About Us

As your Financial Advisors, we 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 we can help you to preserve and grow your wealth. You’ll 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.
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Digital Tools

Our comprehensive suite of digital tools are designed to help enhance every aspect of your financial life. Here are a few of the technologies we have to offer our clients.
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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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    Online Security Center
    At Morgan Stanley, safeguarding your assets and personal information is among our highest priorities. Learn about our security measures and use our resources and ideas to help protect yourself online.
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    eDelivery
    eDelivery provides you with the ability to view statements and other Firm documents electronically in lieu of paper. Clients who are registered in Morgan Stanley Online may enroll in eDelivery.
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    Total Wealth View
    Complete your financial picture with Total Wealth View. By linking your account information, you will benefit from more informed wealth planning, more secure data access, and convenient connectivity.
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Working with You

Customized financial planning is the foundation of the JF Group. We provide a comprehensive wealth management process, combining exceptional client service with Morgan Stanley’s wealth tools.
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    1. Discovery
    The JF Group’s process begins with a conversation to uncover our clients' goals and understand their entire financial picture. Here we look to establish a mutual relationship based on full transparency and trust. These initial meetings, along with continued conversations, help with recommendations that are consistent with clients’ investment objectives, timelines and risk tolerance.
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    2. Advisory
    The JF Group works with their clients to assess various scenarios and advise them on the strategies to help meet their goals. We counsel our clients to make investment decisions, not emotional ones, seeking to ensure their investment strategy stays on track.
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    3. Execution
    Catering to the personalized and tailored needs of our clients, we examine countless accounts and products in order to identify the right combinations to help meet spending needs and potentially minimize tax burdens. The JF Group provides complete disclosure of any compensation and fees that they receive.
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    4. Tracking Progress
    Throughout the entire process, we track our clients’ investments in real-time, in order to recommend adjustments according to our clients' needs, life events and changing market conditions. We communicate with our clients under any and all circumstances as we strongly believe that constant communication is vital to client relationships.

Working With You

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    Goals Based Planning
    More than ever, our clients need guidance and advice. Our planning process seeks to understand where you are today, identify your goals for the future, and create a framework from which we can help you make informed financial decisions.
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    Family Legacy
    We have second and third generation clients who continue to rely on our team for financial guidance and ways to help support them as they seek to build more meaning and purpose in their lives. We actively seek to guide the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next, consulting with our clients and their outside professionals along the way—from accountant and estate attorney to philanthropic advisor, family business consultant, and certified coach. Helping you navigate your important journey makes us feel part of something bigger.
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    Investment & Risk Management
    Morgan Stanley offers unparalleled intellectual capital and resources. We create customized investment strategies for each client based on a target asset allocation and risk budget. Many of our clients choose investments designed to advance environmental, economic, and social goals.
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    Communication & Servicing
    We are committed to predictable and reliable communication. Our approach to service demands the highest standards of accessibility, availability, and responsiveness.
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    Endowments & Foundations
    We work with your leadership to help align investing strategies with the organization’s mission. We offer guidance on investment policy development, risk, liquidity, and planning for organizational events and potential challenges. This framing helps enable our team to implement, monitor and evaluate an investment strategy that aims to align with the organization’s mandate. Moreover, we rely on our firm’s extensive open architecture and do not engage in proprietary products, positioning us to remain centered on supporting your goals and specific circumstances.
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    Philanthropy
    Based on your intention to give—which we celebrate—we strive to help ensure those dollars align with your values and are managed with the same level of sophistication and care as the rest of your portfolio. Whether endowments, foundations, donor advised funds (DAFs), and/ or impact investing strategy, we can help connect your vision to the target communities, social causes and environmental concerns that you aim to benefit.

Knowledge Center

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    Morgan Stanley Ideas
    Read our perspective on what's shaping the world today, and tomorrow. We cover topics ranging from health care, sustainability, macroeconomics and technology.
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    Cybersecurity Center
    Safeguarding your assets and information is one of our highest priorities, but you also have a critical role to play. Check out our collection of practical takeaways and best practices from our cybersecurity professionals, then explore a few of the ways we help protect you.
    Protect Yourself Online
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    Thoughts on the Markets Podcast
    With perspectives on the forces shaping the market, Mike Wilson, Chief Investment Officer and Chief US Equity Strategist for Morgan Stanley, and his colleagues discuss a variety of viewpoints regarding the latest trends in the financial marketplace.
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    Reserved Living & Giving
    Exclusive Offers and Insights from Premium Brands for You and Your Family.
    Reserved Living & Giving

Location

1212 Troy Schenectady Rd
Latham, NY 12110
US
Direct:
(518) 386-2932(518) 386-2932
Toll-Free:
(800) 541-0601(800) 541-0601

