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Independent Fiduciary Advice Helping You Invest and Retire With Confidence

Personalized retirement planning, wealth management and investment guidance designed around your goals—not commissions. We help you make informed financial decisions, manage risk, reduce unnecessary investment costs, and build a strategy for the future with confidence.

Meet your Financial Advisor - Jaye Ferguson

Leadership Focused On Building and Guiding Financial Empires
Empire Private Wealth was founded by Jaye Ferguson, a fiduciary financial advisor dedicated to helping individuals, families and businesses navigate the complexities of financial planning, investment management, and retirement planning. Based in Rancho Cucamonga, the firm serves clients seeking clear, disciplined strategies in today’s ever-changing financial markets.

With over 18 years of experience in investment management, Jaye has worked with major broker-dealers, financial firms, and banks, bringing institutional-level insight to personalized wealth management. His approach blends technical expertise with a deep understanding of each client’s unique financial goals, risk tolerance, and long-term vision.

At Empire Private Wealth, clients receive comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, retirement income strategies, and tax-efficient investment guidance. Supported by a team of experienced financial planners and investment analysts, Jaye ensures every strategy is built with precision and accountability.

Jaye works closely with clients to simplify complex financial decisions, helping them understand trade-offs, manage risk, and build sustainable wealth over time. His philosophy is rooted in long-term relationships, transparency, and practical, real-world advice.

Empire Private Wealth is committed to making ongoing financial advice accessible and competitively priced, so clients can keep more of what they earn while working toward financial independence.

Jaye holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from California State University, Northridge, and is a dedicated family man, married with two young sons.

We’re Here To Help You Build Something That Endures
Empire Private Wealth was built to help people make sense of financial complexity and move forward with intention. We work with individuals, families, and business owners who want thoughtful guidance. By focusing on perspective, planning discipline, and long-term alignment, we help clients make decisions that support both their current lives and what they’re working toward over time.

Strengthen Financial Decision-Making With Knowledge
Financial decisions carry more weight when they’re grounded in understanding. Our work centers on helping clients see how risk, allocation, and strategy interact, so choices are informed rather than reactive. Education isn’t a one-time event here; it’s an ongoing part of how we guide clients through change.

Our Partnership Is Built To Navigate Change Together
Effective planning depends on knowing the people behind the numbers. We prioritize long-term relationships that allow for better context, stronger communication, and planning that evolves naturally as life changes. This depth of connection helps ensure guidance remains relevant, not rigid.

Keep Your Plans On Track With Clear Communication
Clear communication and reliable follow-through are essential to meaningful financial guidance. We maintain a structured service model designed to keep conversations timely, expectations aligned, and decisions deliberate. As part of that discipline, we remain attentive to efficiency and cost—so the value of the relationship stays proportional and transparent.

Build A Strategy That Supports Your Lifestyle & Legacy
When markets change or priorities shift, it’s natural to wonder if your plan still works. A clear conversation can help reconnect decisions with real-life expectations.

Our Core Values

Explain The What & The Why

• Build Real Relationships
• Always Communicate
• Delivering Value & Effectiveness

Expanded Expertise Supporting Every Client Relationship
Empire Private Wealth is supported by specialized planning and investment teams that extend the depth of guidance available to clients. These resources allow us to address complex needs while maintaining a consistent, relationship-based experience.