Charles R Downs Jr

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Charles R Downs Jr, CFP®, CLU®
Wealth Management Advisor

200 S Biscayne Blvd
Ste 1150
Miami, FL 33131-5345

Phone: 305-373-3738

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Financial success doesn't happen by chance. It has much more to do with choice. Transforming aspirations into actuality takes acumen, hard work, discipline and strategic financial planning. Since joining Northwestern Mutual in 1990, Charles R. Downs Jr, CFP®, CLU®  has helped his clients identify their personal, professional, and financial goals by providing comprehensive and thoughtful advice and recommendations that are in alignment with their goals and objectives.

When it comes to your financial goals, each decision you make and action you take will have a significant impact on your future financial circumstances. A good financial blueprint will lay out what you need to do today to achieve your goals tomorrow.

When it’s a matter of planning for the future, realizing the need to take greater control over your financial life is the first step. Choosing someone who has the ability and resources to best address those needs is the next. One way that Chuck demonstrates this ability is by having earned both the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM  certification and the Chartered Life Underwriter designation. 

Chuck has the skills, knowledge and experience  to listen, clarify and help prioritize your goals and aspirations to develop a financial plan designed to help you achieve your vision for the future. Chuck's commitment is steadfast in helping clients obtain and achieve results that create legacies and financial security for themselves, their families, and their businesses.

Chuck will help you ensure your financial future is all you desire it to be.


In addition to serving as a Wealth Management Advisor, Chuck is the Managing Director for the Miami District Network Office for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network located in downtown Miami.

Opportunity of a Lifetime

The award winning Miami Group, led by Chuck Downs, is featured in Brickell Magazine for their firm grip on financial practices and the needs of their clients, as well as the outstanding training they provide to new financial representatives. Read the article.


The Downs Group Mission Statement

Our mission is to lead and inspire those that we have the privilege of impacting to recognize their unlimited potential and consistently make progress towards it. Our aim is to help our clients achieve financial security through expert guidance, innovative solutions and enduring relationships. To this end, we will always strive for consistent and never-ending improvement.


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In 2008, Northwestern Mutual will pay out more than $5 billion in dividends on its participating policies. This amount is not only a record for Northwestern Mutual, but also for all mutual insurance companies. Click here to learn more.

 

Children´s Guide to Handling Money Wisely: Chuck Downs would like to introduce you to a website sponsored by Northwestern Mutual Financial Network that is designed for a very important group of people in our lives . . . our children! Learning to handle money wisely is a lesson that desperately needs to be learned at a young age. Our kids, grandkids, nieces, and nephews are the ones that will be shaping our world in the near future! Click here to visit the site.

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New Interactive 2009 Annual Report

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For the 19th consecutive year, all four major ratings agencies affirmed Northwestern Mutual’s best-possible insurance financial strength ratings. See what Fitch Ratings, A.M. Best, Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s said about Northwestern Mutual’s consistent strength and stability.

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Northwestern Mutual Named a Best Internship for 2009

Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s list of the Best Internships ranks Northwestern Mutual’s financial representative internship program 1st in the insurance industry and 23rd overall.

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Dividend Announcement

Northwestern Mutual recently announced a dividend payout for 2010 of more than 4.7 billion dollars - the second largest in our company history - for clients who own life, annuity, DI and long-term care policies.

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Northwestern Mutual was recently featured in The New York Times Wealth Matters column, "Never Mind Your 401(k). How’s Your Insurance?" about the importance of managing risk in the current economic environment, and strategies that the wealthy use to manage not only their money but their overall well-being. Northwestern Mutual Executive Vice President Greg Oberland comments about how people should be rethinking and managing their insurance needs in a downturn. Read the article (PDF).

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