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James Picerno is a financial journalist who has been writing about finance and investment theory for more than twenty years. He writes for trade magazines read by financial professionals and financial advisers. Over the years, he’s written for the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Bloomberg Markets, Mutual Funds, Modern Maturity, Investment Advisor, Reuters, and his popular finance blog, The CapitalSpectator.

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James Picerno's Blog

The Capital Spectator CapitalSpectator.com is a web-based financial/investment/economics publication that's edited, owned and otherwise managed by James Picerno. It covers investing, asset allocation, economics & the search for the bottom line.

CapitalSpectator.com was originally launched in 2003 on Blogger.com, which at the time was a little-known experiment in bringing Internet-based publishing to the masses. Along the way, CapitalSpectator.com has built a loyal following of sophisticated and affluent readers.

So, who am I? And why am I here? Let's start with a full confession: I'm a career journalist who's been crunching the numbers and reporting on the dismal science, business, money management and the like since the late-1980s. Otherwise, I lead a fairly unassuming life in the suburbs of New Jersey as a husband, father and the sometimes perplexed owner of three cats, one house and two cars in varying states of disrepair.

As a writer I've worked for Dow Jones, Bloomberg L.P., and some lesser-known media groups over the years. Most of my journalistic efforts since the early 1990s have focused on portfolio strategy issues, personal finance, economics, the financial-planning industry and philanthropy. Most of these articles have been published in three trade magazines: Investment Advisor, Wealth Manager and the now-defunct Dow Jones Asset Manager.

In late-2008, in a fit of entrepreneurial fever, I departed the "day job" and transformed into a full-time freelance editor/writer, consultant/analyst and all-around nice guy.
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James Picerno's Book

Dynamic Asset Allocation: Modern Portfolio Theory Updated for the Smart Investor Today’s modern portfolio theory is not your father’s MPT. It has undergone many changes in the past fifty years. Indeed, a new understanding of MPT has emerged, one that has a significant impact on managing asset allocation—especially in today’s turbulent markets. Dynamic Asset Allocation interprets and integrates the developments in modern portfolio theory: from the efficient-market hypothesis and indexing of decades past to strategies for building winning portfolios today. The book is filled with practical, hands-on advice for investors, including guidance on approaching investment as a risk-management task.
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  • Trading frequency: Infrequent
Interests:
  • Stocks - long