Working As A Financial Advisor At Morgan Stanley

I was just wondering how people would view my cousin's current progression in life. He is 22 years old and living in southern California. He is attending his last semester at Cal State Fullerton as a Business Administration major, concentrating in Marketing. He has a current internship at Morgan Stanley as a Marketing intern, and has been there for about a year and a half. His goal is to graduate and work full time there as a financial advisor. The job salary will provide 50 to 55K salary, plus commission based on your work. As his cousin, I am the same age and just wanted to know how his current status is viewed upon others who meet him. Is he doing well right now, mediocre, or could he do better?

i think he is doing very well right now. much better than most.

2009-01-25 21:47:28 by Alex C

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Financial Advisor Mark Curtis on Bloomberg discussing the merger between Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney.

I was just wondering how people would view my cousin's current progression in life. He is 22 years old and living in southern California. He is attending his last semester at Cal State Fullerton as a Business Administration major, concentrating in Marketing. He has a current internship at Morgan Stanley as a Marketing intern, and has been there for about a year and a half. His goal is to graduate and work full time there as a financial advisor. The job salary will provide 50 to 55K salary, plus commission based on your work. As his cousin, I am the same age and just wanted to know how his current status is viewed upon others who meet him. Is he doing well right now, mediocre, or could he do better?

He's doing great considering I'm 22 and I'm unemployed. As long he has a job after college, I call that success. But really, it doesn't matter how he's doing, it's what you're doing. Don't worry about him, worry about yourself, if you are struggling like me, just keep on trying, and if you are doing better than him, just be thankful.

2009-01-25 20:49:16 by Alex C

I was just wondering how people would view my cousin's current progression in life. He is 22 years old and living in southern California. He is attending his last semester at Cal State Fullerton as a Business Administration major, concentrating in Marketing. He has a current internship at Morgan Stanley as a Marketing intern, and has been there for about a year and a half. His goal is to graduate and work full time there as a financial advisor. The job salary will provide 50 to 55K salary, plus commission based on your work. As his cousin, I am the same age and just wanted to know how his current status is viewed upon others who meet him. Is he doing well right now, mediocre, or could he do better?

I think he's doing quite well.. has some goals set for near future and working towards them.
Sounds like a promising young man :)

2009-01-25 20:21:43 by Alex C

I'm just out of college, and currently looking strongly into a career as a Financial Advisor. Ideally I'm looking for a non-cut-throat environment where the culture is honest and focused on helping clients as much as themselves...Having said that, this is a sales career where hard work and high pay go hand in hand, and there is a lot of competition. Naturally, each company I look at is claiming to be 'the best' for starting such a career, but it seems you probably won't know the truth until you're actually working for one of them. To sum up, I was wondering what specific companies people may have had experience with...bigger names out there include Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley, etc. One company that seems to be geared more towards selling insurance rather than investing is Northwestern Mutual. My major concerns are environment (as friendly and relaxed as possible), support/training, opportunity for advancement, career-outlook, compensation, etc. Thank you for any and all advice.

Morgan Stanley is probably your best best.

2007-06-29 08:46:06 by Mr. S

I'm just out of college, and currently looking strongly into a career as a Financial Advisor. Ideally I'm looking for a non-cut-throat environment where the culture is honest and focused on helping clients as much as themselves...Having said that, this is a sales career where hard work and high pay go hand in hand, and there is a lot of competition. Naturally, each company I look at is claiming to be 'the best' for starting such a career, but it seems you probably won't know the truth until you're actually working for one of them. To sum up, I was wondering what specific companies people may have had experience with...bigger names out there include Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley, etc. One company that seems to be geared more towards selling insurance rather than investing is Northwestern Mutual. My major concerns are environment (as friendly and relaxed as possible), support/training, opportunity for advancement, career-outlook, compensation, etc. Thank you for any and all advice.

i am also looking for this career.. wat qualifications do u need???

2007-06-28 23:41:30 by Mr. S