Fee-Only & Fiduciary Personal Financial Advisor

Wharton Wealth Planning was founded to follow the strategies and principles that firms providing financial advice should follow but often can't follow because they employ internal policies that pose potential conflicts of interest.

Fee-Only & Fiduciary Personal Financial Advisor

Wharton Wealth Planning was founded to follow the strategies and principles that firms providing financial advice should follow but often can't follow because they employ internal policies that pose potential conflicts of interest.

Independent Advisor

As an independent Registered Investment Advisor firm, we are not tied to any particular investment products or family of funds. We select the products we believe are best for your long-term financial well-being.

We use an independent third party to custody your assets for safety and security purposes. We have office locations in New York and Santa Fe (New Mexico).

Conflict-Free Recommendations

The way your financial advisor is compensated can make a significant difference in the recommendations they make for you. Unlike many other brokers and advisors, our advisors' compensation is not based on what products are used to implement your investments. We are not affiliated with any life insurance company, annuity product, bank, or brokerage house and can select our investments from any provider.

You receive unbiased recommendations.

Fiduciary Advisor

A fiduciary duty is the highest ethical and legal standard for financial advisors. As a Registered Investment Advisor firm, we are experienced fiduciary advisors and place our clients' best interests first. We are committed to our clients' financial goals and seek to build strong and long-lasting relationships with our clients.

When seeking investment and retirement planning strategies, it is important to bear in mind that not every firm providing financial advice is a fiduciary advisor. Brokers are typically held to a suitability standard and are not fiduciaries.

Fee-Only Advisor

We don’t make money on commissions or accept any type of third-party compensation for investment management products or services. All of our investment advice is exclusively designed to help maximize your portfolio. When our clients do better and grow, we do better and grow. Fee-only advisors are motivated to build a long-term relationship of trust with you and not to make sales to earn bonuses.

Only 2% of professionals in the U.S. that offer financial advice are fee-only advisors who follow a fiduciary standard, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

We have a simple and transparent fee structure with no hidden fees or agenda and no sales pressure. 

Virtual Financial Advisor

We can work with clients as a Virtual Financial Planner by using secure, on-line video conferencing technology and file sharing. Working with a Virtual Financial Advisor enables clients to meet with us when it is most convenient for them and minimizes travel time and paper waste. Digital financial planning also allows clients to select the best advisors for their specific needs and does not limit clients to working with someone based solely on shared geography. A hybrid approach also allows clients to work with us virtually for most or part of the time, while meeting face-to-face when desired. We can also work virtually on an hourly basis if that best suits the situation. We have office locations in New York and Santa Fe (N.M.) where we are always happy to meet to offer personalized financial planning.

Peace of Mind with an Integrated Approach

Approximately two-thirds of financial advisors are not CFP® professionals. Comprehensive financial planners focus on your entire financial plan. We leverage extensive professional experience, educational training, and relationships to help you achieve your unique goals and objectives.

At Wharton Wealth Planning, LLC, you will receive the attention of an experienced, credentialed professional who is both a CFP® and MBA. Our financial planners are CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioners. CFP® professionals have met extensive training and experience requirements and take a holistic, personalized approach to bringing all the pieces of a client's financial life together.

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioners have taken additional steps to demonstrate their professionalism by completing a rigorous certification process, meeting continuing education requirements for ongoing certification, and adopting the CFP® Board's Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct.

Fee-Only Advisor

We don’t make money on commissions or accept any type of third-party compensation for investment management products or services. All of our advice is designed and aligned to help maximize your personal finances and investments. When our clients do better and grow, we do better and grow. Fee-only advisors are motivated to build a long-term relationship of trust with you and not to make sales to earn bonuses.

Only 2% of professionals in the U.S. that offer financial advice are fee-only advisors who follow a fiduciary standard, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

No hidden fees or agenda and no sales pressure.

Virtual Financial Advisor

We can work with clients as a Virtual Financial Planner by using secure, on-line video conferencing technology and file sharing. Working with a Virtual Financial Advisor enables clients to meet with us when it is most convenient for them and minimizes travel time and paper waste. Digital financial planning also allows clients to select the best advisors for their specific needs and does not limit clients to working with someone based solely on shared geography. A hybrid approach also allows clients to work with us virtually for most or part of the time, while meeting face-to-face when desired. We can also work virtually on an hourly basis if that best suits the situation. We have office locations in New York City, Bergen County (N.J.), and Santa Fe (N.M.) where we are always happy to meet to offer personalized financial planning.

Peace of Mind with an Integrated Approach

Comprehensive financial planners focus on your entire financial plan. We leverage extensive professional experience, educational training, and relationships to help achieve clients' long-term objectives.

At Wharton Wealth Planning, LLC, you will receive the attention of an experienced, credentialed professional who is both a CFP® and MBA. Our financial planners are CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioners. CFP® professionals have met extensive training and experience requirements and take a holistic, personalized approach to bringing all the pieces of a client's financial life together.

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioners have taken additional steps to demonstrate their professionalism by completing a rigorous certification process, meeting continuing education requirements for ongoing certification, and adopting the CFP® Board's Code of Ethics.

Verified Client Testimonials

Marc B.

Highly recommend Wharton Wealth Planning. You are in the hands of a very experienced money manager, who is not cookie cutter in his approach, and takes a holistic view of our portfolio. He has guided us for many years through good and bad economic conditions. He considers all aspects of our short - and long-term goals and needs while keeping focus to reduce taxes and risks. We realized immediate benefit from the concentration in the portfolio relative to our previous money manager. He is very smart (MBA from Wharton) and is also a CFP, which gives him the knowledge to guide us in any personal financial situation. He listens, is easy to work with, and is very responsive.

Valerie W.

I have known David and his success in managing money for years. Not only is David incredibly smart and skilled at what he does but he also acts with the highest ethical standards and is kind and responsive. I have not hesitated to recommend David to my friends and to my elderly mother after my stepfather passed away last fall. David has been very patient spending time explaining everything to my mother and he has walked her through all phases of setting up her account. He also regularly updates her and is extremely responsive when she has any questions. Every time she talks to him she feels reassured and knows that her money is in the most capable hands.

Hal K.

I have been dealing with David Rosenstrock at Wharton Wealth for the last seven years as he manages my elderly mother's portfolio. Prior to finding Wharton Wealth, my mother's assets were with a large national firm that churned her account repeatedly and produced lots of bills but not much capital appreciation. Now my mother gets positive returns every year. Managing a senior's financial wellbeing can be dicey as they age because of risk tolerance, time horizon, and estate planning related issues. My mother has a trust and has always wanted to leave money for her three children as inheritance. I found Mr. Rosenstrock to be an excellent listener and very knowledgeable about market history and performance, as well as other retirement topics. On a personal note, what I like best is that he is extremely conscientious about returning calls and emails quickly. For me, that's a big deal and very convenient versus previous experiences I have had with other advisors.

Testimonials are not compensated and are the opinions of specific clients which are posted and verified by Google. Testimonials are based on the unique experiences of respective clients and may not be representative of all client experiences. Investing involves risk and the possible loss of principal and value fluctuation. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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