The Levitt test for financial risk disclosures
Do your risk disclosures pass the Levitt test? In “A Word to Wall Street: ‘Plain English,’ Please,” former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt sets a high standard for your communications about risk. Levitt says, “For the language of financial disclosure, we need to raise the standard from ‘potentially understandable’ to ‘impossible to be misunderstood.’ ” His […]
Reader question: How can I become a freelance financial writer?
Aspiring freelance financial writers seeking advice contact me occasionally. If you’re one of them, here’s some advice. “Freelance financial writer” is made up of three words, each of which contains clues to the freelance financial writer’s success. I discuss them below in order of importance. “Writer”: Polish your wordsmithing Do whatever you can to improve […]
Guest post: “Using Clause Analysis to Fix Your Complex Sentences”
If you can’t figure out why your written sentences are too long, then you’ll find a useful tool in this guest post by Joe Croscup. Joe was a wonderful assistant when I taught “How to Write Blog Posts People Will Read” last year. He is also an excellent freelance proofreader, with an eagle eye for […]
April 2013 presentations by Susan Weiner, CFA
New York Society of Security Analysts on April 28 I’m leading a workshop on “How to Write Investment Commentary People Will Read” for the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) on Thursday, April 28, 2013. The meeting runs from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. The program is for NYSSA members only. Pre-registration required. Professional […]
Poll: Want a weekly writing tip?
Would you like the option of receiving a weekly writing tip in your email in-box? Please answer the poll in the right-hand column of this blog. I won’t start this new e-communication unless there’s demand. There are other writing tips newsletters, but I’m not aware of any tailored to investment and wealth management topics. You […]