The compliance-constrained financial advisor’s guide to using LinkedIn: Part I
“I’ll connect on LinkedIn if my clients ask me, but I don’t see the value of LinkedIn because my compliance officer won’t let me do anything.” If this is how you feel about LinkedIn, this article is for you. Even if you can’t post more than your name and company affiliation, you can benefit from […]
I’m quoted in "Using Social Media in Your Job Search: Look before you Tweet"
Usually I’m the interviewer, not the interviewee. So I felt more anxious than usual during the interview for “Using Social Media in Your Job Search: Look before you Tweet.” Luckily I was interviewed by a capable reporter. Writer Janet Aschkenasy’s article appears on the eFinancial Careers site. I know and like several of the writers […]
Technical analysis of stocks can boost the power of your fundamental research
You can use technical analysis in combination with your firm’s fundamental equity analysis to help decide when to buy or sell stocks. This is the message I took away from “Applying Technical Analysis to a Fundamental Investment Strategy,” a March 23 presentation to the Boston Security Analysts Society by David Keller, who oversees technical analysis […]
Question re: client portals–is there a way to capture your emails to clients?
It’s tough to separate investment communications from technology, especially given the strict retention guidelines of the SEC and FINRA. That’s why my ears pricked when an investment manager said that client portals can’t retain emails sent through them. I took that as a challenge. I discovered that at least one client portal, FamilyOfficeNetwork (FON), satisfies […]
Fidelity’s head of technical research addresses "Where will the stock market go from here?"
Will the bull market continue? Investment professionals are always curious. So naturally the question came up during a Q&A session with David Keller, who oversees technical analysis as a managing director of research for Fidelity Investments. The question followed Keller’s March 23 presentation to the Boston Security Analysts Society on “Applying Technical Analysis to a […]