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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated CRD 7691

$1.78T regulatory AUM 16,844 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

  • Portfolio management (individuals)
  • Portfolio management (institutions)
  • Pension consulting
  • Selection of other advisers
  • Educational seminars
  • PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT REPORTS, ALLOCATION MODELING, IPS, RESEARCH REPORTS AND SERVICES, SEE SCHEDULE D

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

Current Employers
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
TX RA APPROVED 2026-03-03
CA RA APPROVED 2026-01-24
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2026-03-03
  • CA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2026-01-24

Branch Locations

23711 Moulton Pkwy, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 • 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
J. P. Morgan Securities Llc Prescott Valley AZ 07/2022 11/2025
Jpmorgan Chase Bank N. A. Prescott Valley AZ 01/2020 11/2025
Cvs Health Mission Viejo CA 10/2015 01/2020
Unemployed Mission Viejo CA 07/2012 10/2016
Jpmorgan Chase Bank N.A. Laguna Hills CA 01/2020 01/2021
Cvs Pharmacy Mission Viejo CA 07/2020 01/2021
Uber Eats Prescott Valley AZ 02/2023 05/2023
Paragon Contracting Prescott Valley AZ 05/2023 05/2023
Wolf Lounge Mission Viejo CA 10/2023 06/2025
Ascent Marketing Consultants Llc Mission Viejo CA 11/2023 06/2025
Premier Sauna/Benevolvet And Protective Order Mission Viejo CA 04/2024 06/2025
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Newport Beach CA 11/2025 Present
Southern New Hampshire University Hooksett NH 06/2024 08/2025
Bank Of America, N.A Newport Beach CA 01/2026 Present
  • 07/2022 → 11/2025
    J. P. Morgan Securities Llc
    Prescott Valley, AZ
  • 01/2020 → 11/2025
    Jpmorgan Chase Bank N. A.
    Prescott Valley, AZ
  • 10/2015 → 01/2020
    Cvs Health
    Mission Viejo, CA
  • 07/2012 → 10/2016
    Unemployed
    Mission Viejo, CA
  • 01/2020 → 01/2021
    Jpmorgan Chase Bank N.A.
    Laguna Hills, CA
  • 07/2020 → 01/2021
    Cvs Pharmacy
    Mission Viejo, CA
  • 02/2023 → 05/2023
    Uber Eats
    Prescott Valley, AZ
  • 05/2023 → 05/2023
    Paragon Contracting
    Prescott Valley, AZ
  • 10/2023 → 06/2025
    Wolf Lounge
    Mission Viejo, CA
  • 11/2023 → 06/2025
    Ascent Marketing Consultants Llc
    Mission Viejo, CA
  • 04/2024 → 06/2025
    Premier Sauna/Benevolvet And Protective Order
    Mission Viejo, CA
  • 11/2025 → Present
    Newport Beach, CA
  • 06/2024 → 08/2025
    Southern New Hampshire University
    Hooksett, NH
  • 01/2026 → Present
    Bank Of America, N.A
    Newport Beach, CA
Other Businesses

I*4639271 Entity Type: For Profit Name of OBA: auto authority llc Address: Mission Viejo, California, 92691 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Owner Employee Start Date: 06/30/2026Number of Hours: 1, Weekly Number of Hours during trading: 0 Duties: I am renting my car on TURO for extra income. No real responsibilities just making sure my car is clean and maintained I*4936267 Entity Type: For Profit Name of OBA: Data Annotation Address: Aliso Viejo, California, 92656 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Consultant/Independent Contractor Employee Start Date: 07/18/2026 Number of Hours: 10, Weekly Number of Hours during trading: 0, Weekly Duties: Training AI Training AI to make correct judgement. I attest I am aware that all Outside Activities must be performed in your personal capacity & not that of Bank of America or its subsidiaries. I will be asking the AI questions and judging whether or not they completed what I told it to do. If it did not, I report it so. I am sticking to general questions that I am familiar with.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2026-01-23
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 2022-11-07
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2026-01-23
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    2022-11-07
Other Names
  • Ethan Donahoe
  • Ethan Simon Donahoe

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