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Tom Lydon's Profile

Tom Lydon is proprietor of ETF Trends, a website with daily news and commentary about the fast-changing trends in the exchange traded fund (ETF) industry. Mr. Lydon is also president of Global Trends Investments, an investment advisory firm specializing in the creation of customized portfolios for high-net worth individuals. He has been involved in money management for more than 20 years. Mr. Lydon began his career with Fidelity Investments and was a founding member of Charles Schwab's Institutional Advisory Board. He serves on the Board of Directors for US Global Investors, Inc. and Rydex Investments, and is also on the Pacific Investment Management Co., LLC (PIMCO) Advisory Board for RIAs. Mr. Lydon is a regular contributor to major print, radio, and television media and is invited to speak to audiences at financial conferences around the world. Mr. Lydon’s the author of a new book iMoney: Profitable Exchange-Traded Fund Strategies for Every Investor.

Visit his site: ETF Trends (http://www.etftrends.com/)

Tom Lydon's Company

Global Trends Investments At Global Trends Investments, we understand there’s nothing quite as soothing as knowing that your family and finances are in good hands with a company you can trust. We invite you to rely on us to make the right decisions for you. Making sure you spend as much time with your loved ones as you would like—and none fretting over your investments—is our top priority.

We recognize that making money and protecting your assets in today’s stock market requires a different approach. That is why we implement a strict investment discipline that provides an exit strategy when markets turn south. Keeping an eye on the markets and developing trends is what we do all day, every day, for our clients.

By utilizing ETFs, our clients incur lower fees, get great diversification, know what is in their portfolio at any time and benefit from tax efficiencies.

When you are a client at Global Trends we:

* Work closely with you to assess your financial goals and discuss how we can help you reach those goals;
* Implement a disciplined investment strategy and monitor your investments daily;
* Provide quarterly performance reporting and year-end reporting for tax filing;
* Offer an open-door policy. We meet with clients over the phone, via email, in our office, or across the country.

If you’re tired of worrying about your retirement and portfolio, stop by our website for a more in-depth look at our company.
Visit http://www.globaltrend.com »
Company Contact Details
Phone Number:
949-794-0070
Email Address:
tlydon@globaltrend.com
Location:
CA; USA
Web URL:
http://www.globaltrend.com

Tom Lydon's Blog

ETF Trends ETF Trends: Informative, Insightful, Intelligent - In Time

The exponential proliferation of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) provides a wealth of opportunities for investors who understand their potential. They cover an enormous range of specific investing possibilities that carry diversified risk.

So many choices can help you create a portfolio that is tax efficient, low cost and easy to implement. But, so many choices also can create tremendous confusion for investors who know that ETFs are the new frontier for investing, but don’t know where to start, what to buy, and when to sell.

ETF Trends was born out of the abundant research performed by asset managers at Global Trends Investments. As professional money managers, we rely on ETFs to earn risk-appropriate returns for our clients. We know our research and findings can be of great benefit to both seasoned investors as well as those new to ETFs or investing.

With decades of experience in the financial services industry, we maintain ETF Trends to identify the advent and evolution of ETFs and their ability to serve as primary investing tools for individuals. ETF investing empowers investors to capture sectors, asset classes, and global regions to capitalize on the efficient marketplace while diversifying for risk.

ETF Trends’ news stories focus intently on educating investors regarding specific offerings, current market trends, sectors, economies, and sentiment about every ETF market we track for our clients. We hope you find this information insightful, intelligent and in time to help you make the most of ETF investing and ETF Trends.
Visit http://www.etftrends.com »

Tom Lydon's Book

iMoney: Profitable ETF Strategies for Every Investor ETFs are the hottest thing going right now for investors, and we’re living in volatile times. A college education isn’t always affordable. Your pension plan is gone. Your house is losing value. Your 401(k) isn’t putting up the numbers.

Who’s going to look out for you if you won’t?

If you let them work for you, ETFs are a simple and cost-effective way to build and protect your future.

Many investors have already realized this and have been buying ETFs for years now. As the ETF industry continues to grow, so does investor appetite for information. They want to know how ETFs work, how to invest and the answers to a million other questions they might never have thought to ask.

We’ve written this book to be of interest not only to newbie investors, but old hands, too. Maybe you know nothing about ETFs. Maybe you know something, and want to know more. Maybe you’re an ETF know-it-all. We hope that whoever you are, you will find something useful in this book.

Our book answers the most basic questions, such as “How do these work?” and we give a little history when we delve into where ETFs came from and we talk about where they’re going.

Most importantly, we offer simple strategies to make ETFs work best for you, wherever you are in life.
Visit http://www.etftrends.com/etf-101/etf-book/ »
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Snapshot
  • Financial advisor
  • Trading frequency: Weekly
Interests:
  • ETFs