Author Frances Aylor is passionate about travel and investing. She has visited the Forbidden City in China, the Hermitage in Russia, the Wailing Wall in Israel, and Iguazu Falls in South America. She enjoyed white-water rafting in Costa Rica, parasailing in Mexico, hot air ballooning in Sedona and whale watching in Alaska. She worked in investing for many years and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and worked for 26 years in the financial services industry. She served as president of CFA Society Virginia. MONEY GRAB is her first financial thriller. Connect with Frances at www.francesaylor.com.
Last month I went on a three-week cruise to Brazil and the Amazon. One of the popular onboard activities was Trivial Pursuit. Our ten-person team was comprised of one couple from England, one from Scotland and the six of us who were traveling together. We six all lived in the same city and had similar educational … More What Trivial Pursuit Taught Me About Investing
I just got back from a three-week Brazilian cruise, starting in Buenos Aires, Argentina and then traveling north along the Brazilian coast to the Amazonian city of Manaus. Along the way we stopped at Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Buzios, Salvador de Bahia, Ilhabela, Natal, Fortaleza and Santare̒m. It was a terrific trip! I’ll give some … More Travel Tips: Brazil
In The Sorbonne Affair by Mark Pryor, American romance writer Helen Hancock discovers a spy camera in her Paris hotel room. Former FBI profiler Hugo Marston, now head of security for the American Embassy, is sent to investigate. Soon an embarrassing video featuring Hancock and one of her writing students is posted to the internet. As Marston … More Turning to Mysteries: The Sorbonne Affair by Mark Pryor
The Federal Reserve recently voted to raise the benchmark fed-funds target rate by a quarter percent, to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%. They also indicated rates would probably be raised two to three times this year and three times next year. This is bad news for bond prices. Why? Imagine you own a $1,000 … More Watch Out For Falling Bond Prices
Winter this year has been cold and snowy and long. I’m ready for sunshine and warmer temperatures, so Robbie Bradford and I are heading south to cruise the Amazon River. We’ll have some fun pictures to share with you in the next newsletter. But first, some final memories of winter. The temperature dropped to three … More Let’s Say Goodbye to Winter
Ellen Crosby’s mystery Vineyard Victimshas just been nominated for a Mary Higgins Clark award! This is Crosby’s eighth book in her Wine Country Mystery series, featuring Lucie Montgomery as the owner of a Virginia-based vineyard. Lucie is forced off a rain-slicked road by former presidential candidate Jamie Vaughan. He crashes into the gates of the Montgomery … More Turning to Mysteries: Vineyard Victims by Ellen Crosby
This article was originally posted by The Gracious Posse. At the top of my favorite things about this season is summer reading. Give me a book, some outdoor shade, a body of water (from pool to ocean) and a cool drink, and I am one happy lady. At the end of each summer I have … More Meet Financial Mystery Writer, Frances Aylor
Famous days live in history. February 5 and February 8, 2018 may be among them, for those are the two days in one week when the Dow dropped over 1,000 points, down over 10% from its previous highs, officially marking a stock market correction. We all knew it was coming. The stock market has been … More How Much Risk is Too Much?
Let’s escape from the snow and cold of January by viewing some summertime pictures of Chautauqua Institution in southwestern New York, which I visited a few years ago. Each summer, this beautiful lakeside resort offers nine weeks of thought-provoking presentations on religious, social and political topics. The topic for the session I attended was healthcare. At 17 … More Chautauqua, New York
Y is for Yesterday is the last book in Sue Grafton’s Alphabet series. There will be no “Z,” since Grafton died in December. Along with many other Grafton fans, I was greatly saddened by news of her death. I have read every Grafton book, starting with A is for Alibi. Her detective, Kinsey Millhone, was a very likeable … More Turning to Mysteries: Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
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