Aired 06/06/09
Jane Bryant Quinn is a contributing editor for Newsweek, where she writes a monthly column. She also writes a bimonthly column for Bloomberg.com.
Her twice-weekly, syndicated Washington Post Writers Group column, “Staying Ahead”, ran for 27 years in over 250 newspapers and is considered one of the most successful newspaper columns. Quinn was co-founder, editor and general manager of McGraw-Hill's "Personal Finance Letter." She was a reporter, then a co-editor of the consumer publication, "The Insider's Newsletter," formerly published by Look magazine. For ten years, she worked for CBS News, first on "The CBS Morning News", then on "The Evening News with Dan Rather." She has been a regular on ABC's "The Home Show" as well as a guest on "Good Morning America, "Nightline" and many other programs.
She has also written personal finance columns for Woman's Day and Good Housekeeping. She hosted the PBS program on personal finance, "Take Charge" and co-hosted an investment series "Beyond Wall Street", also on PBS.
She helped develop the top-selling software program "Quicken Financial Planner", a personalized guide to saving and investing for college and retirement.
She has served on the boards of the Harvard School of Public Health, the Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and her alma mater, Middlebury College. She is currently a director of Bloomberg L.P., the financial services company, and of GSE Systems, Inc. The World Almanac named her one of the 25 most influential and powerful women in America.
Podcast Summary
Hosted by Ron DeLegge
It is the only weekly program dedicated to the key market indexes and the financial products that track them.
Ron DeLegge is the weekly voice of the Index Investing Radio Show. He's
been quoted and contributed to financial news articles published by the
Associated Press, Business Week, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal.
In addition, Ron serves as the Publisher and Editor of ETFguide.com, a
popular destination for information on exchange traded funds or ETFs. He
is also a contributing writer to a monthly column on ETFs for Research
Magazine (ResearchXtra.com), an industry trade journal for financial
advisors.
He believes the formula for beating Wall Street starts with trusting the
indexes, not the money managers that try to beat them and fail.
