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- Woodstock Holdings, Inc. (WSFL) is a holding company that operates in the financial services sector through its subsidiaries Woodstock Wealth Management, Inc. (WWM) and Woodstock Financial Group, Inc. (WFG); WFG functions as a full-service securities brokerage and investment banking firm registered as a broker-dealer with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) across 50 states, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and as a municipal securities dealer with the Municipal Securities Regulation Board, while also serving as a SEC-registered investment advisor offering commission-based and fee-based money management services to individual and institutional investors. WWM, an SEC-registered investment adviser with notice filings in 31 states, provides fee-based asset management, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, real estate investments, estate and financial planning, group retirement plan implementation, online account access, free check writing, and debit card services; the company additionally retails stocks, variable annuities, variable life insurance products, managed accounts, and other investment advisory and financial planning offerings on a principal and agency basis through various exchanges, maintaining selling agreements with mutual fund families and insurance companies for load and no-load funds, annuities, and insurance products. Headquartered in the United States with a focus on domestic markets, Woodstock Holdings traces its brokerage origins to 1995 via WFG and reorganized into its current holding company structure effective January 2010. The company maintains a strategy of seeking acquisitions across diverse industries beyond financial services to build shareholder value, owning 100% of WWM, though no major funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, new product launches, or significant operational changes have been reported in the last 1-2 years.