Biography
The late Robert J. Martorana, CFA, worked on the buy-side as a stock analyst, portfolio manager, research director, financial advisor, and editor of a hedge-fund website. In 2009, he founded Right Blend Investing, a fee-based RIA that managed individual portfolios and did consulting for the asset management industry. RBI has one unique claim to fame in that it supported an orphanage in Andhra Pradesh, India. Martorana published over 1,000 pages of contract research and co-authored Alts Democratized by Wiley Finance.
We all have biases and blind spots, and it helps to listen to people who see things differently.
Now more than ever we need to read the news with a clear eye about our emotions and biases.
Too often advisers fail to explain investment topics in simple, no-nonsense language. This series seeks to address that.
How should you approach financial news? Robert J. Martorana, CFA, shares his advice.
How often do you say, “I read it somewhere”?
Sometimes old narratives cast a long shadow and obscure more than they reveal.
Consensus expectations are a logical starting point for putting any financial news into its proper context.
How is financial news like a crying baby? Robert J. Martorana, CFA, explains.
Good things do not happen naturally when you throw investors together on a panel. Is there a way to make panel discussions more interesting and insightful? Robert J. Martorana, CFA, shares his perspective.
Reading obscure financial information may look and feel like productive work, but most of this content has little chance of leading to better results, says Robert Martorana, CFA. So portfolio managers must learn to read fast and quickly detect nonsense.