Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Kayla Missman specializes in making complicated topics more approachable. She has eight years of experience in journalism, editing and marketing, allowing her to dive into interesting topics and ...

Why is Gen Z embracing portfolio careers? For decades, the default vision of a “career” looked a lot like a straight line: graduate, land a full-time job, climb the ladder, retire. But today’s young ...

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I first came across Rachel Nelken through her 2013 article in the professional section of the U.K. Guardian newspaper, when I was searching for examples of portfolio workers. She had given up on being ...