Jeff Yost
Managing Director, Client Services Director
Jeff oversees and is involved in all aspects of account and asset management, trading, data integrity, and timely and accurate client communications. Jeff contributes to investment strategy and portfolio management policies and often represents the primary point of contact in interfacing with the tax, accounting, and legal professionals of our clients.
What he likes most about SJS are the people he connects with daily, both the employees and the clients, and the friendships and partnerships he’s developed with them.
Jeff, a Toledo native, has more than 25 years of experience in the field of investment operations. During college, he interned at a brokerage firm and continued working there after graduation. Before returning to Toledo to be closer to family and become part of the SJS team in 2001, Jeff served in operations management at McDonald Investments in Cleveland.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from John Carroll University and an MBA degree from the University of Toledo.
Jeff serves on the Finance Council and Endowment Board for All Saints Catholic Church.
Jeff met his wife, Jen, on his first day at college, and they now have three children who keep them very busy.
As we excitedly look forward to the year ahead, we remain deeply committed to empowering you to build a better life and providing the peace of mind you deserve.
Each quarter, we create an outlook that covers topics including general investment market conditions, financial planning considerations, and SJS news.
SJS Investment Services creates a weekly market update to summarize performance characteristics for major stock and bond indices.
This fall, we had the pleasure of working with Isaac Saffold, an intern from Georgetown University. Isaac joined us through a meaningful connection — he was referred by the Georgetown football coach, as SJS Senior Advisor Andrew Schaetzke also played on the team. It’s a great example of how strong relationships open doors and create opportunities.
As you look ahead to 2026, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all the new financial and tax updates. To make things simpler, we want to highlight the key numbers to keep on your radar this year.
Gold has delivered eye-catching gains in recent years, surging past $4,000 per ounce this year and headlining financial media with talk of safe havens, inflation fears, and geopolitical uncertainty. This performance has increased investor enthusiasm, but history and research suggest caution.
At SJS Investment Services, we believe the client experience is about more than numbers on a page. Our mission is to empower you to build better lives. Recently, our internal SJS Book Club explored The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath, a book that examines why certain experiences stand out — and how we can intentionally create more of them for our clients, colleagues, and communities.
Our purpose at SJS is to empower you to build a better life. What a better life–a good life–means varies from person-to-person. While our focus is on finances and investments, our purpose extends far beyond money.
To more deeply understand what a better life entails, the SJS Book Club recently read The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz.
SJS Investment Services is proud to be #11 on CNBC’s 2025 Financial Advisor (FA) 100 list, an annual ranking of registered investment advisory (RIA) firms within the United States.[1]
The value of investment markets lies in the unknowable future. No one knows exactly what comes next - despite what some may claim. What we do know, grounded in academic research, is that valuations matter.