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 […]
New publishing opportunity for investment professionals
Investment professionals, mark April 1 in your calendar if you’re interested in expanding your professional publications. April 1 is the deadline for submissions for potential publication in the September 2011 issue of the New York Society of Security Analysts’ new online peer-reviewed journal. The society says it is “particularly interested in articles on financial regulation […]
How asset management giant BlackRock is tackling social media
BlackRock is jumping into social media, as you’ll see in this video, which I discovered on Adam Verchinski’s Everyday Tenacity blog. You can read Adam’s post about the presentation and also see BlackRock’s PowerPoint slides on his blog. Adam is on Twitter as @EverydTenacity. Nice job, Adam! BlackRock: The Power of Social, presented by Jonathan […]
“Smart people”: A good ad by Bessemer Trust
“You” is one of the most powerful words in the English language. You’re much more likely to read a sentence that addresses “you” than one that starts with “we.” But sometimes alternatives work, as in a recent ad by Bessemer Trust, which uses “smart people” instead of “you.” Do you think of yourself as one […]
Your email subject lines make a world of difference
A simple subject line can make or break the open rate for your emails. Would you click on an email with the following subject line? Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?Conference=20Planning=20Survey?= I’m probably not alone in my instinct to trash this email. I figured it was probably the work of an unsophisticated spammer. Looking at the snippet of email […]