Welcome to Stark Strategic Capital Management, Inc. 

Creating Wealth & Security Since 1998

Stark Strategic Capital Management, Inc. has been creating wealth and security since 1998. Our firm is an independent, unaffiliated, comprehensive wealth management and financial planning firm. We understand that each client is different as is their specific situation based on where they are in their lives and that there is no such thing as a cookie cutter, one-size fits all approach. From accumulation to distribution to preservation of your wealth, our goal is to address each one of these phases individually to provide you with the solutions and strategies you deserve. After all, when your life savings are at stake, you need advice and guidance you can trust -- advice that is 100% independent. Advice from someone who isn't affiliated with a broker. Advice from someone who isn't paid or incentivized to sell you one product over another. Advice from someone who is objective and can provide the benefits you deserve. Advice from someone who provides the highest level of service in the business. In short, you deserve a relationship with someone who always puts your best interests first, far ahead of any product or investment, and a company with experience you can rely upon. We believe these things separate our company from our competitors.

We invite you to review below our list of services and our owner's professional biography. Once you've done so, we encourage you to contact our office for a no cost, no obligation consultation. We look forward to hearing from you and helping you on your journey to a successful retirement. 

You can reach us by phone at 410.357.0668 or via email by clicking here.


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.

View the 2008-2009 Show Schedule - Cent$-able Finance

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

The Impact of the Presidential Elections on Your Finances - originally aired 12/18/2008

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


Money & Business Headlines 


2010 Hours of Operation & Holidays

2010 Office Closures
New Year's Day - January 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - January 18
Washington's Birthday/President's Day* - February 15
Good Friday - April 2
Memorial Day - May 31
Independence Day - July 5 (observed)
Labor Day - September 6
Thanksgiving Day - November 25
Day After Thanksgiving** - November 26
Christmas Day - December 24 (observed)


* 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 at 1 p.m. on Friday, November 26th, 2010 (the day after Thanksgiving). However, SSCM, Inc. will be closed for the entire day on the day after Thanksgiving.


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