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Douglas M. Applegate

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, | Founding Partner/Financial Advisor, Centennial State Wealth Advisors
Centennial, CO 80122
CRD#: 3217565
Douglas Maurice Applegate
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Professional summary


Douglas Maurice Applegate, who also goes by Doug Applegate, is a registered financial advisor currently at RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC located in Centennial, Colorado and RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. located in Centennial, Colorado.

Douglas is registered as an IAR (Investment Advisor Representative) and RR (Registered Representative) and started their career in finance in 1999. Douglas has worked at 4 firms and has passed the Series 66, Series 63, SIE, Series 7, Series 6, Series 9 and Series 10 exams.

Biography


After working as a college financial aid administrator and admissions officer for almost a decade, Doug realized he had a passion and talent for educating and helping people plan for life’s major events. Doug’s career choice to become a financial advisor has allowed him to help hundreds of individuals, families and business owners. Doug has learned that market performance, individual stocks, bonds and insurance matter, but only in the context of how they assist his clients in reaching their goals and dreams, what he calls “ROL” or Return on Life. Over the years, he has had his philosophy confirmed by his clients that ROL is more important to them than “ROI” or Return on Investments. Educating his clients on the “Two Equations of Investing,” Doug’s focus in mitigating risk and building investment income is a pillar of his practice. The foundation of his business is built upon client education as he strongly believes an educated consumer is a safer consumer. Realistic optimism drives Doug’s faith in our collective future. Trust is earned not given. Doug’s goal is to earn that trust every day. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, Doug not only believes in educating his clients but also continually learning on his client’s behalf. Doug has held the Accredited Asset Management Specialist® (AAMS®) designation from the College for Financial Planning since 2005. After 16 years with his previous firm, Doug opened Centennial State Wealth Advisors in May of 2017. He feels strongly that being an independent advisor associated with Raymond James allows him to better serve his clients. Academic scholarships, athletic scholarships and many jobs allowed Doug to pay for his college, where he graduated from Willamette University with a double major in political science and psychology and a minor in economics. He was a four-year letter winner in soccer serving two years as team captain. As a senior, he was awarded one of only ten keys to the university for his service and leadership. Born and raised in the Denver area, Doug enjoys spending time with his family and being active in the community. Doug is the immediate past president and board member of the Littleton Public Schools Foundation; past president of Integrated Family Community Services, the Littleton Rotary Foundation and the LRF investment committee. In addition, Doug has coached youth soccer for over 31 years. Doug and his wife, Erin, have been married for 27 years and have four children and several animals. Doug’s family served the community as foster parents to at-risk infants and hopes to do so again in the future. Securities offered through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services offered through Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. Centennial State Wealth Advisors is not a registered broker/dealer and is independent of Raymond James Financial Services. Accredited Asset Management Specialist® and AAMS® are trademarks or registered service marks of the College for Financial Planning in the United States and/or other countries. Raymond James is not affiliated with any of the above-mentioned organizations.
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Question & Answer


What are your service offerings?
Financial Planning
Tax Planning
Retirement Planning
Estate Planning
Banking Services (Savings, Che...
Individual Insurance (Life, He...
Financial Coaching
Trust Services
Investment Management
Do you have an area of expertise or specialization?
College Planning
Philanthropic and Non-Profit
Retirement Planning
Budgeting
Cash Flow Analysis
Divorce Planning
Emergency Funds Management
Estate Planning
High Net Worth Planning
Investment Management
Risk Management and Insurance ...
Trust and Estate Planning
Tax Planning and Preparation
What is your current number of clients?
Greater than 100
What is your minimum asset requirement?
500K
How do you get paid?
Commission
Retainer
Hourly Charges
% of AUM
Are you a "fiduciary"?
Yes

Aliases


Doug Applegate

Other business activities


Outside business activity is any business or activity undertaken by an advisor that is outside the scope of their relationship with their firm (e.g., consulting services, real estate, freelance work, teaching, etc.). Investors should stay informed about these activities to ensure no conflicts of interest.
(1)Name of Business: Centennial State Wealth Advisors Address: 5161 E Arapahoe Rd Ste 408, Centennial, CO, 80122, United States Activity Type: Support Company - Owner Position/Title: Officer - President Investment Related: No Start Date: 05/19/2017 Hours per month devoted to this business: 81+ Hours per month devoted to this business during trading hours: 21-40 Description of duties: I own the company that does business with RJFS.

