Max Isaacman is a writer and investment advisor in San Francisco. He wrote the groundbreaking first ETF book How to be an Index Investor (2000), the first Nasdaq Market book, The Nasdaq Investor (2001), and the factor-based book Investing with Intelligent ETFs (2008), all published by McGraw-Hill. He wrote Winning with ETF Strategies (Financial Times Press/Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Press, 2013). He was a columnist for the award-winning San Francisco Examiner, and wrote for Delta Airlines SKY magazine, Financial Technology News, American Association of Independent Investors Journal, the Emmy Award-winning Website Minyanville.com, and other print and digital outlets.
For about fifteen years, Isaacman was the institutional department manager at East/West Securities. Before that, at the investment banking and brokerage firm Cowen & Company, he co-built an office and was the managing partner. He also was a vice President at Lehman Brothers, a representative at Merrill Lynch, a vice president in the personal trust and investments department at the Bank of California, and other positions.
After about forty years of practicing yoga, he still does it, pretty much daily. And still is playing golf, feverishly trying to shoot a lower score. His email is [email protected]
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