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Donald Cassidy

Areas of Expertise: stocks, investor psychology

Books: “It’s When You SELL that Counts!,“ Trading on Volume Plugging Into Utilities" and 30 Strategies for High-Profit investment Success“

Topics Presented in Speeches: “It’s When You SELL that Counts!,“ “How to Invest for Income WITHOUT Losing your Capital,“ “Selling Covered Calls to Increase Income,“ “Using Behavioral Finance to Improve Your Investing Results“ and “Using Trading Volume as a Technical Timing Indicator“

Biography:
Don Cassidy was the author of five books for individual investors. He retired after 16 years with fund-tracker Lipper, where he followed money flows and closed-end funds and was the primary media spokesperson. He founded and headed the Retirement Investing Institute, a foundation that educates investors. He was the program chair of the AAII Denver chapter. His main approach to investing was using behavioral finance as a key to understanding market moves and cycles.

author Image Donald Cassidy was senior research analyst for Lipper Inc., a Reuters Co., from 1990 to 2006. He founded the Retirement Investing Institute, a nonprofit educational foundation, and authored five books on personal investing, including “It’s When You Sell That Counts” (now in its third edition).