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gelfand
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Getting a job writing financial commentary

April 8th, 2016, 2:45 pm

There are people who get paid to write financial commentary. Often the commentary is plausiblebut not very empirical -- no backtest is shown justifying the advice to do X when Y happens.Here is an example: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/i ... 9&vid=9152 .I wonder how you get such a job. Does getting the Chartered Market Technician designation help?The author of the linked article has it.
 
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Getting a job writing financial commentary

April 10th, 2016, 11:04 pm

There's an old joke about how easy that is to do. You just write down i) the news of the day, ii) what the market did, and then connect them with either "because of" or "in spite of".Then, you spend the rest of the day at the beach. :-)
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Hansi
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Getting a job writing financial commentary

April 11th, 2016, 7:57 am

Best one I've seen: "Markets are up on higher prices"
 
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Getting a job writing financial commentary

April 11th, 2016, 1:36 pm

There is no specific designation to this job I think .I used to work for a strategist running simulations for her. She still appears in lots of news channels giving such commentary in videos.