Cody Willard (born August 31, 1972, in

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), 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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's Kudlow & Company. 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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where he taught class called "Revolutionomics" focused on

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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 a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

at the

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, where he played basketball as a

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.''

'', 1 December 2008. He is a

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who has played backup guitar for

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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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