Our Story and Services

With over 50 years of combined experience, our team focuses on helping individuals and families navigate every phase of their financial journey, from wealth building and education planning to retirement and legacy goals. We work closely with our clients to create personalized, comprehensive wealth plans designed to provide financial confidence, enabling them to focus on what matters most: living their best lives.
Our mission goes beyond investment management. We’re committed to guiding our clients through every phase of their financial journey, simplifying the complex and providing unwavering support along the way. Helping our clients build a brighter future for themselves and their families is more than our passion, its what drives us every day.
We invite you to connect with us to explore how we can help you build and protect the life and legacy you envision for generations to come.
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Our Clients

Our Practice is built on the development of deep and enduring relationships and the delivery of comprehensive wealth management services.

We work with a broad range of clients who value and respect the advice we carefully cultivate for them in seeking the achievement of the following goals:

- Simplify their financial life
- Plan for an enjoyable retirement
- Manage risk and protect their family
- Minimize investment related taxes through advanced strategies
- Educate the next generation on how to manage and carry family values forward

The strategies we recommend are carefully coordinated to help provide you with the knowledge, tools and resources needed to succeed in today's fast-paced world.

We are here to help you make informed decisions on any financial issues you face.
Our satisfied clients include:
  • Business owners (including family businesses)
  • Corporate executives
  • Mid-career professionals and their families
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • People getting close to or already retired

roadmap for your goals

A strong financial plan builds the foundation for working with you to achieve your financial goals. It offers insight into your current financial situation, where you want to be in the future, and a timeline for us to follow. Ultimately, it gives us a framework that we can follow and help customize to your objectives and financial life.
Please reference our suite of tools and resources that allow us to implement your financial plan and translate your goals into reality. Reach out and schedule a meeting to get started.

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    Goal Planning System (GPS)

    Goals Planning System (GPS) is Morgan Stanley's own integrated planning tool. Built on the Firm's intellectual capital and capabilities, GPS is an intuitive and efficient platform used to quickly assess whether a client is "On Track" to achieving their financial goals.

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    LifeView Intelligent Planning

    LifeView is a suite of planning tools that includes goal-specific analyses we can use to create a realistic, integrated strategy that incorporates the various aspects of an individual's financial life, including investments and cash management needs.

    LifeView Goal Analysis
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    Our Approach

    We can create your personal roadmap to help achieve and protect your goals. This video provides a comprehensive overview of our planning philosophy, as well as a collection of tools and resources to help you define and exceed your financial goals.

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    What to Do If You Are Off Track on Your Goals

    Don't worry if your financial goals look out of reach now based on what you've saved. There are ways to adjust that are easier than you may think. Reach out and schedule a meeting with us to discuss.

Working With You

Whether you need help tackling college costs or taking full advantage of your stock options and retirement plan, we have solutions. Our work with you starts with one or more in-depth, exploratory meetings. We need to understand your unique financial situation so we can offer you the best possible advice and solutions.

When you work with us, you can expect us to:

Develop a comprehensive financial strategy based on your individual needs
Substitute discipline for emotion in the investment process
Adjust your holdings in response to new opportunities and risks
Maintain strict financial objectivity

We can also coordinate our work with other key members of your financial team, including your:

Tax specialist
Trust attorney
Insurance professional
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    1. Discovery
    While every client's situation is unique, we begin by learning about you, your family and your financial complexities. What we learn helps us to formulate specific strategies and, of equal importance, it helps us customize the entire relationship to your preferences and requirements.
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    2. Creation of a Customized Strategic Asset Allocation
    Managing wealth involves developing a customized asset allocation mix that reflects risk, opportunities and taxation across multiple entities, while integrating your investing and estate plans. This allocation becomes the basis for a long-term strategy formalized in your LifeView financial plan.
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    3. Integration of Tactical Portfolio Adjustments
    These short-term adjustments in asset allocations seek to take advantage of opportunities created by temporary market distortions or reduce risk during periods of market stress. Before adjustments are made, we utilize proprietary risk analysis tools to determine the impact to overall portfolio risk as well as any tax consequences.
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    4. Ongoing Portfolio Monitoring & Assessment of Wealth Management Needs
    Coordinating with you and any other advisors such as your CPA or estate attorney, we conduct regular ongoing reviews and comprehensive reporting to ensure that your strategy adapts to changing financial and family needs.

Digital Tools & Resources

Morgan Stanley's comprehensive suite of digital resources has carefully been designed to help enhance each aspect of your financial portfolio. Take some time to learn about some of the many Modern Wealth Management resources that we offer to our clients. At Goethals Eklund, we like to make sure we are staying ahead of the curve putting resources in front of our clients to enhance their experiance.

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    Morgan Stanley Online

    Morgan Stanley Online allows you to seamlessly and securely manage your investments and everyday finances in one place.

