Brad Gaglione
Senior Vice President,
Financial Advisor,
Portfolio Management Director,
Professional Alliance Group Director,
Workplace Advisor – Equity Compensation,
Alternative Investments Director
Direct:
(203) 221-6005(203) 221-6005
My Mission Statement
Like an architect takes to a blueprint, I take a customized, detailed, and efficient approach to creating financial plans for high-net-worth individuals and their families.
My Story
Brad believes that an effective and successful Financial Advisor fully understands their clients' families, passions, and goals before getting into any investment advice. Luckily, this is Brad's favorite part of the job - Meeting with clients, getting to know their families, and building a level of trust similar to one you might have with your family.
With this approach to client relationships, Brad assumes his role as an Advisor with the upmost responsibility and respect.
At his core, Brad is a planner and an architect. His father was an engineer and spent countless hours in front of his draft board designing machines, ensuring each one was as detailed and precise as the other. This emphasis on the importance of the design and foundation for things is reflected in his passion for architecture and his approach for creating Financial Plans. Like custom homes, Financial Plans are based on the client's necessities, aspirations, and goals.
Brad started in the financial industry in 1995 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2015. From an early age, he was interested in capital markets, which propelled him to study Finance in college. Thanks to several mentors in the industry, he saw a professional future of building long-lasting relationships with families and helping them manage their wealth.
As part of his commitment to his clients to provide the best services and advice, Brad received the Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (AWMA) designation from the Wharton School of Business, and also holds the Portfolio Managing Director and Alternative Investments Director designations.
Brad lives on the coastline in Milford, CT, and lives with wife Jill, daughter Dylan, and son Brady. Thanks to the standard his parents set when it comes to work ethic, ambition, and family, Brad incorporates these values into his everyday life. He is heavily involved in coaching youth sports (football, basketball, and baseball) and is also involved in his children's schools, where he is active on multiple committees. He and his family are passionate about animals, the environment, and traveling to Nantucket, Sanibel Island, and Vermont. Most importantly, Brad is most passionate about passing on the same values his parents shared with him and teaching his children to be caring individuals.
Outside of work, Brad enjoys studying the real estate market, as well as learning and appreciating fine home building. He enjoys getting outside for a round of golf, tennis, pickleball and skiing. Perhaps not surprising with his passion for architecture and design, Brad also restores old Land Rovers, especially the iconic defender series.
With this approach to client relationships, Brad assumes his role as an Advisor with the upmost responsibility and respect.
At his core, Brad is a planner and an architect. His father was an engineer and spent countless hours in front of his draft board designing machines, ensuring each one was as detailed and precise as the other. This emphasis on the importance of the design and foundation for things is reflected in his passion for architecture and his approach for creating Financial Plans. Like custom homes, Financial Plans are based on the client's necessities, aspirations, and goals.
Brad started in the financial industry in 1995 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2015. From an early age, he was interested in capital markets, which propelled him to study Finance in college. Thanks to several mentors in the industry, he saw a professional future of building long-lasting relationships with families and helping them manage their wealth.
As part of his commitment to his clients to provide the best services and advice, Brad received the Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (AWMA) designation from the Wharton School of Business, and also holds the Portfolio Managing Director and Alternative Investments Director designations.
Brad lives on the coastline in Milford, CT, and lives with wife Jill, daughter Dylan, and son Brady. Thanks to the standard his parents set when it comes to work ethic, ambition, and family, Brad incorporates these values into his everyday life. He is heavily involved in coaching youth sports (football, basketball, and baseball) and is also involved in his children's schools, where he is active on multiple committees. He and his family are passionate about animals, the environment, and traveling to Nantucket, Sanibel Island, and Vermont. Most importantly, Brad is most passionate about passing on the same values his parents shared with him and teaching his children to be caring individuals.
Outside of work, Brad enjoys studying the real estate market, as well as learning and appreciating fine home building. He enjoys getting outside for a round of golf, tennis, pickleball and skiing. Perhaps not surprising with his passion for architecture and design, Brad also restores old Land Rovers, especially the iconic defender series.
Securities Agent: RI, FL, WY, MD, AZ, WI, WA, NY, MT, DE, VA, NM, AK, WV, SC, PA, OR, NJ, MN, MA, LA, OK, CA, OH, NV, MO, KS, DC, CT, CO, NH, NC, IA, GA, TX, MI, ME, VT, IL; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1396107
NMLS#: 1396107
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My Process
From a young age, I've had an interest in architecture from watching homes being built on the coast of Nantucket, giving me a passion for the artful craftmanship it took to build a custom luxury home. As time went by, I had a second passion in financial services, particularly Wealth Management. I then realized the two had similarities in the unique approach it took, whether drafting sketches, to designing a home, to customizing a financial plan.