Blog Corner


CRS (Client Relationship Summary) - RIA


RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC - Registered Investment Advisory firm

Version Date: Mon Aug 29 2022

Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.(“Raymond James”, “we”, “us”) is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an investment adviser. Brokerage and investment advisory services and fees differ and it is important for you to understand these differences. Free and simple tools are available to research firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides educational materials about broker/dealers, investment advisers, and investing.

Types of Services Offered:

The investment advisory programs we offer include:

  • Financial Advisor managed – Accounts in this program may be (a) discretionary – your financial professional makes investment decisions to buy, sell or hold securities in your account; or (b) non-discretionary – your financial professional offers advice and recommendations to buy, sell or hold securities but you make the final investment decisions.

  • Firm managed – We or another firm, which may or may not be affiliated with us, manages investments in your account. All firm managed programs are discretionary.

We also offer various investment advisory services including (a) Financial Planning – your financial professional helps you develop a goal-based strategy or financial plan intended to achieve your financial objectives; and (b) Investment Consulting – your financial professional offers advice on investments held at or outside of Raymond James.

Monitoring: We and your financial professional conduct ongoing monitoring of your advisory accounts tailored to your advisory relationship and advisory account(s).

Account Minimums: Most advisory programs have minimum account size requirements.

Limited Investment Offerings: We provide advice on proprietary and non-proprietary products. Depending on your choice of account type, strategy and model, you may receive advice with respect to a broad range of investments, or you may receive advice regarding a limited range of investments. For example, we do not make all mutual funds available for use in advisory programs and generally limit the offered mutual funds to a single share class.

For additional information about investment advisory services, please see raymondjames.com/legal-disclosures.


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • Given my financial situation, should I choose an investment advisory service? Why or why not? How will you choose investments to recommend to me? What is your relevant experience, including your licenses, education and other qualifications? What do these qualifications mean?

In an investment advisory account, you will incur advisory fees which are generally assessed quarterly at the rate you agreed upon with your financial professional (based on our established fee schedule). Generally that will be a “wrap” fee that covers the applicable advisory fee, third-party manager fees, execution charges on trades, and custody and clearing services. The wrap fee does not include commissions and other charges for trades that a third-party manager directs to another broker/dealer. In addition, it does not include underlying management fees and operating expenses for investment products and other charges described in our advisory brochure. Because we and your financial professional are compensated based on the amount of assets in your account, we and your financial professional are incentivized to increase your assets. During periods of lower trading activity, the advisory fee may be higher than the transaction charges you would have paid in a brokerage account. To determine whether an investment advisory account is appropriate for you, you should carefully analyze the projected costs of an investment advisory account versus a brokerage account based on factors such as expected size, volume and frequency of transactions, projected holding period and the advisory services provided by your financial professional. You will pay fees and costs whether you make or lose money on your investments. Fees and costs will reduce any amount of money you make on your investments over time. Please make sure you understand what fees and costs you are paying. For additional information about our fees and charges, please visit: raymondjames.com/clientfees; raymondjames.com/legal-disclosures.


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • Help me understand how these fees and costs might affect my investments. If I give you $10,000 to invest, how much will go to fees and costs, and how much will be invested for me?

When we act as your investment adviser, we have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests. You should understand and ask about these conflicts because they can affect the investment advice we provide you. Here are some examples to help you understand what this means.

