Prolific author, columnist, and content marketing specialist, Gene has helped dozens of investment management firms enhance their brand and build their business.
He is a sought-after writer/editor of market commentary, economic reports, personal finance content, executive bios, white papers, and books. (See writing samples)
Gene is the bestselling author of more than two dozen books on business and investing, including seven-time bestseller, The 100 Best Stocks to Own in America. He has been a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and Investor’s Business Daily, and an investment columnist for a number of global, national, and regional business and consumer publications (including his hometown Minneapolis StarTrib). He has also helped several of his clients with book editing and ghostwriting services.
He recently spent nearly a decade as the Senior Finance Editor and Content Lead at Thrivent, a Fortune 500 investment firm, where he helped design, structure, and build out the content section of ThriventFunds.com for retail investors, and, two years later, a second site for advisors, fp.ThriventFunds.com. The content strategy, including a steady campaign of timely articles, videos, and podcasts, helped drive record fund sales each year, grew the email audience from zero to tens of thousands of investors and advisors, attracted industry recognition and national awards, and reached the highest email content readership rate (opening %) in its industry sector.
Gene also formerly served as Director of Executive Communications for RSM McGladrey.
He has been featured on more than 1,000 TV and radio shows, including multiple appearances on CNBC Power Lunch, and has lectured throughout the U.S., including Harvard and MIT. He is also a competitive amateur golfer who recently launched the website GolfCrossFit.com.
Gene has specialized in writing on the following topics (see samples):
Small cap, mid-cap, and large-cap stocks, fixed income investments, energy, technology, ESG, ETFs, fund manager profiles, cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantitative analysis, global investing, IRAs, 401(k)s, monthly market reports, quarterly market outlooks, college savings, active management, the Fed, jobs, and president’s letters to shareholders.
A sampling of books written or ghostwritten by Gene Walden:
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