Kristopher McCord
My Mission Statement
My Story and Services
Kris graduated from the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2021 with a degree in Business Administration and a concentration in Supply Chain & Logistics. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he served as Head of Operations for his team at MegaCorp Logistics LLC. Today, he works closely with clients to help develop comprehensive financial plans.
He holds the internal Financial Planning Specialist designation, as well as the SIE, Series 7, Series 66, and a Life Insurance License in North Carolina. He has recently received his Health Insurance License and is working towards his Long-Term Care license to further enhance the services he can provide.
Originally from Greensboro, NC, Kris moved to Wilmington for college and continues to split his time between both cities. He and his wife Olivia were married in September 2024, and they enjoy life with their dog, Willow. Outside of work, Kris enjoys golfing, traveling, going to the beach, exercising, and spending time with friends and family. He’s known for being sociable, loyal, hardworking, and dedicated—qualities that reflect the core values of the Salem Green Group and Morgan Stanley.
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With over 100 years of combined experience on our 8-advisor team we provide clients with a fully comprehensive and committed partnership in helping to plan for your financial future and managing your investments. Saving, investing, spending, and managing your finances can be an overwhelming experience when trying to tackle it by yourself. This is why we position ourselves to be a vital partner in navigating both your personal and business finances. Whether it is saving for retirement, growing your business, or learning how to properly prepare for funding your children's education we make sure to provide both comprehensive and thoughtful services to our clients. With our team, we believe that having a personalized wealth management plan is an essential foundation in pursuit of your financial goals. In this planning process we pride ourselves on our communication and personal relationships with all our clients. These relationships help us to learn about your family, interests, and goals to create a truly personalized and goal-oriented investment experience tailored to each client's unique needs.
DIGITAL TOOLS
Digital technology is centered on how people communicate, consume, transact, travel and learn. Our comprehensive suite of digital tools is designed to help enhance every aspect of your financial life.
Morgan Stanley Online allows you to seamlessly and securely manage your investments and everyday finances in one place.
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.
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.
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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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.
MARKET AND RESEARCH
I strive to make complex financial ideas more digestible so that my clients understand what is being done on their behalf to plan for their financial future. The links below provide detailed analysis on interesting topics that are affecting the finance and business worlds.
The Morgan Stanley Global Investment Office provides you with world-class thought leadership timely market commentary, and portfolio ideas to help guide your investment decisions.
Detailed market commentary from Morgan Stanley's thought leaders on topics such as global equities, fixed income, monetary policy, and more.
With perspectives on the forces shaping the market, join Mike Wilson, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Equity Strategist for Morgan Stanley, as he and his colleagues discuss a variety of viewpoints regarding the latest trends in the financial marketplace.
Taxes can be a substantial drag on investment returns. Morgan Stanley Total Tax 365 offers access to a broad range of tax-efficient strategies to help you integrate tax planning into your investment process all year long, maximize portfolio after-tax return potential and help keep more of what you earn.
You can't take it with you, but through a trust, you can define how you want your life's work and wealth to continue to benefit the people and causes you love and care for.
MANAGING FAMILY & GENERATIONAL WEALTH
Managing significant family and generational wealth is complex and often raises difficult questions. See the resources below for more information about managing and preserving significant family wealth.
Our mission is to help clients maximize the value of their family capital through the transfer and preservation of the family's shared values, and the creation of an enduring family legacy.
Discussing family wealth and financial matters with children can be daunting for families. Read the linked article from Glenn Kurlander, Head of Family Governance & Wealth Education at Morgan Stanley, for more information about navigating this delicate subject.
The Family Governance & Wealth Education group helps ultra high net worth families strive to maximize the value of their human capital by driving family wealth education, making it more likely that all members of the family will have the foundation they need to lead meaningful, fulfilled and engaged lives.
Our goal is to help prepare the next generation of leaders, parents, philanthropists, innovators, trustees, executors, board members, and investors by empowering you with the knowledge and tools needed to achieve your goals.
Tax, Trust & Estate (TTE) strategy has the potential to be incredibly powerful if executed effectively. For a successful TTE plan, it is critical to create a TTE implementation in combination with a TTE strategy.
Watch the below video from Morgan Stanley Family Office Resources to learn how Morgan Stanley FOR can help integrate family values, philanthropy, and legacy into your unique wealth plan.
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Investing
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Family
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- 529 Plans / Education Savings Planning
- Long Term Care Insurance
- Special Needs Planning
- Trust Services
Business Planning
- Succession Planning
- Business Planning
- Qualified Retirement Plans
Philanthropy
- Endowments
- Foundations
- Donor Advised Funds
- Impact Investing
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