 2017-12-01
TX RA APPROVED 2017-12-01
  • MS RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-11-04
  • LA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2017-12-01
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2017-12-01

Branch Locations

1302 Magnolia St., Unit A2, Gulfport, MS 39507 • United States

125 Davis Avenue Suite H, Pass Christian, MS 39571 • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Hancock Investment Services, Inc. Gulfport MS 08/2009 12/2017
Lpl Financial Llc Gulfport MS 12/2017 Present
Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. Gulfport MS 12/2017 Present
  • 08/2009 → 12/2017
    Hancock Investment Services, Inc.
    Gulfport, MS
  • 12/2017 → Present
    Lpl Financial Llc
    Gulfport, MS
  • 12/2017 → Present
    Gulfport, MS
Previous Registrations
Other Businesses

1) 11/27/2017 - Stratos Wealth Partners - DBA for LPL Business (entity for LPL business) - inv rel - at reported business location(s) - start: 12/2017 - 60 hr/mth 2) 11/27/2017 - Van Kirk Wealth Advisors - DBA for LPL Business (entity for LPL business) - inv rel - at reported business location(s) - start: 11/2010 - 80 hr/mth 3) 11/27/2017 - H6 LLC - Real Estate Rental - member - Gulfport, MS - start: 01/2015 4) 12/1/2017 - LPL Financial, LLC (Registered Representative) - Investment Related - At Reported Business Location (s) - 100% time spent between LPL Financial, LLC and Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. 5) 12/5/2017 - Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. - Investment Related - At Reported Business Location(s) - Registered Investment Advisor Hybrid - Started 12/01/2017 - 800 Hours Per Month/8 Hours During Securities Trading - Time Spent 60% - I provide investment advisory services through Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd.., an independent investment advisor firm. I started this business activity in Dec 2017. I expect to spend approximately 800 hours per month on this activity. Please see the advisory firm's Form ADV for more information about its address, the nature of its business, its owners, and its services at http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD. The firm is separate from and independent of LPL Financial. 6) 12/5/2017 - Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd. - DBA: Van Kirk Wealth Advisors - Investment Related - At Reported Business Location(s) - Registered Investment Advisor DBA - Started 11/28/2017 - 800 Hours Per Month/8 Hours During Securities Trading - Time Spent 100% - I provide investment advisory services through Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd.., an independent investment advisor firm. I started this business activity in Dec 2017. I expect to spend approximately 800 hours per month on this activity. Please see the advisory firm's Form ADV for more information about its address, the nature of its business, its owners, and its services at http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD. The firm is separate from and independent of LPL Financial. 7) 11/4/2019 - Van Kirk Wealth Advisors - Investment Related - At Reported Business Location(s) - Non-Variable Insurance - Producer - Start Date: 11/08/2019 - 10 Hours Per Month/1 Hour During Securities Trading. 8) 11/7/2019 - Medicare Health Plans - Investment Related - At Reported Business Location(s) - Non-Variable Insurance - Agent - Start Date: 11/01/2019 - 10 Hours Per Month During Securities Trading - Sell Medicare Supplemental and Advantage plans. 9) 09/02/2022 - Harbor Wealth Advisors - Investment Related - At Reported Business Location(s) - DBA for LPL Business (entity for LPL business) - Start Date - 09/01/2022 - 10 Hours Per Month/10 Hours During Securities Trading. 10) 09/22/2022 - VKWA PROPERTIES - Investment Related - At Reported Business Location(s) - Real Estate Rental - Start Date - 09/01/2022 - 0 Hours Per Month/0 Hours During Securities Trading 11) 08/23/2023 - AVL Wealthcare - Registered Investment Advisor DBA - IAR - Investment Related - AT Reported Business Location(s) - Start Date 09/01/2022 - 10 Hours Per Month/ 10 Hours During Trading

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2008-03-06
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2008-03-06
Other Names
  • Ethan M Smith
  • Ethan M Smith

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