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Dr. Fred Rouse

Dr. Fred Rouse is a 40-year financial services veteran, the last 28 years as a Certified Financial Planner before retiring. A National multiple Award winning, International Best-Selling Author having co-authored with Jack Canfield of “Chicken Soup for the Soul” fame and International businessman and speaker Brian Tracey “Cracking the Code to Success” and Dick Vitale  "Dickie V", an American basketball sportscaster "Never Give Up." And he’s the author of the upcoming book “The Time Is Now: Faster Financial Independence Without Risking a Dollar In The Stock Market”.

He is the nation’s leading authority on Short Window Retirement Planning. This proprietary Cash-Machine System was developed, designed, tested, and re-tested over 10 years for the unique needs of people wanting Faster Financial Independence and the option to enjoy their retirement in the next 3-5 years without risking a dollar in the stock market.

He has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, FORBES, Newsweek, USA Today, and Inc. Magazine as well as other print media across the country.

His work has also been seen on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX News, CNBC, MSNBC, and other TV and cable networks.

He splits his time between his home in Pennsylvania and his bay front property in Rehoboth Beach Delaware with his Wife Dr. Teri and their dog Gus-Gus while working with a select number of Students while he runs his small Short Window Retirement Planning program helping others to control their life and money for faster financial independence giving them the option to enjoy their retirement sooner without needing to “work” for the money.


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Dr. Rouse is a member of the National Academy of Best-Selling Authors and has received multiple Quilly Awards for his literary works.  #1 international best-selling and award-winning author, Dr. Fred's books include:



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Dr. Rouse is an Executive Producer with Abundance Studios that produced the film "HERO"

Rooted in Joseph Campbell's ‘Hero’s Journey,’ this film challenges the notion that heroes possess superhuman abilities, emphasizing that everyone can be the hero of their own story by unlocking their innate potential.

The film features interviews with:

Remi Adeleke-Former Navy Seal turned Hollywood actor/director

Mandy Harvey-an American jazz and pop singer and songwriter. Profoundly deaf, she was a contestant on America's Got and received the Golden Buzzer

Dominick Cruz- is an American professional mixed martial artist, sports analyst and commentator and a 2x UFC Champion

Laura Penhaul- a double world record holder, having led the first all-female crew to row the Pacific Ocean, from America to Australia.

HERO offers practical insights, tips, and a blueprint for personal transformation. Explore how to script, narrate, and produce the heroic life you envision, drawing wisdom from experts in personal development, motivation, and future-self science.

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When people can't Control you,
they try to control how people View you.

The CFP Board Debacle

The smear...  after 4 decades in financial services, the last 28 as a Certified Financial Planner

Fred D. Rouse III (Dresher, Pennsylvania): In September 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order permanently barring Mr. Rouse from applying for or obtaining the CFP® certification marks. This sanction followed Mr. Rouse’s relinquishment of his certification and failure to file an Answer to CFP Board’s Complaint within the required time frame. CFP Board alleged that Mr. Rouse made misleading statements, such as claiming that individuals could be “100% certain” to have all the money they needed to retire in “Just 3-5 Years,” on his website and in a YouTube video created to advertise his retirement planning program. CFP Board further alleged that the YouTube video, which targeted individuals in their fifties and sixties with underfunded retirement savings, was misleading because it appeared to be a news broadcast although it was, in fact, a paid advertisement. Mr. Rouse also failed to provide information requested by CFP Board in connection with its investigation. CFP Board’s Complaint alleged that Mr. Rouse violated: (i) Standard A.2.b.ii. of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct by making misleading statements in the conduct of professional services; and (ii) Standard E.5 of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct by failing to cooperate with CFP Board’s investigation. Mr. Rouse failed to file an Answer to CFP Board’s Complaint within 30 calendar days of the date of service, as required by Article 3.2 of the Procedural Rules. Under Article 4.1.b. of the Procedural Rules, Mr. Rouse has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Permanent Bar. Mr. Rouse’s administrative permanent bar was effective as of October 20, 2022.

The Actual Facts

Why the bad press from the CFP Board 6 months AFTER he retired, and by their own admission, had already relinquished the credential, from re-applying for the credential that he already told them he didn't want anymore?

WHY they would make up unsubstantiated charges and go after him AFTER he retired the credential? Where's the proof of their statements?

He has acted as an educator and bestselling author for the last 15 years before he told them he didn't want to play their game anymore. In that period, he never provided any "financial services" as they define in the code they reference. 

They NEVER show that he performed any of those services. Just their unsubstantiated allegation trying to protect their massive financial services industry.

They didn't like a marketing video he posted.

They NEVER questioned the returns that he and his students were and are getting, or the posted trading results. DrRouseNow.com/trades

It's because they don't want to draw any attention to the fact that you CAN get these returns WITHOUT THEM when you know how!

They don't want you to know about the 30 year lie of traditional financial planning and how it almost guarantees that you’ll need to work into your 80s and severely cut back your lifestyle just to survive.

Or how inflation, rising taxes, health care costs, and stock market crashes that happen every 7-10 years, will destroy the dismal returns that financial planners can get you, leaving you looking for work when employment prospects, your age and health are most compromised.

They don't want you to know you don't have to settle for 10-12% returns on mutual funds or the hidden 4% return on annuities as they pocket those commissions and management fees that you constantly pay them.

They don't want you to know how easy it is, to get a substantially better return in less time with less money, and less risk while your money is under YOUR control.

Dr. Rouse has been fighting the Greedy Money Insiders for years. Showing his normal everyday Students that work for a living, HOW to get the cash flow they need to enjoy their retirement sooner. See what his Students and other have said at: https://DrRouseNow.com/comments



The "shocking" video they don't like.