Francis G. Bitterly CFP®
Author, student of comparative religions, Christian mystic and contemplative.
Francis G. Bitterly, CFP®, leads a wealth management team based in Red Bank, New Jersey as a Managing Director, Wealth Advisor, Sr. Portfolio Management Director, and Certified Financial Planner®.
Since graduating from Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1985 with a B.S. in Business Management, Fran has spent the past 38 years helping his clients make wise and informed decisions about their money to enable them to achieve what is most important to them.
He has been recognized ten times by Barron’s Magazine as one of the nation’s top financial advisors and listed as America’s Best-in-State Wealth Advisors by Forbes Magazine.
2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State-by-State (formerly referred to as Barron’s Top 1,000 Financial Advisors: State-by-State)
Source: Barrons.com (Awarded 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022). Data compiled by Barron’s based on 12-month period concluding in Sept of the year prior to the issuance of the award.
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
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“As the drop relinquishes its mortal sense of self and yields to its intrinsic nature— that of the ocean itself—the very nature of the ocean is revealed. Tremendous relief comes flooding in as we admit to ourselves that the ego, with all of its opinionated positionality based on an inherited sense of separateness, is actually not only the cause of our stress and woe, but also the root of all obsessive thinking and desire.”
-The Yoga Of True Wealth, Francis Bitterly
Yoga of True Wealth
Wisdom from a Heart on Wall St
Presented With sincerity, honesty and heart, this is a touching true story replete with the deepest wisdom and most poignant truths. The fact that these golden threads are interwoven in the tapestry of human life unfolding makes it all the more medicine for the soul.
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The Yoga of True Wealth is No Big Kept Secret Robyn Stratton-Berkessel November 21, 2017
The Yoga of True Wealth is No Big Kept Secret – Episode Introduction My guest is Francis Bitterly. Fran leads a wealth management team as a Managing Director, Wealth Advisor, Sr. Portfolio Management Director, and Certified Financial Planner®. He is in based in Red...
The Yoga of True Wealth defined
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