Paul S. Stanley, CFP®, CPM®
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Serving Clients Nationwide
This is what wealth is supposed to feel like.
Areas of Focus
- Education Funding
- Estate Planning
- Financial Life Planning
- Investment Management
- Retirement Planning
- Taxes
About Paul S. Stanley, CFP®, CPM®
Hi, I'm Paul Stanley. Across my career, I've helped clients face their financial concerns and build sound strategies for the long term. I work with high-net-worth individuals, families, and business owners, and I care most about two things: objective, comprehensive guidance across the whole of someone's financial life, and the personalized service every client deserves.In 2006, I opened Granite Bay Wealth Management, now Arca, where I spent nearly two decades making certain I could always put a client's interests first. That independence is still the heart of how I work.
I earned my B.S. in Economics and Finance from Bentley College, and hold the CFP® and Certified Portfolio Manager (CPM®) designations.
I stay active in my community, currently as a Selectman for the Town of Greenland, New Hampshire, and previously on the local school board, as chairman of the South Berwick Sewer District, and on the board of Marshwood Youth Baseball.
My free time goes to coaching baseball and soccer, cooking, traveling, golf, running, and playing guitar. I live in Greenland, New Hampshire with my partner, Colleen, and her daughter, Annabelle, and have two grown sons, Trevor and Chase.
Professional Designations
- CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ®
- Certified Portfolio Manager (CPM)
Primary Location
22 Deer St. Suite 200, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Additional Locations
📍 6903 Rockledge Dr #300 Bethesda, MD 20817
📍 287 Park Ave South #511 New York, NY 10010
Meeting Options
- Video Conference
- In-Person
- Phone
Compensation Methods
- Hourly Rate
- Percentage of Assets Managed
What to expect in the first meeting
Click the 'Book Intro Call' button above and complete the brief form to get in touch and schedule a complimentary introductory meeting. We'll listen to your needs, ask questions, provide some initial analysis and see if it’s a good fit. We will review your planning needs and current investment portfolio. I look forward to speaking with you.Offers Investment Management
Yes
About Arca
Built on the foundation established when Granite Bay Wealth Management was founded in 2006 by Joseph Skees and Paul Stanley, Arca became the new name for the firm in 2026 with additional resources to deliver comprehensive wealth management to individuals and couples nationwide.Arca is a wealth management firm that helps protect what you've built and nurtures it. Because you didn't get here by accident. Your ambition deserves an advisor who knows who you are and where you're going.
What Arca makes possible.
✔️ Comprehensive care
We manage every thread of your wealth as one complete ecosystem and nurture it as the culmination of your life's work. The investing, the planning, the years ahead, all connected.
✔️ Confidence
Advisors who keep your interests first and remember what matters to you, helping protect everything you've built and staying a step ahead. You feel it from the very first conversation.
✔️ Clarity
Whether you're planning for retirement or making sense of your stock options, you understand the choices ahead and which path fits the life you're building. The complexity is ours. The decisions are yours.
✔️ Freedom
The time you'd otherwise spend managing it all, given back to you. The work of your financial life happens in the background, so your time goes to your family, your aspirations, and the life you're actually living.
Every chapter, accounted for.
▪️Financial Planning
▪️Retirement Planning
▪️Equity Compensation
▪️Estate Planning
▪️Business Exit Planning
▪️Tax Planning
You deserve an advisor who makes you feel like the only one in the room. You deserve an Arca advisor.
Education
Bentley University, B.S., Economics & Finance
Hobbies and Interests
- Cooking
- Family
- Golf
- Music
- Running
- Traveling
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- Baby Boomers
- Business Owners
- Corporate Executives
- Dual Income Family
- Entrepreneurs
- Families
- Gen X
- Intergenerational Families
- Living in Retirement
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