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Desmond Tavera
Financial Advisor, Senior Portfolio Advisor
NMLS #1988275
449 Route 146
Clifton Park NY 12065
(518) 383.8995
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As your Merrill advisor, the focus in working with you is to connect all aspects of your financial life to help you prioritize and pursue the goals that matter most to you.
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The value of an advisory team extends well beyond “dollars and cents.” It’s best measured over time, by the delivery of highly professional, proactive and purposed wealth management. We bring simplicity to our clients' complex financial lives, allowing them to focus on what matters most.

We provide our clients with the following services:

• Wealth Planning, which helps give them outcomes to what matters most in their lives.

• Investment Advisory Services, providing access to the best of breed investment strategies, helping achieve their various financial/retirement goals. All client portfolios are customize based on their unique objectives and investment preferences.

• Banking Services, adding simplicity and convenience their lives by integrating their wealth management and banking relationships. This includes asset-based lines of credit, real estate lending, checking and savings accounts, etc.

• A component of your Advisory Team, working with your accountant and/or attorney to help ensure your financial strategy is in-line with your unique goals and strategies.

*A Senior Portfolio Advisor can help clients pursue their objectives by managing on a discretionary basis custom investment strategies, selecting from a wide range of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management model portfolios and third-party investment strategies.

*Banking and Lending Services are through Bank of America, N.A.

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.

About Me
Philosophy

Communication is instrumental to managing life's challenges. That's why I work to engage you and your family in the financial decision-making process. Communicating openly with family members on the sometimes-difficult subject of wealth can be a challenge. I can help facilitate these discussions and offer personalized financial strategies designed to educate the younger generation about how assets may be invested.

Additional Resources
The following specialists do not make securities recommendations. Please contact your Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisor if you have questions about how a specialist might be able to assist you.
Russell Du Pont
Wealth Management Banking Specialist
Merrill
Timothy Thomas
Wealth Management Lending Officer
Bank of America, N.A.
NMLS #480782
Vic Diune
Wealth Strategist
Merrill
About Merrill

Bringing fresh perspectives to your financial life
The financial decisions you make today can help determine the future you build for yourself and your family. Carving a clear path forward starts with connecting your life and finances. A Merrill advisor provides access to the investing insights of Merrill and banking capabilities of Bank of America to help you make informed decisions as you pursue your goals.

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Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™, CRPC™, and the CRPC™ logo are certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.
Desmond Tavera is registered to do business in AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI.