My Story and Services

Morgan Stanley serves many of the world’s most sophisticated investors, and our firm is one of the nation’s leading firms to help clients with their personal wealth. As your Financial Advisor, I have experience with the unique challenges, styles and strategies that distinguish wealthy investors. I will work with you to help you preserve and grow your wealth, relying on the insights of seasoned investment professionals, a premier trading and execution platform and a full spectrum of investment choices.
Services Include
Securities Agent: AZ, CA, VA, NH, NE, AL, RI, LA, PA, OK, FL, VT, OH, CT, SC, ID, TN, NJ, MA, IN, TX, GA, DC, ME, OR, IL, DE, WA, NC, MD, WI, NY, MI, CO; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Transactional Futures/Commodities; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1409793
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Education and Licensing
  • B.S. Finance and Economics, Gettysburg College
  • NMLS ID # 1409793
  • Series 66 - Investment Advisor
  • Series 7 - General Securities Representative

PREPARING FOR TAX SEASON

The countdown to Tax Day has begun. To assist with your planning, we've gathered resources to help you stay organized and explore potential savings strategies. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or further guidance.
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    4 Key Tax Questions for Investors to Consider
    Factoring the impact of taxes into your investment decisions can help you keep more of your hard-earned money, both now and in the future.
    Explore the Questions Here
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    Tax-Smart Strategies for Retirement
    Looking for ideas on how to be more tax efficient when planning for your retirement?
    Read the Strategies Here
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    5 Tax-Smart Ways to Build Wealth
    Even small tax adjustments in your portfolio can yield significantly more wealth over time. As lawmakers debate the tax code, here are several strategies to consider.
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    Steps that May Reduce Taxes on Your Income and Portfolio
    A key strategy for boosting long-term investment returns is being smart about tax efficiency.
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    How to Access Your Tax Forms
    1. Log into your account via Morgan Stanley Online
    2. Click the Accounts tab
    3. Select the Documents tab
    4. Go to the Statement drop-down tab
    5. Select Tax Documents and download them
    Click Here to Log In to Morgan Stanley Online
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    Federal Tax Tables 2025
    If you are interested in seeing the updated tax tables and other details for 2025, see all additional information here.
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Estates, Trusts, and Business Sales

Preparing for the transition and sale of a business requires planning across many financial disciplines. Working closely with clients early in this process helps them consider all aspects of the transaction to optimize the economic opportunity. Below are some resources that provide insight on the process of selling a business and different types of trusts to consider.
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    Trusts
    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.
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    Gifting Art
    Wondering about how to preserve artwork for future generations? Having an estate plan that considers your collection's legacy may help preserve its value and avoid trouble for future generations.
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    Estate Planning
    Estate planning can be an emotionally and financially complex task, but creating an estate plan can help protect your wealth and prevent hardship for your heirs.
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    Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT)
    Creating an estate plan can help protect your wealth. Learn about tax-efficient strategies for estate planning and explore more video insights from Morgan Stanley in the link below.
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    Donor Advised Funds
    There’s more to charitable giving than you may realize. Here’s one method that provides flexibility and can help maximize your impact. Read below to learn more about a tax efficient way to manage your giving.
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    Family Resources
    Hidden risks abound. For affluent families, this can mean unwanted financial exposure. A simple risk assessment can go a long way to help close these gaps.
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    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.
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    Estate Gifting
    As you consider gifting options, ask yourself how you would like financial gifts made to children or other family members to be used.
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    Your Guide to Life & Money
    Here is an easy to share playbook that provides guidance to different life stages and money managing tips.
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Kelly Group Resources

Visit My Team Website: https://advisor.morganstanley.com/the-kelly-group-10821212

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    Navigating Retirement

    As a federal employee, navigating retirement under the current administration's resignation program can be challenging. But you don't have to do it alone. If you are leaving the workforce, consider taking the following steps we can help you prepare:

    • Take the inventory of your assets
    • Assess your financial resources
    • Evaluate core and discretionary expenses
    • Identify and prepare for upcoming financial obligations
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    5/5/2025 - Wealth Education for Next Generation Webinar: Money & Saving: Financial Planning and Why It Matters to Me

    Join us on a session that will explore the critical importance of financial planning in achieving personal financial goals, whether it involves acquiring a dream home, starting a family, embarking on a desired vacation, or ensuring a secure retirement. This will focus on how strategic financial planning can empower our next generation.

    Click here to Register
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    Women's Playbook

    There's no doubt about it—women face a unique set of financial challenges. Yet, most of us feel ill-equipped to navigate these circumstances on our own. At Morgan Stanley, we have witnessed the power of education and trusted guidance to transform a woman's relationship with money. We believe educated women create a ripple effect, inspiring generations of men and women to come. That is why we are committed to empowering you with the knowledge and tools needed to achieve your goals: whether you're buying a home, starting a family, navigating a divorce, or giving back to a cause you care about.

    Click Here to Access Guide
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    Family Office Resources

    While many affluent families are concerned with the efficient generational transfer of financial capital, finding ways to articulate and preserve family values is often a greater challenge. Access to specialized resources and experience in this area can help you create a lasting family legacy that maximizes your financial, human, intellectual, and social capital. Services offered at the Kelly Group are:

    • Family Office Advisory Resources
    • Strategic Estate and Financial Planning Strategies
    • Trust Services
    • Family Governance and Wealth Education
    • Next Generation Preparation and Stewardship
    • Outsourced CIO Capabilities
    • Philanthropy & Legacy Planning
    • Lifestyle Advisory and Concierge Services
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    Philanthropy Management

    With the right advice, your good intentions can become your greatest legacy. Your favorite causes can become family causes. Your wealth can become a tool to change lives. Your passion for others can become a strategic plan for giving and one that inspires others to follow suit. If your passion leads you to join a nonprofit board, there are ways to help ensure that the nonprofit is governed well and raises funds effectively.

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    Creating a Purposeful Family Environment

    The Family Governance group helps UHNW families strive to maximize the value of their human capital by preserving their shared values and creating an enduring family legacy, making it more likely that descendants will lead meaningful, fulfilled and engaged lives.

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    Divorce Planning

    Divorce is not something anyone plans on, but having a good plan in place can help make a supremely stressful situation far more manageable. We listen, respond, and help put structures and plans in place to help create a confident and positive path forward.

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    Lifestyle Advisory

    With the right advice, your good intentions can become your greatest legacy. Your favorite causes can become family causes. Your wealth can become a tool to change lives. Your passion for others can become a strategic plan for giving and one that inspires others to follow suit. If your passion leads you to join a nonprofit board, there are ways to help ensure that the nonprofit is governed well and raises funds effectively.

    Click Here to Learn More
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    Gift Guide for a Better Future

    The holidays are a time to think about what matters, and that's the future of your loved ones. The best gift you could give them is the pathway to financial literacy and stability.

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    Family Wealth Education

    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.

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Location

340 Mount Kemble Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
US
Direct:
(973) 660-4695(973) 660-4695
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(800) 526-9075(800) 526-9075
Fax:
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Wealth Management
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Portfolio Insights

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Equity Compensation

Helping you make the most of your equity awards and better understand how it may fit into your your larger financial picture – today and tomorrow.

  • Vesting events
  • Option expirations
  • Restricted stock units
  • Tax implications

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.

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.
The Business Case for a Financially Resilient Workforce
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The Business Case for a Financially Resilient Workforce

In the face of turbulent markets, the word “resilience” may be top of mind. Broadly speaking, resilience is the ability to “bounce back” when encountering life’s inevitable challenges.
Ready to start a conversation? Contact Michael Cecil today.
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