Just as an architect takes to a blueprint, I take the same thoughtful approach in customizing a financial plan.
Just as an architect takes to a blueprint, I take the same thoughtful approach in customizing a financial plan.
1. Introduction
Our relationship begins with an initial discussion aimed towards getting to know you, your lifestyle, and your future goals.
2. Discovery
We will work together to establish your financial goals by reviewing your current financial situation and developing an appropriate risk tolerance that can help you achieve the financial outcome you envision for yourself.
3. Financial Plan
Examining relevant financial information provides a holistic asset allocation analysis for your accounts, helping to ensure a comprehensive financial plan.
4. Action Items
We will follow up with regarding our analysis and recommendations, which may include adjustments to your financial plan, investment allocation, company benefits, and insurance coverage.
5. Implementation
We will focus on creating prospective strategies custom designed for your specific needs. Recommended changes could include logistics, tax impact, asset allocation adjustments, and saving/benefit modifications.
6. Monitoring & Performance Tracking
We will be constantly monitoring your assets and analyzing your performance, tracking data and seeking to ensure your financial expectations are being met and adjusted accordingly. We will keep a high degree of communication with you to make sure your concerns and requests are always addressed.
My Services
Financial Planning
Take a look at your personal financial plan, with a focus on what’s most important to you. Asking yourself some key questions can help you better prepare for the path ahead.
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Planning for Retirement
While saving for a retirement is an important topic, it’s at least as important as what comes next: Your plan of action once you enter retirement.
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Cash Management
Smart cash management is a critical part of successful wealth management. Learn what else a CashPlus Account can do for you.
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Tax Management
The tax decisions you make today can help you save for years to come. Consider these smart tax strategies for your financial plan.
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Creating a Budget
The first step to setting goals is understanding where you're at now and what your budget is. Having a good understanding of your monthly saving and spending habits helps you make smart financial decisions that can position you for success in the long run. Here are 5 tips on getting started.
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Financial Literacy
Financial literacy means being equipped with the knowledge to make smart financial decisions during every stage of your life. No matter your current priorities, a strong financial literacy foundation can help you meet your goals.
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Goals-Based Planning
Goals Planning System (GPS) is our financial planning software. It helps define what you want out of life, so we can create a financial framework to bring your goals to fruition.
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Portfolio Risk Platform
Our Portfolio Risk Platform, backed by institutional-caliber analytics, assesses thousands of risk factors using a holdings-based approach to assess a portfolio’s exposures, analyze how securities behave together across portfolios and forecast how they influence risk and return moving forward.
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Consolidating Your Finances
Consolidating your financial accounts can help simplify your life and allow you to set up a long-term goal plan that focuses on big picture goals such as retirement. It also gives me a better understanding of your financial picture and allows me to help you more informed advice.
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Setting Goals & Achieving Your Objectives
You can't achieve your financial goals without first knowing what they are. Investing must start with a specific goal corresponding to a set time horizon. Once you’ve identified a goal, we can work together on creating an action plan.
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Morgan Stanley Online
Your investments and everyday finances are always just a few clicks away with Morgan Stanley Online (MSO) and the Morgan Stanley Mobile App.
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Total Wealth View
Complete your financial picture with Total Wealth View. By linking your account information, you will benefit from more informed wealth planning, more secure data access, and convenient connectivity.
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Online Security Center
At Morgan Stanley, safeguarding your assets and personal information is among our highest priorities. Learn about our security measures and use our resources and ideas to help protect yourself online.
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Podcast: "What Should I Do With My Money?"
Are you interested in learning what our conversations could look like? I’m excited to introduce you to a new podcast from Morgan Stanley where you can listen in on candid conversations with real people navigating life’s biggest money milestones.
Learn moreLocation
500 Post Road East 3rd
Fl
Westport, CT 068804431
US
Direct:
(203) 221-6005(203) 221-6005
Wealth Management
Global Investment Office
Portfolio Insights
Financial Wellness
Enhancing Financial Wellness enables your workforce to do their best work. Companies that invest in financial wellness have an opportunity to:
- Reduce employee stress,
- Improve retention and engagement, and
- Set themselves apart by offering comprehensive financial wellness benefits.
Ready to start a conversation? Contact Brad Gaglione today.
1Alternative Investments are speculative and include a high degree of risk. An investor could lose all or a substantial amount of his/her investment. Alternative investments are appropriate only for qualified, long-term investors who are willing to forgo liquidity and put capital at risk for an indefinite period of time.
2Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
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Investment, insurance and annuity products offered through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC are: NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NOT BANK GUARANTEED | NOT A BANK DEPOSIT | NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
4Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning and other legal matters.
5Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
6Morgan Stanley offers a wide array of brokerage and advisory services to its clients, each of which may create a different type of relationship with different obligations to you. Please consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences or review our Understanding Your Brokerage and Investment Advisory Relationships brochure available at www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf.
7Morgan Stanley offers a wide array of brokerage and advisory services to its clients, each of which may create a different type of relationship with different obligations to you. Please consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences or review our Understanding Your Brokerage and Investment Advisory Relationships brochure available at www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
8Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is the trade name of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, a registered broker-dealer in the United States.
Check the background of our Firm and Investment Professionals on FINRA's BrokerCheck*.
The information, products and services described here are intended only for individuals residing in states where this Financial Advisor is properly registered as described in this site.
Morgan Stanley reserves the right, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to retain and monitor all electronic communications. Morgan Stanley will not accept purchase or sale orders via any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. Morgan Stanley does not endorse and is not responsible and assumes no liability for content, products or services posted by third-parties on any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. All electronic communications are subject to terms available at the following link:
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The securities/instruments, services, investments and investment strategies discussed in this material may not be appropriate for all investors. The appropriateness of a particular investment, investment strategy or service will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC recommends that investors independently evaluate particular investments, strategies and services, and encourages investors to seek the advice of a Financial Advisor or Private Wealth Advisor. This material does not provide individually tailored investment advice. It has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) is not implying an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement with/of the third party or that any monitoring is being done by Morgan Stanley of any information contained within the website. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information contained on the third-party website or the use of or inability to use such site. Nor do we guarantee their accuracy or completeness.
The views, opinions or advice contained within third party websites or materials are solely those of the author, who is not a Morgan Stanley employee, and do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, or its affiliates. The strategies and/or investments referenced may not be appropriate for all investors as the appropriateness of a particular investment or strategy will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives.
*References to length of service at Morgan Stanley include years at Morgan Stanley and predecessor firms.
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the U.S, which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.
The use of the CDFA designation does not permit the rendering of legal advice by Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors which may only be done by a licensed attorney. The CDFA designation is not intended to imply that either Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors are acting as experts in this field.
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2Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
3Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is a registered Broker/Dealer, Member SIPC, and not a bank. Where appropriate, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has entered into arrangements with banks and other third parties to assist in offering certain banking related products and services.
Investment, insurance and annuity products offered through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC are: NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NOT BANK GUARANTEED | NOT A BANK DEPOSIT | NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
4Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning and other legal matters.
5Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
6Morgan Stanley offers a wide array of brokerage and advisory services to its clients, each of which may create a different type of relationship with different obligations to you. Please consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences or review our Understanding Your Brokerage and Investment Advisory Relationships brochure available at www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf.
7Morgan Stanley offers a wide array of brokerage and advisory services to its clients, each of which may create a different type of relationship with different obligations to you. Please consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences or review our Understanding Your Brokerage and Investment Advisory Relationships brochure available at www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
8Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is the trade name of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, a registered broker-dealer in the United States.
Check the background of our Firm and Investment Professionals on FINRA's BrokerCheck*.
The information, products and services described here are intended only for individuals residing in states where this Financial Advisor is properly registered as described in this site.
Morgan Stanley reserves the right, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to retain and monitor all electronic communications. Morgan Stanley will not accept purchase or sale orders via any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. Morgan Stanley does not endorse and is not responsible and assumes no liability for content, products or services posted by third-parties on any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. All electronic communications are subject to terms available at the following link:
https://www.morganstanley.com/disclaimers/mswm-email.html. Any profiles and associated content are for U.S. residents only.
The securities/instruments, services, investments and investment strategies discussed in this material may not be appropriate for all investors. The appropriateness of a particular investment, investment strategy or service will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC recommends that investors independently evaluate particular investments, strategies and services, and encourages investors to seek the advice of a Financial Advisor or Private Wealth Advisor. This material does not provide individually tailored investment advice. It has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) is not implying an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement with/of the third party or that any monitoring is being done by Morgan Stanley of any information contained within the website. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information contained on the third-party website or the use of or inability to use such site. Nor do we guarantee their accuracy or completeness.
The views, opinions or advice contained within third party websites or materials are solely those of the author, who is not a Morgan Stanley employee, and do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, or its affiliates. The strategies and/or investments referenced may not be appropriate for all investors as the appropriateness of a particular investment or strategy will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives.
*References to length of service at Morgan Stanley include years at Morgan Stanley and predecessor firms.
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the U.S, which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.
The use of the CDFA designation does not permit the rendering of legal advice by Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors which may only be done by a licensed attorney. The CDFA designation is not intended to imply that either Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors are acting as experts in this field.
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CRC 6491812 (04/2024)