Ellen Uzelac

About the Author

Ellen Uzelac

Ellen Uzelac is a freelance writer and Research contributing editor based in Chestertown, Md.; the former West Coast bureau chief and national correspondent for The Baltimore Sun can be reached at ellenuzelac@msn.com.

  • Guy Kawasaki on `Enchantment’

    By Ellen Uzelac  |  April 25, 2012

    In his book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions, bestselling business guru Guy Kawasaki says that if you want to get people on your side, you have to enchant them.

  • Pursuing Simplicity

    By Ellen Uzelac  |  March 26, 2012

    The financial advisor’s job has never been more complex. But in a departure from traditional thinking, business development leaders are urging advisors to do something that seems almost counterintuitive: Keep it simple.

  • Complexity Theorist

    By Ellen Uzelac  |  March 26, 2012

    For years, atmospheric sciences professor Tim Garrett has been intensely curious — as many are — about what actually drives financial wealth.

  • How to Advise the Entrepreneur

    By Ellen Uzelac  |  February 24, 2012

    Entrepreneurs are a tricky bunch. Notorious risk takers, they are passionate, time-stretched and sometimes self-reliant to a fault.

  • Advising Across Borders

    By Ellen Uzelac  |  February 1, 2012

    Serving internationally mobile clients is a growth business for advisors savvy about the ways of the world.

  • Unconventional Methods

    By Ellen Uzelac  |  February 1, 2012

    What does terrorism possibly have to do with the future of investment management?

  • Health Care Is the New Wealth Care

    By Ellen Uzelac  |  December 26, 2011

    WITH THE OLDEST BABY BOOMERS turning 66 this year, many are worried sick about the rising cost of health care. And no wonder. Health care expenses in retirement can run hundreds of thousands of dollars — not exactly pocket change.

  • 2011 Advisor Hall of Fame

    By Ellen Uzelac  |  November 23, 2011

    Welcome to Research Magazine's Advisor Hall of Fame, now in its 21st year. This eagerly anticipated annual feature has become a benchmark of excellence in our industry and an example to all of the rewards that result from effort and integrity.

  • The Great Retirement Rethink

    By Ellen Uzelac  |  October 26, 2011

    Retirement was once such a tidy thing. You worked, you saved, you retired. Not anymore. As an affluent investor in a new study by Hearts & Wallets puts it: “I don’t think retirement is the buzzword it once was. ‘Okay, yeah right, retirement. Okay, yeah right, I’ll win the lottery.’...

  • Where’s Your Compensation Heading?

    By Ellen Uzelac  |  September 29, 2011

    Most financial advisors expect to see a spike in revenue in 2011 but continuing market volatility and a growing unease over Washington have put a chill on any unfettered enthusiasm.

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