  • Proprietary products - We and our affiliates serve as the investment manager on a number of investments and earn a management fee. Some products offered to you include fees paid to us for the use of proprietary research. Any such fees are in addition to any brokerage transaction charges or advisory fees you will incur. We therefore have a financial incentive to recommend proprietary products over third-party products.

  • Third-party payments – We receive payments from third-parties when you invest in certain products (e.g. mutual funds). These payments represent additional compensation to us, or provide compensation for ongoing support activities we perform on behalf of third parties, such as product servicing, tax-reporting, statement and trade confirmation mailings or recordkeeping. This results in a financial incentive to recommend products that provide additional compensation to us over those that pay lesser amounts or none at all. Such payments may also affect which products we make available.

  • Revenue sharing - The companies that sponsor, manage, and/or promote certain investments offered by us earn revenue by charging you a fee, such as a management fee in a mutual fund. A portion of these fees may be shared with us. We use the payments in part to support activities related to servicing client accounts, to provide educational programs and technology applications to financial professionals, and to provide ongoing product support for certain investments. We have an incentive to promote the product sponsors that share the most revenues over those that share less revenues or none at all.

  • Principal trading – Our affiliate may buy a security from you or sell you a security from their own account, predominantly with bonds and other fixed income securities. This may create incentives to act against your best interest to generate trading profits or minimize losses. When permitted in an advisory account, principal transactions require trade by trade consent.

This summary does not identify all of our conflicts of interest, or all material facts about the conflicts of interest listed. For additional information about these and other conflicts of interest, please see raymondjames.com/legal-disclosures.


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • How might your conflicts of interest affect me, and how will you address them?
  • Most financial professionals are compensated as a percentage of (a) advisory fees which are generally assessed quarterly at the rate you agreed upon with your financial professional (based on our established fee schedule); and (b) fees related to other products and services provided to you. The percentage of revenue that your financial professional receives will generally increase as revenue earned from their client accounts increases. Therefore, financial professionals are incentivized to increase revenues on your and other clients’ accounts.

  • Financial professionals may pay us varying levels of costs dependent on the investment advisory program recommended to you. These costs may also vary based on the amount of discretionary client assets in their branch. This creates an incentive for the financial professional to place you in an investment advisory program that results in greater net compensation.

  • Financial professionals may receive incentive compensation based on revenues earned from client accounts. Incentive compensation may include paid travel for recognition trips, stock options of Raymond James Financial, Inc., and certain expense reimbursements.

  • • When financial professionals affiliate with us, they may receive compensation in connection with transitioning from their prior firm. This includes an upfront payment and additional potential compensation based on the revenues generated from client accounts in the first few years. This creates incentives for financial professionals to encourage you to move your assets to Raymond James and to produce greater revenues by charging higher fees.

The revenue in each of the above points may include revenue earned from a financial professional’s accounts with Raymond James and with an affiliated broker/dealer.

Certified licenses


Advisors may have various certifications and credentials from different organizations. AdvisorCheck highlights these seven certifications - AIF®, CFP®, ChFC®, CFA, CLU®, CIMA®, CPWA®
None

Experience


Current

May 19, 2017 - Present

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC

Office #1: 5161 E Arapahoe Rd Suite 300, Centennial, CO 80122
RIA
CRD#: 149018
Centennial, CO
Current

May 19, 2017 - Present

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

Office #1: 5161 E. Arapahoe Road Suite 300, Centennial, CO 80122
BD
CRD#: 6694
Centennial, CO
Past

February 5, 2007 - May 22, 2017

EDWARD JONES

RIA
CRD#: 250
CENTENNIAL, CO
Past

February 5, 2001 - May 22, 2017

EDWARD JONES

BD
CRD#: 250
CENTENNIAL, CO
Past

August 16, 1999 - December 31, 2000

PFS INVESTMENTS INC.

