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Professional Experience |
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President, Cooperhall Press Inc. (formerly Alvin D.
Hall Associates, Inc.), New York, N.Y. (1990 to
present)
Designs, develops and conducts customised seminars
and classes about the investment markets for
financial services firms and their vendors as well
as for regulatory authorities located in the US and
abroad. Writes training manuals for brokerage firms
and banks and publishes books and articles for
industry professionals and the general public about
the securities and futures markets. |
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Executive Director, New York Institute of Finance,
New York, N.Y. (1987-90) |
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Director of Marketing, Longman Financial Services
Institute, Chicago (1986-87) |
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Director of Course Development, Leo Fleur Inc., New
York, N.Y (1982-86) |
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Promotions & Publications Manager, North Carolina
Public Television (UNC-TV), Chapel Hill, NC
(1980-82) |
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Television/Radio |
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Your Money or Your Life (BBC 2 1999 to 2003)
Prime time television series that examines various
financial and budget problems and offers a menu of
potential solutions. Fifth series was broadcast in
2003. |
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This Morning (ITV 2001)
Regular sessions on how to manage our finances from
mortgages to pensions and including ‘Save Me Alvin’
series (April/May 2001) |
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Investing for All with Alvin Hall (BBC 2 –July 1998)
Four part television series which took members of
four investment clubs to conduct hands-on
investigation and analysis of three companies within
different business sectors. |
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Alvin Hall’s Guide to Successful Investing (BBC 2 –
Jan 1997)
On-air presenter and writer for this three part
television series that introduces basic investment
concepts and strategies. |
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World’s Most Powerful (BBC 2 – Nov 2003).
A primetime 3 part series looking at celebrity,
sport & computers. |
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Regular radio appearances on Radio 2 and Radio 5
Live. Also wrote and presented an hour long
documentary ‘Wall Street – One Year On’ assessing
the effects of September 11th for Radio
4. |
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Other tv credits include: Dave Gorman’s Important
Astrology Experiment (BBC 2) , Top Gear (BBC 2),
Tonight with Trevor MacDonald (ITV), Film 2003, GMTV
and BBC 4/BBC2 documentary on Peggy Guggenheim ‘The
Other Guggenheim’. |
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Alvin Hall’s Secret Collections
broadcast on Radio 4 in June 2005. |
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After Katrina
broadcast
on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005 |
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Alvin Hall’s Artworld
broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006 |
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Guest contributor
on BBC2's The Summer Exhibition June 2006 |
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Publishing |
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Money For Life: Everyone’s Guide to Financial
Freedom
Pub: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd – Jan 2000
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Winning With Shares: Investing wisely and profitably
in the Stock Market
Pub: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd – published Nov 2001 |
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Your Money or Your Life (BBC) – A practical guide to
solving your financial Problems and affording a life
you’ll love
Pub: Hodder & Stoughton – June 2002.
Winner of the 2003 WHS Business Book Award. |
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What Not To Spend – Priceless Ways to manage your
money
Pub: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd – October 2004. U.S.
version to be published end of 2005/early 2006. |
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You & Your Money
– Creating a Prosperous Relationship
Pub: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd – January 2006.
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Get Out of Debt
with Alvin Hall, Climb The Property Ladder with
Alvin Hall & Save and Invest with Alvin Hall -
all published by Hodder & Stoughton May 2006 |
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(In the U.S.) |
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Getting Started in Stocks 3rd Edition:
John Wiley & Sons (original edition 1992) |
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Getting Started in Mutual Funds: John Wiley & Sons
Inc (January 2000) |
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Investment Strategies Made Easy: Black Enterprise
(March 1994) |
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Alvin has written and produced numerous other
publications during the last ten years covering
everything from the high finance of Wall Street
to understanding and managing personal
portfolios. He has also been the subject of
biographical material including ‘Collector’s Choice:
Alvin D. Hall’ by Mary Barone, ArtNet.com and ‘Share
the Secrets with ShareLink’. |
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Corporate/Public Speaking includes:- |
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Barclays Bank training video |
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Fidelity Investments |
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Merrill Lynch |
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Money Online magazine live conference on Compuserve
(answering questions about the basics of investing
in equities and stock mutual funds) |
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London Stock Exchange |
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Charles Schwab |
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Manchester Evening News Business Awards (host for
last 3 years) |
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Office of Fair Trading (media campaign on ‘how to be
a smarter shopper’ |
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Guardian & Observer Consumer Finance Awards 2003 |
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Education |
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Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Maine. BA English Literature
(1974) |
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University of North Carolina: MA American Literature
(1979) |
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Other Interests |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Photography
Acquisition Committee |
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International Centre for Photography, Exhibitions
Committee |
