
Sarah Devereux


Nothing is more important than helping you and your family achieve your financial goals. That's where Morgan Stanley comes in. Together, we help you create a road map to your financial future. From cutting-edge risk management technology and research data, to easy-to-use client dashboards. We leverage our partnership with Morgan Stanley to bolster our own capacities and experience and examine your strategy from every angle. And, most importantly, to help keep you on track toward your goals.
Planning often feels hardest when you're balancing competing priorities—today's needs, tomorrow's goals, and the uncertainty in between. My standard of care is built around listening first, then helping you evaluate options with context and clarity. The result is a more deliberate, planning-first relationship focused on informed decision-making.
While we offer the top-tier resources of a global institution, we've built our practice around four Midwest values:
Hard Work
Perseverance
Integrity
Friendliness
Our team has deep roots in Decatur, and many of our clients do as well. We've watched families grow, celebrated milestones together, and in many cases formed lasting friendships. That sense of community is what drives us. We take pride in being a lifelong resource for our neighbors and their families—and we look forward to serving you and yours for generations to come.
A strong financial strategy should feel structured, personal, and easy to revisit—not like a one-time event. My approach starts with understanding what you're trying to accomplish, then aligning planning and investment decisions to your time horizon, liquidity needs, and comfort with risk. We review and refine as life changes.
Discovery Process:
Establishing Financial Objectives - We work with clients to establish a realistic set of objectives based on their financial goals, time horizon, liquidity needs, and tolerance to volatility & risk.
Life Cycle Analysis:
Building For Tomorrow - Working hand in hand to establish goals based on where you stand. Whether its working towards retirement, purchasing a home, or investing for the first time, we aim to guide you through building a custom strategy.
Defining Wealth Strategy:
Customized Strategies - Develop an investment strategy to help produce optimal portfolio performance & seek to generate the highest return potential consistent with the strategy's level of risk.
Evaluate & Select Investments:
Portfolio Growth - Leverage the global resources of Morgan Stanley to select investments to implement your personal strategy.
Ongoing Review Process:
Assessment of Wealth Management Needs - Monitor your portfolio to track its performance relative to your stated objectives. Furthermore, modify your portfolio on a discretionary basis as your needs and circumstances change over time.


