NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- TheStreet,
Inc. (NASDAQ: TST), a leading financial news and information
provider, announced today that renowned personal finance columnist
Robert Powell will join its newsroom
to author a regular column and launch a new subscription retirement
product.
"Bob is the foremost personal finance and retirement journalist
in America," said TheStreet, Inc's Chief Executive
Officer David Callaway. "His voice is respected and followed
throughout the retirement and financial advisor community and we
look forward to bringing his knowledge and writing to TheStreet's
audience."
Powell will expand TheStreet's personal finance and retirement
coverage for TheStreet.com's audience of investors and financial
advisors, as well as build a subscription product for more in-depth
coverage. A frequent speaker and moderator, he will also play a key
role in TheStreet's growing events business.
"My hope is that readers and subscribers will think of me as
their retirement guide, someone who can help them achieve their
retirement and investment goals, avoid costly mistakes, learn how
to manage and mitigate the retirement risks they face, and create
investment portfolios that will last a lifetime," said Powell.
Powell is also a columnist for USA TODAY and prior to joining TheStreet, he
was author of the popular subscription newsletter "Retirement
Weekly" at MarketWatch. He holds a master's degree in Journalism
from Boston University and a bachelor's
degree from Marquette University.
About TheStreet, Inc.
TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST, www.t.st) is a leading
financial news and information provider to investors and
institutions worldwide. The Company's flagship
brand, TheStreet (www.thestreet.com), has produced
unbiased business news and market analysis for individual investors
for more than 20 years. The Company's portfolio of institutional
brands includes The Deal (www.thedeal.com), which provides
actionable, intraday coverage of mergers, acquisitions and all
other changes in corporate control; BoardEx (www.boardex.com), a
relationship mapping service of corporate directors and officers;
and RateWatch (www.rate-watch.com), which supplies rate and fee
data from banks and credit unions across the U.S.
Contact: Jon Kostakopoulos,
212-321-5561, Jon.Kostakopoulos at thestreet.com
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