Has Meir Statman gone off his meds? Does the author of What Investors Really Want: Know What Drives Investor Behavior and Make Smarter Financial Decisions have no clue what investors really want? In a Dow Jones webinar of recent survey results, What Motivates Affluent Investors, Statman tried to make sense of the following data: Affluent [...]
By Zack Miller
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Posted in Uncategorized
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Also tagged broker, financial advisor, financial advisors, future of investing, industry news, interview, meir statman, money, new products, new rules, Wall Street Journal, wsj
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October 12, 2010 – 6:45 am
Something few people know about me: One of my first jobs upon graduating from college was as an analyst for Heidrick and Struggles, one of the premier executive search firms.
As a young, intellectually hungry econ grad, I did get a chance to work with some of the best (and worst) Fortune 500 companies to help [...]
Business Wire LA hosted a “Meet the Media” breakfast and panel discussion titled “How to Effectively Communicate Your Message” on Thursday, April 15. Local media members shared tips on effectively pitching news media and strategies for forming relationships with media and answered questions from the audience of LA area communicators. Noemi Pollack (far R), Founder [...]

By Amy Yen, Marketing Specialist, Business Wire
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Posted in Industry Blogs
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Also tagged Alberto Mendez, business wire, Business Wire Events, Eddie Chan, KCAL, KCBS, Kevin Davis, MarketWatch, Noemi Pollack, Pollack PR, Press Release Tips, public relations, Russ Britt, TheWrap.com, Thomson Reuters
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January 31, 2010 – 4:43 am
The WSJ reported that the CME Group appears to be the leading contender to purchase the News Corp. stock-index business. Acquired as part of News Corp.’s $5.2 billion purchase of Dow Jones in 2007, this is the same business that owns the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
The WSJ reports that talks stalled after Dow Jones asked [...]
January 5, 2010 – 8:03 am
2009 was a great year for firesales of independent research firms (Integrity Research)
We have probably witnessed the last glamorous buildings being built for the rest of our lives with the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (Can Turtles Fly?)
JP Morgan forecasts a 10.5% rebound in US display advertising in 2010 (TechCrunch)
It’s a bull market [...]
January 5, 2010 – 6:30 am
I believe the Dow Jones mouthpiece when they say that the executive changes announced yesterday weren’t motivated by cost cutting. Dow Jones chief, Les Hinton was quoted as saying:
This structure will provide the focus to make us faster and better than our rivals at identifying and meeting customer needs. This isn’t about personalities, and it’s [...]