John Garretson

John Garretson

Managing Director

Phone: 908-276-9140

Fax: 908-276-9114
E-mail:


John is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Practitioner and has over 25 years in the investment advisory business.  He holds a B.S. from Michigan State University, 1980.  Working primarily with individual investors and pension plans of small business owners, John has been utilizing Point and Figure technical analysis since 1992.

John is a member of the National Financial Aid Practitioners Alliance and offers his College Financial Aid presentation at many area high schools and businesses.  John has counseled many clients to help them increase their college financial aid eligibility, to develop a strategy to pay for college expenses not covered by financial aid and to help protect the family assets for the future.

Garretson Financial can fulfill your insurance needs. John is licensed for Life, Health and Long Term Care in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Florida.

John makes his home in Cranford, and has three children.  His daughter is a junior at The College of New Jersey and his sons are students in the Cranford school system.