American Association of Individual Investors (AAII)
Cynthia McLaughlin, MBA, is an experienced investment writer currently working with the American Association of Individual Investors since March 2023. Prior roles include serving as Market Manager in the Retirement Services Division at OneAmerica, where Cynthia created award-winning financial education marketing programs aimed at retirement plan sponsors. Experience at Invesco US spanned several key positions, such as Senior Product Marketer, where Cynthia developed content strategies to enhance lead generation and optimize thought leadership usage. Previous roles include Project Manager and Vendor Manager at Tellabs, Inc., and Sales Engineer at Applied Computing Devices, where significant revenue contributions and project efficiencies were achieved. Cynthia holds an MBA in Finance from DePaul Driehaus College of Business and a BA in Math and Computer Science from Chadron State College.
American Association of Individual Investors (AAII)
The American Association of Individual Investors is a nonprofit organization with about 170,000 members whose purpose is to educate individual investors regarding stock market portfolios, financial planning, and retirement accounts. AAII “assists individuals in becoming effective managers of their own assets through programs of education, information and research.” The organization markets itself as an unbiased source of investment information because of its not-for-profit status. AAII has educated over two million investors and continues to help them develop their "investment philosophy" based on individual objectives. This is accomplished by illustrating how to evaluate different investment vehicles and opportunities, showing how to obtain necessary information for effective decision making, and even informing investors how various investments relate to each other within the economic climate.