Meet The JF Group

About Jeanne Forkeutis

Jeanne is a Financial Advisor with a tremendous amount of experience in the financial services industry. Jean is Senior Vice President at Morgan Stanley since November 2010, she previously held the position of Account Vice President at UBS Financial Services, Inc. from March 1998 to November 2010.
Outside of her professional life, Jeanne resides in North Greenbush with her husband, Paul, and their two children, Lindsey and Nicholas. Committed to community service, she has volunteered for the local chapter of the Girl Scouts of NENY as a troop leader for 10 years and has also served as the service unit treasurer. Additionally, Jeanne was the Vice Chairman and a Board Member of the Industries for the Blind of New York State from 2006 to 2014, an organization dedicated to providing meaningful employment opportunities for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
Securities Agent: OH, NY, WA, TN, SC, MD, LA, DC, NJ, NH, VT, RI, ME, CT, CO, CA, KY, FL, DE, WI, VA, IL, AR, TX, MA, AZ, UT, PA, NC, GA, MO, MN; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1312664
CA Insurance License #: 0180681

About Nicholas Forkeutis

Nick Forkeutis began his investment career in 2021 after earning his Bachelor's degree in Finance from Siena College in 2019. After joining the Firm, Nick became licensed under FINRA, obtaining his Series 7 and 66 licenses to operate as an Investment Advisor. As a partner at The JF Group, his area of focus is equity research and financial planning. Nick enjoys meeting new people, forming meaningful relationships with clients and their families, and helping them navigate their financial well-being.

In high school and his youth, Nick played baseball and earned a handful of awards for his time competing in travel baseball. In addition to baseball, Nick also practiced Tae-Kwon-Do and earned his black belt at the age of eleven. As a young adult, Nick took part in a recreational softball league at Siena College. He continues to enjoy sports, watching baseball in the spring and going on snowboarding trips in the winter. Nick's passions also include spending time with his parents, Paul and Jeanne Forkeutis; listening to and going to concerts for Rock musicians from all eras and sub-genres, and traveling to the Lake George, New York area for camping and boating. He lives in Troy, New York, with his two dogs, Captain America and Bucky.
Securities Agent: RI, MT, WI, WA, PA, NC, MA, FL, CT, NY, KY, CO, OH, TN, NJ, DE, AZ, SC, CA, LA, DC, VT, TX, NH, MD, VA, GA, ME, NV, MN, NM, IL, IN, IA, HI, MI, AR, UT; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 2224940
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
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
Iran Conflict: Seven Takeaways for Investors
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Iran Conflict: Seven Takeaways for Investors

Prolonged conflict with Iran could lead to higher oil prices, hotter inflation and greater market uncertainty.

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.
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1Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is the trade name of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, a registered broker-dealer in the United States. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is a business of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.

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2Insurance products are offered in conjunction with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC’s licensed insurance agency affiliates.

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3Investors should consider many factors before deciding which 529 plan is appropriate. Some of these factors include: the Plan's investment options and the historical investment performance of these options, the Plan's flexibility and features, the reputation and expertise of the Plan's investment manager, Plan contribution limits and the federal and state tax benefits associated with an investment in the Plan. Some states, for example, offer favorable tax treatment and other benefits to their residents only if they invest in the state's own Qualified Tuition Program. Investors should determine their home state's tax treatment of 529 plans when considering whether to choose an in-state or out-of-state plan. Investors should consult with their tax or legal advisor before investing in any 529 Plan or contact their state tax division for more information. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC does not provide tax and/or legal advice. Investors should review a Program Disclosure Statement, which contains more information on investment options, risk factors, fees and expenses and possible tax consequences.

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4Annuities are offered in conjunction with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC’s licensed insurance agency affiliates.

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5Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is a registered Broker/Dealer, Member SIPC, and not a bank. Where appropriate, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has entered into arrangements with banks and other third parties to assist in offering certain banking related products and services.

Investment, insurance and annuity products offered through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC are: NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NOT BANK GUARANTEED | NOT A BANK DEPOSIT | NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY

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6Investors should consider many factors before deciding which 529 plan is appropriate. Some of these factors include: the Plan’s investment options and the historical investment performance of these options, the Plan’s flexibility and features, the reputation and expertise of the Plan’s investment manager, Plan contribution limits and the federal and state tax benefits associated with an investment in the Plan. Some states, for example, offer favorable tax treatment and other benefits to their residents only if they invest in the state’s own Qualified Tuition Program. Investors should determine their home state’s tax treatment of 529 plans when considering whether to choose an in-state or out-of-state plan. Investors should consult with their tax or legal advisor before investing in any 529 Plan or contact their state tax division for more information. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC does not provide tax and/or legal advice. Investors should review a Program Disclosure Statement, which contains more information on investment options, risk factors, fees and expenses and possible tax consequences.

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7Fixed Income investing entails credit risks and interest rate risks. When interest rates rise, bond prices generally fall.

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8Municipal bonds may not be appropriate for all investors. Income generated from an investment in a municipal bond is generally exempt from federal income taxes. Some income may be subject to state and local taxes and to the federal alternative minimum tax. Capital gains, if any, are subject to tax.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) and its Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide any tax/legal advice. Consult your own tax/legal advisor before making any tax or legal-related investment decisions.

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10Morgan Stanley offers a wide array of brokerage and advisory services to its clients, each of which may create a different type of relationship with different obligations to you. Please consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences or review our Understanding Your Brokerage and Investment Advisory Relationships brochure available at www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf.

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