Sherry Christie

About the Author

Sherry Christie

Sherry Christie is a Maine-based freelance writer who has long written about the financial services industry, with particular emphasis on the psychological aspects of the advisor-client relationship.

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  Second Thoughts: Making Better Decisions

  By Olivia Mellan, Sherry Christie  |  February 25, 2013

  When messages from a client's rational and emotional minds are contradictory, we need to arrive at a resolution that integrates them.

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  More Food for Thought: Your Brain Behavior Reading List

  By Olivia Mellan, Sherry Christie  |  January 21, 2013

  Check out more literature about brain behavior

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  Double Think: Winning the Battle Over Your Clients’ Two Brains

  By Olivia Mellan, Sherry Christie  |  January 21, 2013

  It’s impossible to read minds, but an understanding of how people’s brains work can help you better serve clients.

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  Investment Decisions: Men’s Brains Are From Mars, Women’s Are From Venus

  By Olivia Mellan, Sherry Christie  |  January 21, 2013

  Financial decision-making is also influenced by gender differences, according to psychology professor Paul Greenberg.

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  Nearing Retirement? Well, Practice Makes Perfect, Fahlund Advises at RIS

  By Sherry Christie  |  October 5, 2012

  Baby boomers in their 60s often feel it’s too late to make a difference in their future retirement security. But that may not be the case, according to Christine Fahlund of T. Rowe Price.

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  How to Stop Clients From Being Hijacked by Fear: Noonan

  By Sherry Christie  |  October 5, 2012

  In his talk, “Disengagement: Creating the Future You Fear,” Tim Noonan of Russell Investments observed that lack of engagement in retirement planning is leading people toward the very financial insecurity they dread.

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  Bucket Theory Helps Clients Sort Out Retirement Goals: Juliano, Birke at RIS

  By Sherry Christie  |  October 4, 2012

  Advisors at Retirement Income Symposium told they need to set themselves up as specialists.

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  Bogle Warns Boomers on Coming Retirement Train Wreck

  By Sherry Christie  |  October 4, 2012

  The near future “is not going to be a fun time for pensioners,” the Vanguard icon said at the Retirement Income Symposium.

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  Divorce + Recession + Retirement = Oh, My!

  By Olivia Mellan, Sherry Christie  |  September 25, 2012

  “Markets go up and markets go down” is the philosophical view of a financial advisor who participates in attorney Linda Gross’ “collaborative divorce” study group.

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  Why More Wives Are Calling It Quits

  By Olivia Mellan, Sherry Christie  |  September 25, 2012

  Dr. Susan Brown she suggests that women tend to be more attuned to changes in marital quality.