Capital kept
on the ledger,
not the ledger-line.
SDE Investments LLC invests as principal in tax liens, royalties, and mortgage paper — and advises, manages, and administers funds, portfolios, and trusts for clients who want a fiduciary, not a salesperson.
Three books of business.
Principal capital, client mandates, and fiduciary administration — each run on its own ledger, each to the same standard.
Principal Dealing
Positions taken for our own account in instruments most desks never touch directly — where diligence, not volume, sets the price.
- Tax liens — certificates & deeds
- Royalties — mineral, oil & gas leases
- Mortgages — buying & selling
- Venture — VC positions & viaticals
Advisory & Funds
Customized, client-paid advisory — certified financial planning and investment counsel — plus discretionary management of funds, portfolios, and personal trusts.
- Planning — CFP-led, fee-based
- Funds — mutual, PE, pension
- Portfolios — mandate-managed
- Trusts — personal investment
Trust & Agency
Nondepository trust and agency work — the quiet machinery that keeps estates, escrowed assets, and securities records in order.
- Estates — private administration
- Escrow — non-real-estate agency
- Custody — securities custodian
- Transfer — stock & securities agency
The book, entry by entry.
A fiduciary's posture,
a dealer's nerve.
The principal book proves conviction — we deal tax liens, royalty streams, and mortgage paper with our own capital. The advisory and fiduciary divisions owe their duty to clients alone, under written mandates with fees disclosed up front.
Both sides share one research process and one rule: we don't recommend a position we wouldn't hold ourselves.
Nothing on this website constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security, lien, royalty, or financial instrument. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Advisory, management, and fiduciary services are provided only under written agreement.
"An investment firm should be able to show you its own positions before it asks for yours."
SDE Investments LLC — Sacramento, CaliforniaPut us in writing.
Principal dealing, advisory, fund management, or fiduciary administration — every relationship starts with a conversation and ends in a written mandate.
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