Carina Watson
Financial Advisor
Phone:
(302) 636-5515(302) 636-5515
Carina Watson, CFP®, CIMA®
Vice President, Wealth Management,
Financial Advisor,
Workplace Advisor - Equity Compensation
Direct:
(302) 636-5518(302) 636-5518
My Mission Statement
Delivering customized wealth management solutions using intellectual capital and dedicated personal service to help you meet your life goals
My Story and Services
Carina Watson is a Vice President, Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley, concentrating in comprehensive financial planning. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and holds additional Morgan Stanley designations as an Insurance Planning Director and Workplace Advisor-Equity Compensation where she provides clients with guidance on insurance strategies and educates them on workplace equity compensation plans.
Carina holds an MBA from Temple University and B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Business Administration from Drexel University. Before entering the financial services industry, Carina was a chemical and process engineering manager in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, bringing a strong analytical background and industry insight to her financial advisory practice.
Carina is also actively involved in promoting diversity and inclusion in finance. She serves on the Leadership Team for Women in ETFs as the U.S. Membership Co-Head, where she helps empower and connect professionals across the industry.
From 2023-2025 Carina has been named to the Firm’s Pacesetter’s Club, a global recognition program for Financial Advisors who have demonstrated the highest professional standards and first-class client service.
Disclaimers:
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Pacesetter’s Club members must meet a number of criteria including performance, conduct and compliance standards, revenue, length of experience and assets under supervision. Club membership is no guarantee of future performance.
Carina holds an MBA from Temple University and B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Business Administration from Drexel University. Before entering the financial services industry, Carina was a chemical and process engineering manager in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, bringing a strong analytical background and industry insight to her financial advisory practice.
Carina is also actively involved in promoting diversity and inclusion in finance. She serves on the Leadership Team for Women in ETFs as the U.S. Membership Co-Head, where she helps empower and connect professionals across the industry.
From 2023-2025 Carina has been named to the Firm’s Pacesetter’s Club, a global recognition program for Financial Advisors who have demonstrated the highest professional standards and first-class client service.
Disclaimers:
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Pacesetter’s Club members must meet a number of criteria including performance, conduct and compliance standards, revenue, length of experience and assets under supervision. Club membership is no guarantee of future performance.
Securities Agent: CT, AK, HI, OR, NY, LA, FL, CO, CA, WY, WV, VA, PA, MI, TN, OH, MT, NH, NC, MO, MN, NM, KS, GA, WI, WA, NJ, MD, MA, IL, TX, SC, OK, DE, AZ, AL, NV; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 2081795
NMLS#: 2081795
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Our Process
As your dedicated wealth management team, our role is to tailor a personalized financial strategy which fits your needs.
Discovery Process
We take the time to listen to you and your family. We consider all of your challenges, goals, and aspirations when building your financial picture in order to best understand you and all the ways we can enhance your financial future.
Forming Your Strategy
Using your life goals as our compass, we create a risk-balanced strategy which maps a clear path to achieving your success.
Implementing Your Plan
We apply extensive research and analysis, and also utilize Morgan Stanley’s full suite of resources, to ensure swift decisive action in all market scenarios.
Measuring Your Performance
We check in with you to deliver metrics around your portfolio, and ultimately measure trajectory towards your goals. Our ultimate mission is your success and well-being.
Digital Tools
Our comprehensive suite of digital tools are designed to help enhance every aspect of your financial life. Here are a few of the technologies we have to offer our clients.
Morgan Stanley Online
Morgan Stanley Online (MSO) has a variety of features beyond viewing your account balance and activity that you should take advantage of. They include:
- eAuthorizations, an enhanced way to authorize transactions with one click on Morgan Stanley Online and the Morgan Stanley Mobile App.
- eDelivery, which reduces paper documents sent by mail and can protect your personal information from getting into the hands of identity thieves.
- Managing your everyday finances such as paying bills online, sending money or transferring funds.
Learn More About MSO- eAuthorizations, an enhanced way to authorize transactions with one click on Morgan Stanley Online and the Morgan Stanley Mobile App.
- eDelivery, which reduces paper documents sent by mail and can protect your personal information from getting into the hands of identity thieves.
- Managing your everyday finances such as paying bills online, sending money or transferring funds.
Total Wealth View
Total Wealth View allows you to link information from your accounts at other financial institutions directly to your Morgan Stanley Online or Morgan Stanley Mobile App profile.
The ability to view all of your assets together provides the opportunity to advise on your Morgan Stanley accounts with your entire financial picture in mind.
Completing your financial picture with Total Wealth View gives our clients the benefit of more informed wealth planning, more secure data access, and convenient connectivity.
Learn More About Total Wealth ViewThe ability to view all of your assets together provides the opportunity to advise on your Morgan Stanley accounts with your entire financial picture in mind.
Completing your financial picture with Total Wealth View gives our clients the benefit of more informed wealth planning, more secure data access, and convenient connectivity.
