Welcome

As you achieve financial success, you begin to face more complex wealth planning issues. You may need more sophisticated approaches to preserving and prudently growing your wealth. You want to be sure that you are on track to retire comfortably, and that you are taking no more risk than is necessary to reach your goals. You have to consider the tax consequences of how you transfer wealth to younger generations, and how to prepare them to manage their inheritance.

Working with families like yours for many years, we have seen how enduring financial success is the product of clearly defined financial goals and a comprehensive approach to wealth planning. Combining our own experience with the vast global resources of Morgan Stanley, we can help you define what is most important to you and customize a strategy to help you realize those ambitions. With a designated Family Wealth Director on our team, those resources include an extensive array of services designed to meet the needs of affluent families. We then serve as your go-to advisors on an ongoing basis, helping you stay on track to make informed decisions about any financial matter.
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The Process

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We follow a highly disciplined planning process to create a wealth management plan that is yours and yours alone. This process begins with a conversation guided by a proprietary, multilevel discovery system called “The Client’s World.” This system helps us reach a robust understanding of four key attributes: the people in your life; the activities in which you engage; the ideas that mean the most to you; and the things you own. This understanding then guides us through the process of developing, implementing and maintaining a comprehensive plan to help you achieve your objectives
Discover
Before we make specific recommendations, we take the time to understand who you are as a person, as well as an investor, and what you really hope to achieve for yourself and your family. That means an in-depth discussion of your current finances, future objectives, attitude toward risk and other circumstances that will assist us in developing a customized plan.
Analyze
We analyze your input and seek to develop a wealth management plan that contains specific recommendations designed to meet the objectives you established. Recommendations may encompass such varied strategies as retirement planning, executive compensation issues, tax minimization, wealth transfer, and access to our Banking and Lending Services. Importantly, your plan contains a customized asset allocation based on your total finances, including accounts held at other firms.
Implement
After presenting your plan to you, we work closely with you to bring it to life. That may entail additional consultation with Morgan Stanley professionals who specialize in estate planning, lending strategies and other disciplines relevant to your situation. And it will also involve the development of an investment strategy to meet the criteria established in the Discovery phase of our process.
Track & Evaluate
We strive to keep abreast of your changing financial needs and aim to provide viable solutions to help meet them. This means constant monitoring of your plan and portfolio to make certain your assets are positioned to meet your changing circumstances, as well as fluctuating market conditions.

Tax-efficient strategies

Here at Morgan Stanley, we strive to simplify complex financial ideas so that our clients understand what is being done on their behalf to plan for their financial future. We want to provide our clients with as many resources as possible so they can stay informed about the latest market trends, outlooks, and breakdowns. The links below provide detailed analysis on interesting topics that are affecting the finance and business worlds.
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    What is Tax-Loss Harvesting?
    Learn about tax-loss harvesting and how some investors use it to opportunistically reduce their current tax bills.
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    Tax-Smart Strategies for Retirement
    Smart tax planning can help you save more for retirement and keep more of what you’ve already saved. Consider these tax-efficient retirement planning strategies.
    Explore the Strategies Here
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    Tax Management Services
    Reducing the current tax liabilities on your investments can help enhance your overall returns.
    Learn More About Tax Management Here
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    2024 Tax Tables
    If you are interested in seeing the updated tax tables and other details for 2024, see all additional information here.
    View the 2024 Tax Tables Here

Investor Education

Digital technology is centered on how people communicate, consume, transact and travel. Our comprehensive suite of digital tools is designed to help enhance every aspect of your financial life. We have also included resources meant to transform complex financial analysis and research.
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    Morgan Stanley Online
    Your investments and everyday finances are always just a few clicks away with Morgan Stanley Online (MSO) and the Morgan Stanley Mobile App.
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    Digital Vault
    The Digital Vault on Morgan Stanley Online and the Mobile App allows for easy sharing and convenient access to life’s most important documents from wills and deeds to financial statements and tax fillings. Easily manage your encrypted financial records all in one place.
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    Thoughts On The Market Podcast
    With perspectives on the forces shaping the market, join Mike Wilson, Chief Investment Officer and Chief US Equity Strategist for Morgan Stanley, as he and his colleagues discuss a variety of viewpoints regarding the latest trends in the financial marketplace.
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    GIC Weekly Research Report
    The Global Investment Committee's Lisa Shalett headlines this weekly look at markets, asset class performance and fixed income.
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    Life View
    The first step in creating a personalized financial plan is to develop a thorough understanding of all your important financial goals, and the resources available to meet those goals.
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    Spending and Budgeting Tool
    Track spending habits, categorize expenses and create budgets across your Morgan Stanley and external financial accounts with our Spending and Budgeting Tool.
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A Successful Legacy

