Logo design for an Investment Advisory firm

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Logo Design Brief
I need a logo design for my Investment Advisory firm based in San Francisco (Bay Area). I advise people to develop a fluid plan towards retirement and life goals. My offerings for my firm to clients include Investment Management, partners for estate planning, partners for college planning, and life insurance. My target clients are middle-class people who don't know much about personal finance or don't have a solid financial plan for the future. I would like to see designs that encompass money and a compass (to show folks need a plan for their money and future). I'm open to color schemes but would be nice to see green used somewhere in the design. I want something unique and fresh and doesn't seem stuffy like a big financial institution design. I have included some ideas in my uploaded file. The pictures could be used for the "O" in Money. Also if we could keep the format to fit into a square like the following:
Money
Compass
Advisors
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Money Compass Advisors
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