Matt Hall recently shared this picture (taken by his wife Lisa) on various social media forums, including linkedin and instagram. The response was so positive that we decided to share it in the newsletter. Here’s Matt, showing his daughter Harper how cool it is to be in a business that can do well by doing good.

If you’re watching closely, you may notice we’ve been on an international roll lately, collaborating with like-minded evidence-based investment professionals in Benelux and appearing as recommended reading in INSEAD’s library.

Along that theme, we were thrilled to welcome Evidence-Based Investor journalist Robin Powell to our St. Louis offices during his recent U.S. tour. A true gentleman no matter where you find him, Robin is based in the U.K. but is fast becoming an international champion of positive change in the investing industry.

In a future post, we look forward to sharing an interview between Robin and Matt Hall, taped from our offices. In the meantime, you can get a taste of Robin’s style by checking out this podcast, “What’s with the name? The Evidence-Based Investor.”

On October 20, Matt learned that you’re never too old to go back to high school – when he was invited to mentor, learn from and be inspired by the Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School (MICDS) Student Investment Group.

The students were quick learners too. As covered in news of the event, 17-year-old Jacob Platin observed: “The greatest thing I learned was that the best way of investing, and going about problems in general, is to use academic and evidence-based methods that put rationality before ‘gut feelings’ and irrationally.”

Well said, Jacob! When the time comes, we’ll look forward to helping you get your own career started as an evidence-based advisor.