If you MUST use "secular" in your investment commentary…
…please follow The Wall Street Journal‘s example. Define secular the first time you use it. Here’s how Mark Gangloff did it in “TALF and Ilk Won’t Cure Economic Ills” in The Wall Street Journal: “Instead, credit has dried up this time because of the more secular—meaning structural or long-lasting—phenomenon of a debt bubble.” Secular is […]
Harvard Management’s Mendillo grapples with challenging environment
Even Jane Mendillo admits she had awful timing in becoming president and CEO of Harvard Management Company (HMC) on July 1, 2008. As she said in her presentation on “Endowment Management in a Changing World” to the Boston Security Analysts Society on March 25, she assumed her post * Two days before commodity prices peaked […]
MFS Investment Management is using LinkedIn to circulate commentary
MFS Investment Management has set up a LinkedIn group called MFS Investment Commentary. Its purpose? According to the group profile, it is “A group for financial advisors and investment industry professionals interested in getting updates on MFS’s outlook on financial markets around the world. James Swanson’s Chief Investment Strategist corner, the Week in Review, and […]
A financial advisor’s "Cure for Money Madness"
People are too obsessed with money and need to get over their irrational beliefs about it, so they can focus on living their lives. That seemed to be the main point of Spencer Sherman’s March 19 talk to the Wharton Club of Boston. Sherman is the author of The Cure for Money Madness. Sometimes it […]
Recruiter Ted Chaloner on job interviews that get results
Think of your job interview as a sales call, said recruiter Ted Chaloner, president of Chaloner Associates, a Boston-based executive search firm specializing in communications, in his March 11 presentation to Boston’s Marketing Professionals Network. You should present the features and benefits of your product–yourself–and demonstrate their value to the buyer. So don’t meander in […]