Parsippany, NJ (MMD Newswire) February 10, 2009 -- MACRO Consulting Group, a prestigious financial planning firm located in Parsippany, NJ, has announced that company Senior Partner, Mark Cortazzo CFP®, has been named to the Barron's annual ranking of America's Top Financial Advisors. In this state-by-state ranking, Mr. Cortazzo was chosen as one of only 4 Independent Advisors in the state of New Jersey. Barron's newly acquired research organization, Winner's Circle, produces the rankings based on advisers' assets under management, quality of service to clients, adherence to high standards of industry regulatory compliance and leadership in "best practices" of wealth management.

MACRO Consulting Group is an independent, privately owned financial planning firm established in 1992. They are a client-focused firm that combines experience, knowledge and dedication to provide clients with superior service and expert advice. Along with the top-notch financial research and development team that Cortazzo has cultivated, he develops proprietary strategies in-house, which have proven consistently successful even in these challenging market conditions. Cortazzo and his professional staff are dedicated to the development of customized estate, tax and retirement plans for their clients based on their unique financial situations and individual needs.

"I am truly honored to have been included in this list of professionals", says Cortazzo. "The responsibility that we are charged with as advisors is to be the expert, to anticipate client concerns and address them proactively. We need to understand our current market, diligently explore historical performance and anticipate, to the degree that we are able, future opportunity with the goal of long-term financial health for our clients. This is a challenge that excites me everyday."

According to the Barron's article, the advisors included in the ranking "are facing the challenge of their lifetimes. Chances are, they will prove more successful than the other 84,000 advisors at big Wall Street firms and banks".

MACRO Consulting Group's staff collectively holds 4 CFP designations, 3 MBA degrees and a CPA license. MACRO is a full-service financial planning firm which specializes in retirement and estate planning for a high-net worth clientele who are at or nearing retirement. In addition, MACRO Consulting Group engages in specialty planning for clients with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

About Barron's
Barron's (www.barrons.com) is America's premier financial magazine, renowned for its market-moving stories. Published by Dow Jones & Company since 1921, it reaches an influential audience of senior corporate decision makers, institutional investors, individual investors and financial professionals. With new content available every week in print and every business day online, Barron's provides readers with a comprehensive review of the market's recent activity, coupled with in-depth, sophisticated reports on what's likely to happen in the market in the days and weeks to come. As a result, Barron's is the financial information source these powerful people rely on for market information, ideas and insights they can use to increase their professional success and enhance their personal, financial well-being.

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