Ray McGovern

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Ray is dedicated to working with clients to help them pursue their financial objectives. He focuses on team management and portfolio management. He offers estate planning services, portfolio and income management strategies and retirement income strategies. Through Bank of America, he can provide access to philanthropic services. Ray joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 1981 after graduating from West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, West Virginia, with a bachelor's degree in business management. In 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, he was named in Barron's annual ranking of the Top 1,000 Financial Advisors in the United States(Published annually in February. Rankings based on data as of September 30 of prior year), and in the Top 1,200 Financial Advisors in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019(Published annually in March. Rankings based on data as of September 30 of prior year). Ray lives in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, with his wife, Judy, and their three children, Katie, Abby and Emily. He is a board member of the White Wilson Community Foundation and a senior member of the Fort Walton Beach Kiwanis Club.


*Source: The Barron’s “Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State-by-State” list, published annually in Feb-March. Rankings based on data as of September 30 of prior year.  

The Barron’s “Top 1,200 Financial Advisors” ranking considered advisors with a minimum of seven years financial services experience and who have been employed at their current firm for at least one year. This is a list of the top advisors in each state, with the number of ranking spots determined by each state’s population and wealth. Other quantitative and qualitative measures include assets under management, revenues generated by advisors for their firms, and the quality of the advisors’ practices, regulatory records, internal company documents, and 100-plus points of data provided by the advisors themselves. Rankings and recognition from Barron’s are no guarantee of future investment success and do not ensure that a current or prospective client will experience a higher level of performance results, and such rankings should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor. Barron’s is a trademark of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Years prior to 2014, this Barron's list consisted of 1,000 advisors.
I follow the deep-seated Merrill tradition of participating in the communities we serve. This drives my interest in spending time volunteering with organizations in our community.