NOV. newsletter: Keep your investment commentary fresh!

How do you keep your investment commentary fresh?

Having wrapped up another quarter’s investment commentary, you might be wondering how you can keep your commentary interesting, quarter after quarter. This is especially tough for long-term investors who don’t chase the latest trends.

In my blog post, “Investment commentary – How do you keep it fresh?” I share two techniques:

1. Express an opinion.
2. Highlight what’s new in an old theme.

Read more at “Investment commentary – How do you keep it fresh?”

Prevent LinkedIn AI from using your content

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) harvests content from across the internet to make itself smarter. LinkedIn revealed earlier this fall that it is using your LinkedIn content to train its AI.

If you don’t want LinkedIn to do that, follow the instructions in “LinkedIn is using your data to train AI. Here’s how to turn it off.” from Mashable.

Memorialize a LinkedIn account

It’s a strange feeling when a LinkedIn search brings up the profile of a friend who has died. It’s even worse when that profile appears active, with no indication that the person is no longer living.

Did you know that it’s possible to close or “memorialize” the LinkedIn account of a dead person? A memorialized account includes a prominent label saying, “In remembrance.” You’ll find instructions at “Memorialize or close the account of a deceased member.”

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Help your memory

“The best activities for your memory are reading, visiting friends or relatives, going to the movies or restaurants, or walking and going on excursions. It is also cumulative: The more activities, the merrier you will be,” says Barbara Bradley Hagerty in Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife.

That’s a lovely prescription for better health.

Halloween pumpkins in Chatham, Mass.

I enjoyed a cute display of pumpkin figures in Chatham, Mass. It appears to be an annual event that starts in mid-October. Check it out if you’re nearby!

What my clients say about me

“Fast, effective, insightful. I can think of no better resource for superior financial writing.”

“Susan has an exceptional ability to tailor investment communications to the sophistication level of any audience. She has an uncanny ability to make very complex investment and/or economic topics accessible and understandable to anyone.”

“Susan’s particularly good at working through highly technical material very quickly. That’s very important in this business. A lot of people are good writers, but they have an extensive learning curve for something they’re unfamiliar with. Susan was able to jump very quickly into technical material.”

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