BD
CRD#: 10111
DULUTH, GA

Primary Firm SEC Registration


This SEC-registered firm can serve clients nationwide. Some states may require the firm to submit a notice filing if the firm has more than 5 clients or a physical office there. You can view these state-level filings under the section titled "State Registrations and Notice Filings".
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC
MARY ELIZABETH HAAS | RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC | RAYMOND JAMES ADVISORY SERVICES

CRD#: 149018 / SEC#: 801-69815

RIA
Registered Investment Advisory firm - (12/23/2008 Approved)

State Registrations and Notice Filings


Listed states reflect where the advisor is authorized to serve clients under state regulations.

IAR
means the advisor is registered as an Investment Advisor Representative in this state and is authorized to provide investment advice to clients there.
RR
indicates the advisor is registered as a Registered Representative in this state, allowing them to offer securities such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds through a broker-dealer.

Visual representation of state registrations

RR
Arizona
(7/6/2017)
RR
Arkansas
(5/19/2017)
RR
California
(5/19/2017)
RR
Colorado
(5/19/2017)
IAR
Colorado
(5/19/2017)
RR
Florida
(5/19/2017)
RR
Georgia
(11/14/2017)
RR
Idaho
(3/15/2024)
RR
Illinois
(5/19/2017)
RR
Iowa
(11/16/2022)
RR
Kansas
(7/16/2018)
RR
Maine
(9/19/2025)
RR
Maryland
(9/19/2025)
RR
Michigan
(5/19/2017)
RR
Minnesota
(3/13/2024)
RR
Missouri
(4/19/2018)
RR
Nebraska
(6/20/2025)
RR
Nevada
(12/22/2020)
RR
New Jersey
(5/19/2017)
RR
New Mexico
(5/19/2017)
RR
New York
(3/31/2025)
RR
North Carolina
(8/7/2019)
RR
Ohio
(5/19/2017)
RR
Oklahoma
(9/18/2025)
RR
Oregon
(5/19/2017)
RR
Pennsylvania
(11/12/2018)
RR
South Carolina
(9/18/2025)
RR
South Dakota
(1/3/2018)
RR
Tennessee
(12/16/2024)
RR
Texas
(5/19/2017)
IAR
Texas
(8/7/2017)
RR
Utah
(7/20/2022)
RR
Virginia
(11/15/2024)
RR
Washington
(5/19/2017)
RR
Wisconsin
(2/18/2022)
RR
Wyoming
(2/13/2019)

Exams


State Security Law Exam
RR
IAR
Series 66
Date: 1/24/2007
Uniform Combined State Law Examination
State Security Law Exam
General Industry/Product Exam
General Industry/Product Exam
General Industry/Product Exam
Principal/Supervisory Exam
Principal/Supervisory Exam
SRO Registrations
RR
FINRA

Current Firm


RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC
MARY ELIZABETH HAAS | RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC | RAYMOND JAMES ADVISORY SERVICES

CRD#: 149018 / SEC#: 801-69815

RIA
Registered Investment Advisory firm - (12/23/2008 Approved)
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Contact information


Main Address
880 Carillon Parkway, Saint Petersburg, FL 33716
Mailing Address
Phone number
(727) 567-3020
Established
Firm type
Fiscal year end
# of Employees
6,727

SEC notice filing (53 States and Territories)


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Documents


Customer Relationship Summary (CRS / SEC)Latest Form ADV

Part 2 Brochures

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC. WRAP BROCHURE (6/30/2025)

Regulatory assets under management


Total Number of Accounts1,030,208
AUM (Assets Under Management)$ 344,868,106,925

Accountant surprise examination report


Filing DateForm ADV-E CoverForm ADV-E Report
09/12/2025
Cover Page
08/21/2024
09/27/2023

Red Flags


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Company Information


RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC

Founding Partner/Financial Advisor, Centennial State Wealth AdvisorsCRD#: 149018Centennial, CO 80122

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