Gerard Dougherty
Gerard Dougherty - Retirement Planning Advisor
A Boston, Massachusetts financial advisor, radio host, and writer, Gerard “Gerry” Dougherty is a financial advisor with more than three decades of experience. After helping clients for over 20 years, Gerard Dougherty launched a firm in 2012 that focused specifically on helping retirees with their financial planning goals.The Great Recession of 2008 inspired Mr. Dougherty to shift gears in the direction of his career. Before 2008, Mr. Dougherty had developed a keen understanding of how products and customers were misaligned and how consumer interests often conflicted with industry revenue objectives.All this experience and knowledge intersected with the 2008 market crash. While everyone suffered financially, Mr. Dougherty witnessed first-hand the impact of the recession on those in retirement and preparing to retire. Many of these people who had worked for years lost a considerable amount of their retirement savings.Out of this experience, Gerry Dougherty launched Boston Independence Group, a firm in Massachusetts that focuses on helping retirees manage their income and savings. In addition to his work as a financial advisor, his other projects include hosting a radio program and writing retirement-saving-related articles for kiplinger.com’s Wealth Creation section. Mr. Dougherty has also written a book, Uncomplicated Money, a retirement planning guide on Amazon.