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The personalized solutions we create are carefully tailored to address your specific questions and concerns. They leverage our experience, knowledge and insights, so you can focus on building your business and tackling new challenges.
Top Client Concerns:
• Are there opportunities to improve my current financial goals?
• How do I grow – and preserve – these assets? Do I have the right asset mix?
• How do I tap into Morgan Stanley’s extensive resources to expand my business (e.g., banking and lending opportunities)?
• How do I make sure my personal assets are structured properly to achieve my long-term goals for my family?
• When I’m ready to retire, what are the best strategies to exit my business?
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Meet With The Team

Location

2330 W Joppa Road
Ste 255
Lutherville, MD 21093
US
Direct:
(410) 494-8296(410) 494-8296

Meet The Boddiford-Koras Wealth Management Group

About Joseph S Boddiford

Drawing on nearly two decades of financial advisory experience, Joe Boddiford helps high net worth entrepreneurs, executives and their families develop strategies to minimize taxes, monetize and protect assets, maximize growth and transfer wealth. Joe believes in a comprehensive approach to wealth management that integrates investment strategies with retirement, business succession and estate planning, and private banking services.

Having demonstrated knowledge and experience across an extensive range of wealth management disciplines, Joe was named a Morgan Stanley Family Wealth Director, a designation held by fewer than 400 of the firm’s 16,000+ Advisors. As such, he gains access to a variety of family office services, including family governance and wealth education, philanthropy management and customized reporting. Joe has also earned designations as a Morgan Stanley Corporate Retirement Director (CRD) and Qualified Plan Financial Consultant (QPFC).

Prior to his financial services career, Joe spent seven years working in closely held family businesses, and five years as a Naval Supply Corp Officer. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and engineering, and went on to graduate from the Naval Supply Corp School in Athens, Georgia.

Joe is highly active in community affairs. He serves on the Advisory Boards of Historic Ships in Baltimore, and is Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Community Foundation of Harford County. Joe previously served on the Advisory Board of the YMCA of Central Maryland, Board of Trustees Ladew Gardens, yand as campaign chair with the United Way. When not busy with his professional and civic responsibilities, Joe enjoys fly fishing, sailing and other outdoor activities.

Joe and his wife, Bridget, have been blessed with four children, Alexander, Elizabeth, Meredith and John Paul.
Securities Agent: WV, TN, MD, CA, TX, OH, NH, PA, OR, KS, AZ, MA, FL, CO, GA, DC, WY, SC, NJ, CT, MN, LA, WA, VA, DE, UT, NY, NC; BM/Supervisor; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
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About William A Koras

With over two decades of financial advisory experience, William A. Koras works closely with the team’s clients to create and implement highly customized plans based on their specific needs, goals and financial situations. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® (CFP®) and designated Investment Management Consultant, Bill employs a highly disciplined approach to understanding his clients’ aspirations and concerns, and to gathering, reviewing and analyzing their financial information. This process results in a fully customized asset allocation and investment strategy, and often includes retirement planning, trust and estate advice, insurance reviews and tailored lending solutions.

Planning and investing have been Bill’s passion long before he entered the financial services industry. He nurtured that passion at Gettysburg College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in management with a concentration in accounting and finance. Following graduation, Bill’s first job in finance was in the investment advisory division of T. Rowe Price, where he honed his planning and analytical skills and developed retirement income plans for high net worth investors. From there, he moved to Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc., which later merged into Morgan Stanley.

Bill lives with his wife, Laura, and their four children, Will, Jack, Charlie & Halley. In his free time, Bill enjoys playing golf and spending time with his family.
Securities Agent: MD, KS, GA, VA, UT, TX, PA, WV, NH, MN, MA, DE, LA, DC, CT, CO, WY, TN, CA, SC, OR, NJ, WA, NY, NC, FL, AZ, OH; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
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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.

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.

Retirement for Plan Sponsors

End-to-End Services, Made Simple:
We can provide the tools and guidance to help you manage a retirement plan.
  • Plan Evaluation
  • Investment Management
  • Plan Management Support
  • Plan Participant Education
State of the Workplace Study 2023
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State of the Workplace Study 2023

Explore Morgan Stanley at Work’s State of the Workplace III Financial Benefits Study results. Discover workforce challenges and how to stay competitive.

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.
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