Morgan Hood, First Vice President and Senior Resident Director of the Merrill office in Huntington, has been a financial advisor with Merrill since 1999. Utilizing a highly personalized planning and holistic approach, Morgan brings his affluent clientele a goals-based wealth management strategy. He offers a single point of contact, thoughtful advice and disciplined guidance to address your financial services requirements.

His practice is focused on providing wealth management advice to individuals, families and organizations. He guides his clients in the development of appropriate asset allocation strategies for their financial assets, and helps identify and implement the wealth management plan that best fits their needs. His goal is to be an "essential resource" to his clients, as they achieve their financial, investment, and wealth management goals. His motivation is simple; to help his clients meet their long term hopes and dreams for themselves and their families.

Working together and maintaining relationships with your attorneys, accountants and other key professionals helps us to clarify the various aspects of your wealth management strategy. He can also access Merrill specialists as needed, in such areas as managed solutions, investment banking, insurance, and estate and trust and retirement planning services, to gain their insight on your behalf.

Morgan’s clients have included: families, individuals, business owners, corporations, non-profit organizations, trusts and estates. He graduated from Marshall University, earning both a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in Finance. Morgan and his wife, Ellie have 3 children, Jeffrey, Matthew and Julie. They reside in Huntington, West Virginia where they have been active in the community for many years.



*Asset allocation, diversification and rebalancing do not ensure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.