Welcome to Stark Strategic Capital Management, Inc!

When your life savings are at stake, you need advice and guidance you can trust.  You need someone who is 100% independent.  Someone who isn't affiliated with a broker.  Someone who is not paid more to sell you one product over another.  Someone who is objective and can provide the benefits you deserve.  Someone who provides the highest level of service in the business.  In short, you need a relationship with someone who always puts your best interests first, and a company with the experience you can rely upon.  We believe these things separate our company from our competitors. 

Stark Strategic Capital Management, Inc. has been doing these things consistently since 1998.  It is because of this experience that we can give you the peace of mind that you deserve, making sure you don't outlive your retirement savings, grow your investments, help you plan for your children's education - and a whole lot more - all while protecting you along the way. 

We invite you to review our list of services and our owner's professional biography.  Once you've done so, please contact us.  You'll be glad you did...and we're looking forward to hearing from you and helping you on your journey to a successful retirement. 

Hours of Operation & Holidays

We are open Monday thru Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST and on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. by appointment.  We also typically observe the same holidays as the New York Stock Exchange during the year with a couple of exceptions.

2008 Office Closures
New Year's Day - January 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - January 21
Washington's Birthday/President's Day* - February 18 (observed)
Good Friday - March 21
Memorial Day - May 26
Independence Day Eve** - July 3
Independence Day - July 4
Labor Day - September 1
Thanksgiving Day - November 27
Day After Thanksgiving** - November 28
Christmas Eve** - December 24
Christmas Day - December 25

* Washington's Birthday was first declared a federal holiday by an 1879 act of Congress.  The Monday Holiday Law, enacted in 1968, shifted the date of the commemoration of Washington's Birthday from February 22nd to the third Monday in February, but neither that law nor any subsequent law changed the name of the holiday from Washington's Birthday to President's Day.

** The NYSE Trading Floor will close early on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008; Friday, November 28th, 2008; and Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 at 1:00 p.m.   However, SSCM, Inc. will be closed for the entire day on the day after Thanksgiving and the day before Christmas.  

Our Services & Professional Credentials 

View our brochure of extensive services

View our owner's professional biography, profile & credentials

Cent$-able Finance Radio Show

The owner of Stark Strategic Capital Management, Inc, Scot L. Stark, MBA, CMFC, CFP® often appears on a local radio show titled, Cent$-able Finance - Simple Answers to Scary Questions About Money, discussing various topics of financial interest.  The show airs live most Thursday afternoons from 1 - 1:30 p.m. on Maryland's own WLOY 1620 AM and can also be heard live streaming on the Internet at www.wloy.com.

See below to view the 2008 show schedule or to listen to Scot's recent appearances.

2008 Show Schedule - Cent$-able Finance

Click here to download and listen to archives of recent appearances by Scot including:

New Children's Savings Rules: How to Use Them to Your Family's Advantage - originally aired 11/29/2007

The ABCs of Investing from L-Z - originally aired 10/04/2007

The ABCs of Investing from A-K - originally aired 09/27/2007

Recreating Your Paycheck in Retirement - originally aired 04/19/2007

Healthy, Wealthy & Wise: Creating Good Financial Habits for 2007 - originally aired 01/18/2007

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About IRAs - originally aired 10/5/2006

Important News

On June 22, 2006, Scot L. Stark, MBA, CMFC, CFP® was admitted to the Paladin Registry and ranked in the top 10% of advisors in the financial planning profession. 

According to Jack Paladin, founder of the Paladin Registry (www.paladinregistry.com) and author of the book, Who’s Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor, the registry provides free public services to investors who require the services of financial planners and advisors.  The registry’s service allows investors to find high-quality, competent, and trustworthy financial advisors to achieve their financial goals. In addition, Scot was also awarded Paladin's Five Star Quality Designation. 

Click on the below link to view the Paladin Press Release admitting Scot into the registry.

View the press release

View Paladin Registry's Bio of SSCM, Inc.  

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Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. owns the certification marks CFP^®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^™ and federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete initial and ongoing certification requirements.