Kelley Wright
Kelley Wright is the Managing Editor of Investment Quality Trends, one of the longest-running investment newsletters today. He had been entrusted with the 40-year legacy established by Geraldine Weiss that has made Investment Quality Trends the source for enlightened investing in high-quality dividend paying stocks. Wright is a blue chip dividend expert who has been a private money manager since 1989. In 1990, he left the retail side of the industry for private portfolio management, eventually serving as Chief Investment Officer to three investment management firms. He is also the author of Dividends Still Don't Lie.
Kelley Wright Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Managing Editor
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Stock Broker
Academic History
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B.A., Business Administration
Wright is Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of IQ Trends Private Asset Management and Managing Editor of the Investment Quality Trends newsletter.
In 2002, he was handpicked by the legendary Geraldine Weiss to succeed as Managing Editor of the newsletter she started in 1966.
Today, IQ Trends has consistently been rated among the top investment advisory newsletters focusing on long-term portfolio return.
INVESTING APPROACH
Wright's interest in stock picking was kindled by his grandfather, a small business owner who had grown up during the Depression era.
While heavily influenced by Benjamin Graham, he was also drawn to the technical work of Fibonacci, Gann and Elliott.
He was also schooled in the principles of Modern Portfolio Theory and portfolio structure.
He also studied the great traders and investors, such as Jesse Livermore, Warren Buffett and George Soros.
He entered the financial services industry in 1984 as a stock broker, first with a private investment boutique in La Jolla and later with Dean Witter Reynolds.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Wright's commentaries have been published in Barron's, Forbes, BusinessWeek, Dow Jones MarketWatch, The Economist, and many other business and financial periodicals.
He is an active speaker at trade shows and investment conferences, and is a frequent guest and contributor to radio and CNBC.