Cody Willard (born August 31, 1972, in

Ruidoso, New Mexico Ruidoso is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 8,029 at the 2010 census. The city of Ruidoso Downs and the unincorporated area of Alto are suburbs of Ruidoso, and ...

), is an American investor, television anchor and current

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manager. He is the publisher of a subscription-based investment newsletter TradingWithCody.com and the author of the #1 Amazon best-seller, "Everything You Need to Know About Investing" as well as several other books. He was an anchor on the

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, where he was the co-host of the long-time #1-rated show on the network, ''Fox Business Happy Hour,'' was the Wall Street Correspondent for

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and was Larry's Kudlow's sidekick on

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. He has had a featured investment column for

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, the WSJ,

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. Willard also served as an adjunct

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Seton Hall University Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest dioces ...

where he taught class called "Revolutionomics" focused on

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, business and

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. He began his career at

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. in 1996 (after his first job in New York City, a barista at Starbucks) and was chief analyst at Visual Radio, a technology venture capital fund, and vice president of wholesale operations at Broadview Networks, a

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Personal life

Willard grew up in

with actor

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, who later invested in his friend's hedge fund and the two remain close friends and business partners. Willard earned a bachelor's degree in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analy ...

at the

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, where he played basketball as a

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.''

'', 1 December 2008. He is a

musician A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who w ...

who has played backup guitar for

Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka (; born March 13, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Since his music career began in 1957, he has sold millions of records worldwide and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collabo ...

Lorrie Morgan Loretta Lynn Morgan (born June 27, 1959) is an American country music singer and actress. She is the daughter of George Morgan, widow of Keith Whitley, and ex-wife of Jon Randall and Sammy Kershaw, all of whom are also country music singers. ...

and others, and is a songwriter and producer with the indie rock band The Muddy Souls.

References

External links

FoxBusiness.com bioThe Revolutionewsletter, a paid investment advice column that Cody runsSpokeup.com, a closed social networkAppconsumer.com, Cody's Newest venture focusing on the best apps for the modern consumer and current technology events
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