Diversified Portfolios

Diversified Portfolios

Diversified Portfolios was founded in Lake Oswego, Oregon in 1994 by Wade W. Slome, who serves as President and Chief Investment Officer. The firm was built on a deliberate departure from the broker-dealer model — Slome established an independent registered investment advisor structure to eliminate product-driven incentives and align portfolio construction directly with client objectives. The firm runs global multi-asset strategies spanning equities, fixed income, alternative investments, real assets, and private capital. Portfolio construction is top-down macro-driven with bottom-up manager selection. Diversified Portfolios uses separately managed accounts and mutual fund structures to execute its strategies, targeting absolute and risk-adjusted returns without benchmarking to traditional indices. The geographic footprint reaches North America, developed Europe, Japan, and key emerging markets, with allocation weightings shifting alongside the firm's macro views. The firm operates from a single office in Lake Oswego with a concentrated professional team. Slome maintains a public voice through his long-running investment commentary, notably the Sidoxia Capital Management blog, where he has documented the firm's macro framework across multiple cycles. In 2023 he published "How I Managed $20,000,000,000 by Age 32," detailing his investment philosophy and career trajectory across prior institutional roles. Diversified Portfolios is structured as a boutique RIA where the founder remains both lead portfolio manager and primary relationship anchor — a model that concentrates decision-making authority with the named CIO. The absence of a layered committee structure means investment changes can be executed quickly, though it also ties the firm's continuity closely to Slome's ongoing leadership.