I delayed writing about this for a few days to give Finacorp time to take care of a few items.? Here is what Finacorp distributed to clients last week:

[deleted] — for legal reasons, I have had to take that down.? Let’s just say that I am without employment at present.

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I have nothing but gratitude for Finacorp over the past 2.5 years.? After leaving my prior employer, I needed something flexible that would enable me to work from home.? Finacorp provided that, but as it is now, I no longer need to work from home.? I’m ready for new challenges, and though I don’t want to move from Maryland, I look at the situation as one that offers more upside than downside versus the past.

So what am I thinking about to employ myself?

• Equity management?? I’m still doing well against the markets, and am trying to figure how I could make a business out of this.? My track record is approaching 10 years with my own money, and I continue to do well.? If you have ideas for me here, I am open.? I can share an auditable track record with anyone that makes a credible proposal to me.? I will be talking with a number of parties that have expressed interest in the past.
• Working for an investment firm in the area?? Could be a good idea, I’ll be talking to friends and contacts.
• Go back to being an actuary?? Mmm… not that many opportunities around here for that, but if anyone has ideas, I will listen.
• Consulting?? I already have one good consulting project.? If I could get enough clients, that could be workable.? Potentially, I could consult for buy or sell-side firms in investing.? I could also do that on the insurance side.? As it is, in most of my jobs, I acted as an internal consultant to the firm when weird projects would come up.? I love big, broad, unstructured problems.? Consulting could also go along with…
• Writing?? I have a few book ideas, but that doesn’t pay.? I would be willing to consider “corporate blogger” type positions, but I have no idea whether any companies would want to consider me for that.
• Publish a newsletter around my investing models?? I really don’t like this idea; I think most newsletters aren’t worth buying, and I am not sure I would want to be associated with doing writing one.
• Work for the government?? Oddly, I have applied for an “Asset Management Specialist” position at the SEC, and have been talking with contacts that I have within the government about a variety of possibilities.? I’ve written enough about economic and finance reform — it may be time to move from theory to practice.
• Other ideas?? You want me to work for you from a distance?? I will listen to proposals.

For the next month or so I am going to be batting around ideas.? After that, I will try to focus on the most promising ideas.? I welcome your support at this time of transition.? Feel free to e-mail me.

Again, thanks for reading.? My readers make my blog better.

Sincerely,

David