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For the past twenty eight years Paragon Asset Management has provided investment management services of the highest quality to individuals and corporate retirement plans. Our goal has been to manage investment relationships to enable our clients to achieve financial goals and enhance their personal and business well-being.

Success in investing, as with most life achievements, comes from knowing exactly what you want and the desire to do what is necessary to accomplish those goals. We are repositories of an incredible amount of information on a wide range of topic areas. Yet information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Information becomes knowledge through the organized application of discipline and intelligence. Knowledge grows into wisdom from skill developed through trial and error. We gain wisdom primarily from our mistakes and our willingness to learn from them. The growth from information to knowledge involves the mind. The growth from knowledge to wisdom involves the heart.

My career has spanned three decades and much has changed over that time. One thing remains constant: my dedication to bring the highest level of service of which I am capable and to always place the interest of my clients before my own.

I am available for investment consulting, education and training, and writing projects. For more information or discussion contact me at mr@paragonasset.com. Please explore the other parts of this web site. I hope you find it a source of information and some small inspiration.

Mike Ryan CFP®. I graduated from Culver Military Academy and earned Bachelor and Masters of Arts degrees from Indiana University. I received the Certified Financial Planner CFP® designation in 1982. I have been committed to my profession and served two terms on the board of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners (Financial Planning Association) and was a mentor or dean of seven Financial Planning Association Residency Programs, which are week long intensive case studies emphasizing the client/planner relationship. Writing and teaching are a passion. I have been a contributor on www.inside-money.org and authored The Colors of Money: Finding Your MoneyForce.

The artist credit for the music, “Falling Colors” by Devin Ryan 2009.

IMPORTANT CONSUMER DISCLOSURE

Paragon Asset Management, Ltd. (”Paragon”) is an Illinois registered investment adviser located in Wilmette, Illinois. Paragon and its representatives are in compliance with the current registration and/or notice filing requirements imposed upon registered investment advisers by those states in which Paragon maintains clients. Paragon may only transact business in those states in which it is registered, or qualifies for an exemption or exclusion from registration requirements. Paragon’s web site is limited to the dissemination of general information pertaining to its investment advisory and financial planning services. Accordingly, Paragon does not, and will not, effect or attempt to effect transactions in securities, or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, over the Internet. Any subsequent, direct communication by Paragon with a prospective client shall be conducted by a representative that is either registered or qualifies for an exemption or exclusion from registration in the state where the prospective client resides. For information pertaining to the registration status of Paragon, please contact the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and/or the state securities law administrators for those states in which Paragon maintains a notice filing. A copy of Paragon’s current written disclosure statement discussing Paragon’s business operations, services, and fees is available from Paragon upon written request. Paragon does not make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, or relevance of any information prepared by any unaffiliated third party provider, whether linked to Paragon’s web site or incorporated herein. All such information is provided solely for convenience purposes only and all users thereof should be guided appropriately.