Able & Strong Advisors

Able & Strong Advisors

Founded by Kent A. Misener, CFA, the firm draws on his experience as a bond portfolio manager, treasurer, and CIO for a large private benefits management company. Gregory R. Misener, Esq., joined after earning his JD from Touro College of Law, adding legal and estate-planning oversight to the advisory framework. The Misener family operates the boutique from a single office north of Salt Lake City. The firm's investment philosophy rests on a three-pillar model: client education, strategic allocation, and ongoing vigilance. Kent Misener previously managed institutional fixed-income portfolios and has lectured nationally on active investing — a background that shapes the firm's in-house portfolio construction. Client capital is deployed through customized managed accounts, with an emphasis on retirement vehicles including 401(k) plans. The firm also advises on tax-credit opportunities for start-up retirement plans, pointing to a small-business client segment. Its geographic focus is centered on the Intermountain West, serving families and entities around the Wasatch Front. The team includes Investment Advisor Representative Sarah Cox, who passed her Series 65 exam in mid-2021, and administrative support from Christy Adams. Kent Misener's past board service provides institutional connectivity: he held seats at Intermountain Healthcare, Deseret First Credit Union, The Community Foundation of Utah, The Virginia G. Piper Foundation, and the Utah School and Institutional Trust Fund. The firm operates without a disclosed multi-family office or club-deal structure, functioning instead as a direct advisory and discretionary management practice. Able & Strong Advisors' structural differentiator is the father-son pairing of a veteran institutional CIO and an attorney, a combination that lets the firm handle both portfolio management and legal structuring under one roof. For clients, this means asset allocation and estate-planning considerations are managed concurrently, without the coordination lag of separate advisory relationships.