Linda Bumbalo

CRD 2690552 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Pennington, NJ

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Linda Maria Bumbalo

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (5): Series 66Series 63Series 65SIESeries 7
Registered states (46): Alabama · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Years in the industry (source record): 28
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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No disclosure events are flagged in the source record as of Aug 20, 2026.

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Current firm

From the firm record

Firm: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Firm CRD: 7691
SEC number: 801-14235
Assets under management: $1.8T as of Jun 29, 2026
Website: www.merrilledge.com/GUIDED-INVESTING ↗
Phone: 800-637-7455
Firm location: New York, NY, 10036

Employment history (12)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Pennington, NJ · IA capacity

Sep 12, 2018 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Pennington, NJ · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Newbridge Financial Services Group, Inc.
IA capacity

Aug 2, 2018 → Aug 28, 2018
Newbridge Securities Corporation
BD capacity

Jun 13, 2018 → Aug 28, 2018
Deawm Distributors, Inc.
BD capacity

Feb 22, 2011 → Aug 18, 2015
Nexbank Securities Inc
BD capacity

Feb 26, 2010 → Jan 18, 2011
Blackrock Financial Management, Inc
IA capacity

May 17, 2006 → Apr 2, 2009
Blackrock Investments, Inc.
BD capacity

Dec 11, 2002 → Apr 2, 2009
Blackrock Capital Management, Inc.
IA capacity

Oct 11, 2004 → May 17, 2006
Bny Capital Markets Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 1, 2002 → Nov 26, 2002
Advest, Inc.
BD capacity

Mar 16, 1999 → Aug 21, 2000
Lynch, Jones & Ryan, Inc.
BD capacity

May 15, 1998 → Aug 21, 1998

Source & corrections

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