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    Digital Vault

    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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    eDelivery

    Sign up for eDelivery today and start receiving email notifications as soon as your account documents are available on Morgan Stanley Online or the Morgan Stanley Mobile App. It's quick, convenient & secure.

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    Portfolio Risk Platform

    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.

    Portfolio Risk Platform
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    Total Tax 365

    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.

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    Donor Advised Funds (DAF)

    A solution that may help you execute planned giving, offer an efficient way to donate complex and illiquid assets, and simplify charitable giving reporting while potentially mitigating taxes. Bring philanthropy into your wealth plan and help amplify the impact of your giving through the Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust (MS GIFT).

    MS GIFT

Location

310 Hemsted Dr
Ste 100
Redding, CA 96002
US
Direct:
(530) 223-4200(530) 223-4200
1478 Stone Point Drive
Suite 500
Roseville, CA 95661
US
Direct:
(916) 797-7786(916) 797-7786

Meet The Goethals Eklund Group

About Michael Goethals

Mike has been an investment professional for 44 years.  As a Senior Vice-President of the firm, his background enables him to advise clients with a distinct and experienced perspective in wealth management, financial planning and asset allocation.  Mike also assists clients with their estate planning needs.  His responsibilities to his clients include developing investment policies, selection of independent investment advisors, ongoing manager due diligence, as well as evaluating and monitoring portfolio performance within municipal, corporate and government bonds, common stocks, and mutual funds.  Mike works to develop domestic and global equity/fixed income allocation strategies along with an ongoing review process.

Mike has lived in Redding for the last 36 years with his wife Sharon where they raised a son and daughter.  They now keep busy with five grandchildren and enjoy spending their weekends with them.

Mike has many hobbies and finds fishing and exercise among his favorites.  He feels the North State area is the perfect venue for both.
Securities Agent: OR, GA, WY, WA, NC, MT, MI, AK, VA, IL, PA, OH, ID, OK, NV, UT, AZ, AR, NY, LA, HI, CA, TN, FL, CO, TX, MD; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Transactional Futures/Commodities; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1279565

About Justin Eklund

Justin brings a wealth of experience to Morgan Stanley, transitioning to financial services after a distinguished 30-year career in the public sector, where he retired as a Captain in a large law enforcement agency. Having been involved in workplace financial education for a decade, Justin decided to pursue his passion full time, joining Mike—a lifelong family friend and mentor. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University, Sacramento, a Master’s degree from California State University, Long Beach, and a graduate certificate in Personal Financial Planning from the University of California, Irvine. Additionally, Justin is a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor.
Specializing in customized financial planning, Justin focuses on tax efficiency, retirement income, and legacy planning. While his primary office is in Roseville, he also regularly serves clients at the Redding branch.
A resident of Placer County for over 30 years, Justin and his wife, Lecile—a 5th grade teacher—have two sons who are currently attending college in Southern California. Outside of work, Justin enjoys golf, fitness, volunteering, travel, and spending time with his family.
Securities Agent: DC, CA, OR, NY, NV, MI, IN, AR, WY, WA, PA, MT, FL, AK, NC, VA, TN, LA, CO, NM, KY, HI, OK, GA, TX, MD, IL, ID, AZ, UT, OH; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 2405320
CA Insurance License #: 4226449

About Lorrie Snow

Lorrie began her career with Morgan Stanley in 1990. With over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, Lorrie manages the administrative and operational functions for the team including business systems, cash management and trading assistance. Lorrie is Series 7 and Series 66 licensed. Lorrie provides an elevated level of customer service which positively impacts the lives of our clients and their families.

In her free time, Lorrie enjoys being with her family and likes camping, reading, and hiking the trails in the North State with her dog, Kodak. Lorrie has lived in Redding for 24 years.

The Power of Partnerships

By partnering with experienced individuals across wealth disciplines, Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors can align specialized resources with your custom needs and deliver strategic guidance through the familiarity and trust of existing relationships

About Sue Callantine

Sue Callantine is a Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in California.

Private Bankers partner with Financial Advisors to develop a specialized approach for managing clients’ cash flow, liquidity and financing needs, leveraging our comprehensive suite of cash management and lending solutions.

Sue began her career in financial services in 1997, and joined Morgan Stanley in 2019 as a Private Banker. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Private Banker at Bank of the West. She also served as a Private Banker at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Bank of America.

Sue is a graduate of the University of Alaska Anchorage, where she received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management. She lives in Orangevale, California with her husband. Outside of the office, Sue enjoys gardening, reading and traveling. She also serves on the Hope Gala Board of Ambassadors for the American Cancer Society.
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Making sure your philanthropic dollars are managed with the same high quality service as the rest of your wealth.
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