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Our single focus is to provide complete financial care using our experience & qualifications with financial, intellectual, & technological resources of our Firm to help you meet your life goals
James Walker, Jr. and Rita Gaffney are distinctly qualified Financial Advisors providing complete financial care to a select group of clients.
Jim and Rita have 34 and 29 years of experience respectively in the financial services industry. Our team takes a comprehensive wealth management approach to deliver customized solutions tailored to each client’s distinct goals and lifestyle aspirations.
Our comprehensive range of services includes:
- Financial Planning: Do you have a road map for your financial future?
- Wealth Planning: Do you have the right strategies in place to grow and preserve your wealth?
- Retirement Services: What do you want to do in retirement and what will it cost?
- Educational Planning: Do you want to contribute towards the education of a child or grandchild?
- Cash Flow Analysis: Will you be able to afford the lifestyle you desire?
- Estate Planning Strategies: What do you want your legacy to be?
The biggest compliment we can receive is when an existing client refers friends, family, and co-workers to our team for an initial consultation. Please be assured that we will do our utmost to meet the goals of all those who engage our services. Please email a link to our website to anyone in your life facing a wide variety of life changing events including: passing of a loved one, divorce, retirement, or family health issue.
At The Walker/Gaffney Group at Morgan Stanley, we have built enduring relationships spanning multiple generations by providing complete financial care and focusing on the needs of our clients. As Financial Advisors, we are committed to building a relationship of trust in which we serve to guide our clients through the complexities of wealth management.
We work closely with our clients to help them answer two fundamental questions we all have:
(1) Will I make it?
(2) Do I have any financial blind-spots that could harm myself or my family?
As our relationship evolves we hope our clients regard us a trusted advisor and valued resource; there to help them make an informed decision for their well-being.
Our singular focus and goal is to help our clients achieve their goals and objectives, providing guidance that helps their wealth support the kind of life they want to live. The Walker/Gaffney Group believes it is an honor and a privilege to serve our clients with strategies that are designed to help put their kids through school, retire comfortably, support causes they hold dear and leave a lasting legacy.
BM/Supervisor; Securities Agent: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#:
1297816
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Rita C. Gaffney is a Vice President, Portfolio Management Director, Senior Investment Management Counselor, Financial Advisor and partner of The Walker/Gaffney Group with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Rita has been providing complete financial care and services since 1989. She concentrates on investment portfolio management using her breadth of experience, knowledge and perspective to answer the financial challenges of her clients by providing risk management strategies, asset/portfolio allocation advice, cash flow and liability management solutions. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2009, Rita held positions at Bear Stearns and over 20 years with Merrill Lynch, in their Philadelphia, Manhattan, and Poughkeepsie offices
She received her BA in Finance from Pennsylvania’s Shippensburg State University in 1989. She received her certification as a Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) in 2007, and has been a member of The Portfolio Management Institute since 2009, the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE) as well as the Women’s Leadership Alliance of the Hudson Valley. Participation in the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA)-Neapolitan Chapter, Naples Fla. also occupies her free time when visiting her home in the south. She has also been named in “Who’s Who in American Business”. In addition, Rita and her team at The Walker/Gaffney Group have been selected consecutively since 2012 as “Five Star Wealth Managers” of the Hudson Valley ranking highest in service and overall satisfaction.
Rita is also an advocate of Women and Children’s causes both economically and educationally. She supports the needs locally with The Grace Smith House and The Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie. She also enjoys speaking and educating various women’s groups on the basics of personal finance through her involvement in the Women’s Enterprise Development Center (WEDC) which has been empowering women entrepreneurs to build successful small businesses since 1997 in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley. She has partnered with the Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) to promote financial education and capital markets literacy with its “Invest It Forward” campaign. The campaign engages in the local community by teaching financial literacy in the classroom and the InvestWrite national essay competition for students in grades 4-12. Rita also has guest lectured at the University of Notre Dame speaking to students in the School of Engineering on key starting steps to a successful financial plan and investing basics.
She maintains a residence in Dutchess County, NY and Naples, Florida. Being active in both communities is very important and serves on her Community’s HOA Board in Naples and is active with her Church and the religious education program at St. Martin de Porres. During her free time she enjoys golfing with the Executive Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) as well as with friends and clients.
Securities Agent: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#:
1297748
Phone: 845-485-2836
Email: Denise.Ley-Richards@morganstanley.com
Working closely with you to guide your wealth and investments through the most challenging market cycles.
Creating customized financial strategies for the challenges that today's families face.
Working with you to understand your life goals and develop a truly personalized wealth strategy. Today and for the years to come.
Partnering with you on key aspects of your business such as ownership, liquidity and developing opportunities.
Making sure your philanthropic dollars are managed with the same best-in-class service as the rest of your wealth.
Ready to start a conversation? Contact The Walker/Gaffney Group today.
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