My Story and Services

As your Financial Advisor, I can help you define and strive to meet your goals by delivering a vast array of resources to you in the way that is most appropriate for how you invest and what you want to achieve. Working together, I can help you to preserve and grow your wealth. You will have access to some of the world’s most seasoned and respected investment professionals, a premier trading and execution platform and a full spectrum of investment choices.
Securities Agent: AZ, WY, VT, VI, VA, TX, TN, IN, SC, RI, PA, OH, NY, NJ, NC, MO, MN, MD, MA, FL, CT, CA, AR; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
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Working With You

As your financial advisors, we listen and respond to your needs using clear, simple language. We offer personal service and pledge to lead you with great care along the path to helping pursue your goals. We can help you prioritize those goals and develop a strategy that seeks to preserve and grow your retirement assets, making it possible to pursue your chosen lifestyle and create a legacy for your loved ones. We follow a disciplined process that allows us to work with you to craft a solution that helps meet your individual needs. This process aligns our efforts with your interests, providing a road map focused on what is most important to you.
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    Step 1: Introductory Meeting
    Our relationship begins with an initial discussion aimed towards getting to know you, your lifestyle, and your future goals.
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    Step 2: Discovery Meeting
    During the discovery meeting, 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.
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    Step 3: Financial Plan Presentation
    Financial plan presentations map out essential factors that play into your financial success such as your employee and employer contributions, liquidity events, and insurance coverage. Examining relevant financial information provides a holistic asset allocation analysis for your accounts helping ensure a comprehensive financial plan.
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    Step 4: Action Items / Next Steps
    After the financial plan presentation, we will follow up with you regarding your analysis and recommendations, which may include adjustments to your financial plan, investment allocation, company benefits and insurance coverage.
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    Step 5: Implementation Meeting
    The implementation meeting focuses on creating prospective strategies custom designed for your specific needs. Recommended changes could include logistics, tax impact, asset allocation adjustments, and saving/benefit modifications.
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    Step 6: Monitoring & Performance Tracking
    Finally, we will be constantly monitoring your assets and analyzing your performance tracking data seeking to ensure your financial expectations are being met and adjusted accordingly. We will keep a high degree of communication with you to help make sure your concerns and requests are addressed.

Your Customized Portfolio

As a Patrick O'Leary client, you gain access to a wide range of wealth management services that go far beyond your investment portfolio.
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    Wealth Management
    It is crucial to understand what is important to you and we'll work together to map out a plan that can help you achieve your financial goals.
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    Retirement Planning
    Retirement planning means more than providing you with investment advice. It means helping you maintain the financial independence you’ve worked your entire life to achieve.
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    Education Planning
    With education costs rising, paying for college has become a major life expense that requires smart planning.
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    Rollovers
    Help your retirement savings reach your goals with Access Investing from Morgan Stanley. It’s easy to roll over your 401(k) into an IRA, and automated investing helps keep you on track.
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OUR SUITE OF DIGITAL TOOLS

We want to be the firm where the most talented advisors in the industry utilize cutting-edge technology and provide customized solutions to their clients and their families to help them to achieve their life goals. Our firm strives to ensure it serves clients on leading technology platforms that are smart and flexible.
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    Morgan Stanley online
    Morgan Stanley Online helps clients with access to their account information, great reporting tools, various cash management solutions and robust market research. The Morgan Stanley Mobile App allows clients to access their accounts in just a few taps.
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    Online Security Center
    At Morgan Stanley, protecting your assets and confidential information is our highest priority. Learn about our security measures and use our resources and ideas to help protect yourself online.
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    Total Wealth View
    With full visibility of your assets and liabilities all in one place, you and your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor can obtain a comprehensive view of your total wealth to help you track your goals or to start planning for your future using cutting-edge technology.
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    Digital Vault
    Digital Vault allows you to manage and share your important documents, such as wills, deeds and estate plans, as well as financial statements and tax filings.
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CLIENT SERVICE TEAM

    Christina Brucato
    Office Phone: (631) 851-5356
    Corporate Mobile: (631) 987-2766
    @Christina.Brucato@morganstanley.com

Location

888 Veterans Memorial Hwy
Ste 300
Hauppauge, NY 11788
US
Direct:
(631) 851-5355(631) 851-5355
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
4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts
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4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts

Discover how planning for required minimum distributions from retirement accounts can help you fund future needs and support loved ones.

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
2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth
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2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth

Global growth is likely to be around 3% in 2025 and 2026, as tariff and immigration policies begin to slow the U.S. economy late next year, and China's underperformance restrains emerging markets.

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
Taking Control of Your Finances After Death of a Spouse
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Taking Control of Your Finances After Death of a Spouse

Financial planning after a divorce or death can be trying, but with the right approach and the right advice you can turn a difficult situation into empowerment.

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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