Guest post: Easy animation can boost your financial blog’s appeal
Animation and financial blogging don’t go together. Or so I assumed until I saw investment performance expert David Spaulding’s “An animated debate on geometric vs. arithmetic attribution.” In this guest post, Dave discusses his experience using GoAnimate.com to produce his first animated video. The enthusiastic response by his readers shows this kind of innovation can […]
What’s your favorite online resource for grammar, punctuation, and word usage questions?
Grammar, punctuation, and word usage questions come up every day–even for someone like me who prides herself on being a good writer. We can all benefit from online resources that help us figure out answers to our writing challenges. My three favorites: GrammarGirl, OWL, and Google I often Google my writing questions. But sometimes Google’s […]
SEO: What’s right for your financial blog?
SEO–search engine optimization–can help prospects for your investment or wealth management firm find your blog. That’s good. But taken to an extreme, SEO can sabotage your business development. This is what Claire Cain Miller’s “Web Words That Lure the Readers” in The New York Times (Feb. 11, 2011) made me ponder. SEO that goes too […]
Guest post on emerging markets: What about China?
Emerging Markets for Dummies author Annie Logue discusses China in her guest post. I’m happy to welcome Annie’s second guest post for this blog. Her first was “Talking to clients about social investing.” She’s also giving away one copy of her book to one reader with an address in the U.S. who comments on her […]
Where’s the typo?
Can you find the typo in the following paragraph? If no one finds it, I’ll post the answer next week. A strong fourth-quarter rally capped an impressive 2010 for U.S. stocks. The Morningstar US Market Index returned 16.8% in 2010, largely due to an 11.5% gain in the fourth quarter. A second round of quantitative […]