Fun with Strunk and White: Grammar rap video
This grammar rap video on Strunk and White’s Elements of Style cracked me up, so I’m sharing it with you. I discovered this on Grammar Girl’s website. Please note that Grammar Girl says you CAN split infinitives, despite what the video says. The Elements of Style from Jake Heller on Vimeo.
How to manage a group blog: Financial advisor edition
I imagine a group blog run by financial advisors would face several challenges in producing interesting, high quality blog posts on a regular schedule. These include the following: Coming up with mutually agreeable topics for blog posts Setting a schedule for publishing blog posts Getting posts written, edited, and approved I have ideas about how […]
Guest bloggers: 2011 in review
I’m thankful for the knowledgeable and talented professionals who have contributed guest posts to my blog this year. Here’s a list of guest posts sorted by topic, including client communications, marketing, social media, and writing. Client communications Math and the Gender Gap: Does it affect financial planning? by Laura Laing Why use a mind map […]
If a “nobody” wrote Jeremy Grantham’s quarterly letter…
Jeremy Grantham of GMO is a thinker whose words command attention. Financial professionals will read his quarterly investment letters regardless of how well they’re written. But if an unknown strategist delivered the same content, she or he would not benefit from the same indulgence. In fact, few people might have advanced beyond the initial paragraph […]
Tweets from Jack Malvey’s Boston Security Analysts Society talk
BNY Mellon’s Jack Malvey spoke about the Search for Global Relative Value During the Great Transition Age, 2009-2025, to the Boston Security Analysts Society yesterday. I tweeted some of the bits that interested me the most. I was especially interested to learn that he holds no bonds in his personal portfolio. If YOU attended the […]