About Carrie

Carrie has dedicated 27 years to the financial services industry, driven by a deep passion for helping individuals secure a better future. Carrie's approach is characterized by her ability to listen actively, ensuring that her clients feel comfortable and understood. By fully grasping their habits, needs, and desires, she crafts effective solutions tailored to each individual. Leading with financial planning, Carrie offers a unique approach, providing her clients with a sense of confidence and clarity in their financial decisions.

Carrie's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Saginaw Valley State University. She has also completed several industry exams, including the Series 7 and Series 66.

Carrie lives with her husband and has two children, a daughter in the 11th grade and a son who is a sophomore in college. She is also a parent to two pets, a dog named Blue and a cat named Lucky. Outside of work, Carrie enjoys reading, traveling, boating and spending time outdoors with friends and family. She volunteers with Kids Food Basket and actively participates in activities at her children's schools.
Services Include
Securities Agent: MD, CA, TN, MN, WI, NY, MI, NM, IN, GA, WA, PA, OH, AZ, VA, IL, TX, KY, ID, FL, NV, NH, NC, MO; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
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YOUR RETIREMENT JOURNEY

Retirement planning is more than making the right investments. It is important to align your financial goals to your lifestyle, today and all the days that follow. Entering retirement can be a big transition, it's time to shift your focus from building your savings, to generating income and planning your spending.

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    Overcoming Your 5 Biggest Retirement Challenges

    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. As your Financial Advisor, I can help you understand what strategies make the most sense for your specific situation.

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    Making the Most of Your Retirement Savings

    Carefully managing distributions from your portfolio during retirement can help you save on taxes, leaving you more money to spend and enjoy.

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    Planning to Fund Long Term Care Expenses

    Longer lifespans and rising health care costs are driving investors to revisit their financial exposure to uncovered care costs—particularly in retirement. As Financial Advisor I can help you understand your options to you be better prepared for potential long-term care costs.

    Disclosures
    Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC offers insurance products in conjunction with its licensed insurance agency affiliates.
    Since long-term care insurance is medically underwritten, you should not cancel your current policy until your new policy is in force. A change to your current policy may incur charges, fees and costs. A new policy may require a medical exam. Actual premiums may vary from any initial quotation.
    Guarantees and contractual obligations are backed by the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company.

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    When Should You Take Social Security?

    For many Americans, Social Security is a critical source of income in retirement—offering guaranteed, inflation-adjusted monthly income for life. However, the age at which you decide to claim those benefits can make a big difference in how far they go to support your retirement income goals.

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CASH MANAGEMENT AND LENDING

At Morgan Stanley, we recognize that clients and their families have unique needs that require dedicated experience and capabilities. Our goal is to help simplify your financial life with a combination of cash management and lending solutions designed to complement your investment strategy and support your financial goals.

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    Cash Management and Lending Solutions

    At Morgan Stanley, we offer unique cash management and lending solutions to complement your investments and help simplify your finances.

    Explore the Full Suite of Offerings
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    Preferred Savings Program

    Once you open a Morgan Stanley Brokerage Account, you can make the most of your idle cash with our competitive Preferred Savings Program.

    Help Keep Your Cash Working for You
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    Morgan Stanley CashPlus Brokerage Account

    Designed as a modern alternative to banking with the capabilities to help you access, move, and manage cash when you need it while enjoying exclusive benefits.

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    Preferred Certificates of Deposit (CDs)

    Once you open a Morgan Stanley Brokerage Account, you can potentially grow your wealth with our competitive fixed rate Preferred Certificates of Deposit (CDs) offerings.

    Lock in a Competitive Rate
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    Beyond Basic Borrowing

    Most people borrow during the course of their lives. But it's important to be as strategic about borrowing as you are with the other areas of your financial life.

    Strategic Borrowing
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    Helping a Loved One Buy a Home

    High home prices and mortgage rates are putting the dream of homeownership out of reach for many would-be buyers. Learn how you can help a loved one break into a tough market.

    Ways to Help With a Home Purchase

THE MORGAN STANLEY ADVANTAGE

At Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, exclusive access to vast resources, combined with our unique capabilities, gives me the means to support your goals at every stage in your life.

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    Advice and Solutions

    My clients benefit from access to the intellectual capital of our Global Investment Committee, a group of leading market thinkers uniquely dedicated to providing high-quality, industry-leading investment ideas to Wealth Management clients.

    Morgan Stanley Insights
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    Financial Planning

    Morgan Stanley Financial Planning can show you a single, comprehensive snapshot of your finances. We can help you create a wealth plan that's adaptable to the different stages of your life using our award winning tools- Goals Planning System (GPS) and LifeView.

    Goals Planning
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    Tax Management Services

    Morgan Stanley Total Tax 365 offers a full spectrum of tax-efficient solutions to help mitigate the tax drag on your portfolio—so you can keep more of what you earn and improve after-tax returns.

    Total Tax 365
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    Cybersecuirty

    Your security is my top priority. Morgan Stanley proactively defends our systems and monitors our digital landscapes to anticipate issues before they arise and responds appropriately when they do. The Firm is actively supporting a multitude of layers of security. Read more about the cybersecurity resources used by the firm below.

    Security Center
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    Estate Planning

    I work with you to explore factors that are relevant to existing or future estate structures. We will discuss different tax and estate planning strategies and collaborate with your external tax and legal advisors to create a plan that reflects your desires during and after your lifetime.

    Estate Planning Essentials
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    Wealth Education

    Financial literacy means being equipped with the knowledge to help 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.

    Financial Literacy Resources

DIGITAL TOOLS

As a Morgan Stanley client, you have access to a suite of digital tools and resources aimed at helping you manage your finances with greater ease.

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    Morgan Stanley Online

    Morgan Stanley Online allows you to seamlessly and securely manage your investments and everyday finances in one place.

    Access MSO
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    Digital Vault

    Digital Vault lets you easily and securely manage and share important documents such as account statements, authorizations, tax filings and other relevant documents with your Financial Advisor.

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    eDelivery

    Sign up for eDelivery today and start receiving email notifications as soon as your account documents are available on Morgan Stanley Online or the Morgan Stanley Mobile App. It's quick, convenient & secure.

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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, as well as a complete view of your assets and liabilities whether they are held at Morgan Stanley or elsewhere.

    Link Your External Accounts

Location

5122 Cascade Road SE 1st
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Grand Rapids, MI 49546
US
Direct:
(616) 771-6023(616) 771-6023
Wealth Management
Global Investment Office

Portfolio Insights

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
A Simple Six-Step Retirement Checkup
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A Simple Six-Step Retirement Checkup

Checking in on your retirement plan may make a lot of sense, especially when market volatility arises.

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
Rational Investing in an Age of Uncertainty
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Rational Investing in an Age of Uncertainty

When it comes to investing, even the most savvy of us fall prey to bias and emotional trades. So what triggers should you watch for?

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
529 Plans: A Powerful Tool to Save for Education
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529 Plans: A Powerful Tool to Save for Education

Though education costs continue to climb, starting to save and invest early can make a difference.

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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Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business

Selling your business can mean big changes for your life, both personally and financially. Know how to make the most of your windfall.

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
Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving
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Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving

There's more to charitable giving than you may realize. Here's one method that may be a tax-efficient way to give and can help maximize your impact.
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