Blogger Josh Brown and Ritholtz firm to hold adviser conference

Blogger Josh Brown and Ritholtz firm to hold adviser conference
Wealth/Stack will cover technology and investing.
FEB 13, 2019

Ritholtz Wealth Management is getting into the adviser conference business. Joshua Brown, a prolific blogger, financial adviser and CEO at the firm, announced in a recent post on his "The Reformed Broker" website that Ritholtz is co-sponsoring a September conference with Inside ETFs on technology and investing. The conference will be held in Scottsdale, Ariz. "If you want to get a glimpse of what the future looks like for the wealth management industry," the conference, dubbed "Wealth/Stack," is "the place to be," Mr. Brown said on the site. (More: Social media all-stars of the financial advice community)

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