Portfolio Risk Platform – Powered by Aladdin
Portfolio Risk Platform – Powered by Aladdin is a risk management platform that provides comprehensive risk estimation and reporting across a broad range of asset classes and security types. This platform provides a holistic view to better enable risk to be effectively monitored and managed.
Learn About How We Mitigate Client Risk
Goals Planning System
Our Goals Planning System (GPS) is built on Morgan Stanley's intellectual capital and capabilities, to provide our clients with comprehensive investing and planning solutions for their individual goals.
Learn More About GPS
Online Security Center
Protecting your online security is our top priority at Morgan Stanley. We proactively defend our systems and monitor the threat landscape to help anticipate issues before they arise and respond appropriately when they do.
Learn About Our Security Measures
Reserved Living and Giving
Reserved Living & Giving is a tiered complimentary loyalty program that rewards Morgan Stanley's most valued clients. The program is designed to enhance your lifestyle and relationship with the firm beyond traditional wealth management services.
Learn About The Different OfferingsLocation
500 Dupont Field Blvd
Ste 300
Greenville, DE 19807
US
Direct:
(302) 636-5518(302) 636-5518
Meet My Team
About Carina Watson
Carina Watson is a Vice President, Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley, concentrating in comprehensive financial planning. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and holds additional Morgan Stanley designations as an Insurance Planning Director and Workplace Advisor-Equity Compensation where she provides clients with guidance on insurance strategies and educates them on workplace equity compensation plans.
Carina holds an MBA from Temple University and B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Business Administration from Drexel University. Before entering the financial services industry, Carina was a chemical and process engineering manager in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, bringing a strong analytical background and industry insight to her financial advisory practice.
Carina is also actively involved in promoting diversity and inclusion in finance. She serves on the Leadership Team for Women in ETFs as the U.S. Membership Co-Head, where she helps empower and connect professionals across the industry.
From 2023-2025 Carina has been named to the Firm’s Pacesetter’s Club, a global recognition program for Financial Advisors who have demonstrated the highest professional standards and first-class client service.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Pacesetter's Club members must meet a number of criteria including performance, conduct and compliance standards, revenue, length of experience and assets under supervision. Club membership is no guarantee of future performance.
Morgan 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 https://www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC offers insurance products in conjunction with its licensed insurance agency affiliates.
Carina holds an MBA from Temple University and B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Business Administration from Drexel University. Before entering the financial services industry, Carina was a chemical and process engineering manager in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, bringing a strong analytical background and industry insight to her financial advisory practice.
Carina is also actively involved in promoting diversity and inclusion in finance. She serves on the Leadership Team for Women in ETFs as the U.S. Membership Co-Head, where she helps empower and connect professionals across the industry.
From 2023-2025 Carina has been named to the Firm’s Pacesetter’s Club, a global recognition program for Financial Advisors who have demonstrated the highest professional standards and first-class client service.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Pacesetter's Club members must meet a number of criteria including performance, conduct and compliance standards, revenue, length of experience and assets under supervision. Club membership is no guarantee of future performance.
Morgan 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 https://www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC offers insurance products in conjunction with its licensed insurance agency affiliates.
Securities Agent: CT, AK, HI, OR, NY, LA, FL, CO, CA, WY, WV, VA, PA, MI, TN, OH, MT, NH, NC, MO, MN, NM, KS, GA, WI, WA, NJ, MD, MA, IL, TX, SC, OK, DE, AZ, AL, NV; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
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Retirement
Working with you to understand your life goals and develop a personalized wealth strategy. Today and for the years to come.
- 401(k) Rollovers
- IRA Plans
- Retirement income strategies
- Retirement plan participants
- Annuities
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Investing
Working closely with you to guide your wealth and investments through the most challenging market cycles.
- Asset Management
- Wealth Planning
- Traditional Investments
- Alternative Investments
- Impact Investing
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Family
Creating customized financial strategies for the challenges that today’s families face.
- Estate Planning Strategies
- 529 Plans / Education Savings Planning
- Long Term Care Insurance
- Special Needs Planning
- Trust Services
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Business Planning
Helping you on key aspects of your business such as ownership, liquidity and developing opportunities.
- Succession Planning
- Business Planning
- Qualified Retirement Plans
Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business
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Philanthropy
Making sure your philanthropic dollars are managed with the same high quality service as the rest of your wealth.
- Endowments
- Foundations
- Donor Advised Funds
- Impact Investing
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 Carina Watson today.
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Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Center for Financial Planning, Inc. owns and licenses the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and CFP® (with plaque design) in the United States to Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., which authorizes individuals who successfully complete the organization's initial and ongoing certification requirements to use the certification marks.
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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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 Center for Financial Planning, Inc. owns and licenses the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and CFP® (with plaque design) in the United States to Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., which authorizes individuals who successfully complete the organization's initial and ongoing certification requirements to use the certification marks.
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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