Kevin J. Palmer

BIO

Kevin J. Palmer uses his Wealth Stratification expertise to understand markets and as a writer/producer to champion financial justice. He has spent decades driving profits and performance for Wall Street firms and developed high margin revenue business models that allowed broker-dealers to gain substantial competitive advantage. He was responsible for improvements in financial delivery systems and recurring revenue models that were scalable across the United States. 

 

Recently at his behavioral finance firm, this recognized wealth expert, mapped how ordinary people used cognition and personality to make financial decisions that created wealth. 

 

“Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.” – Michel de Montaigne

“Financial Freedom is not worrying about the ignorance of imbeciles.” – Kevin J Palmer

“Kevin Palmer’s work merges human anecdotes with intellectual insight.” – P. H. Casidy

Kevin J. Palmer

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Easter Economics

  Noted author and scholar R.R. Reno said, “From the end of the Civil War until the 1960s, the wealthiest, best educated, and most powerful Americans remained largely loyal to Christianity (but) that’s changed…” He was not alone in arguing that material attainment and ethics are often mutually exclusive. Growing rich, is demonstrably under attack, […]

Growing China’s Middle Class

By Caitlin Milmeyster Sr. Consultant Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte & Touche And Kevin J. Palmer CEO SMA Institute Growing China’s Middle Class From The Inside Out Economic pundits are coming to grips with a new global realty check. The realization that industrialized double digit export growth in China is unsustainable. However, that has not deterred […]

Kevin J. Palmer a Trendsetter

    Kevin J. Palmer The Quiet Rich      

Recent Posts

Having the best of both worlds

  In this chapter, two friends who had not seen each other in years joined a wildlife rescue team to determine security of bald eagle fledglings in a vast natural recreation area. After the work was complete they went camping as a reward. What happened that evening in the rugged wilderness taught as much about […]

Growing up in natural places where we could escape

  In this chapter, two friends who had not seen each other in years joined a wildlife rescue team to determine security of bald eagle fledglings in a vast natural recreation area. After the work was complete they went camping as a reward. What happened that evening in the rugged wilderness taught as much about […]

Give and Take, and Hard Work

  In this chapter, two friends who had not seen each other in years joined a wildlife rescue team to determine security of bald eagle fledglings in a vast natural recreation area. After the work was complete they went camping as a reward. What happened that evening in the rugged wilderness taught as much about […]

Called to Nature

  The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at the same time as an eagle. I witnessed, close up, effortlessness and lightness combined with strength, precision and determination. — Norman Foster   In this chapter, two friends who had not seen each other in […]

Hi-ho Silver !

  While on a cross-country flight, I met a man who turned idealism into financial reward in the most unlikely of places—high-rolling Las Vegas.  (Continuing the Conversation…)   When the plane came to a stop on the runway, the pilot announced that we had to wait for a gate to open before we could disembark. […]

Building Credibility While Being Helpful

  While on a cross-country flight, I met a man who turned idealism into financial reward in the most unlikely of places—high-rolling Las Vegas.  (Continuing the Conversation…)   At this point, Jack turned away from me and put his head on Cindy’s shoulder. He was clearly tired of talking, and I needed a break too. […]

A Legacy of Love

  While on a cross-country flight, I met a man who turned idealism into financial reward in the most unlikely of places—high-rolling Las Vegas.  (Continuing the Conversation…)   “I then invited the reporters to come back on Valentine’s Day for an even more meaningful and exciting story, knowing that although they cared about the sensationalism […]

Cloaking Extremism in Sanctity

  After identifying economic injustice patterns at a behavioral finance firm. I tried, in my negligible way, to help close the wealth gap. Letting go of children’s charities, and field archaeology, I moved naively into a fight for human rights. My focus was providing a path of economic dignity through self-empowerment. Something more intangible than […]

Supporting my vision of happiness

    While on a cross-country flight, I met a man who turned idealism into financial reward in the most unlikely of places—high-rolling Las Vegas.  (Continuing the Conversation…)   “But Jack, all marriages and all businesses go through rough times. I know both of those things for a fact.”

Making a million is about as easy as marriage itself

  While on a cross-country flight, I met a man who turned idealism into financial reward in the most unlikely of places—high-rolling Las Vegas.  (Continuing the Conversation…)   The way I see it, the way most people understand love and money is not uniform. These subjects are not taught in schools.”   “Good point. We […]