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Jeff Benjamin

@BenjiWriter

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Jeff Benjamin
7 months
To everyone who supported my Dad’s blue haired pursuit of a @Lions Super Bowl, know that he is now in peace. He passed away in his sleep earlier this morning. @amonra_stbrown thanks for all the love!
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Jeff Benjamin
9 months
My Dad in hospice got his hair dyed for the @Lions playoff run. A lifelong Lions fan hoping for the best.
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Jeff Benjamin
7 months
Just so you know my Dad didn’t always have blue hair, but he always had better hair than me 🙂
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Jeff Benjamin
7 years
@FoxNews Please tell me this is a joke. Things can't possibly be that far over the top, can they?
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Jeff Benjamin
9 months
@NFLGameDay @Lions Yes I own the pic and you have my permission
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Jeff Benjamin
9 months
My Dad is cheering on his ⁦ @Lions
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Jeff Benjamin
9 months
Another step closer to the #SuperBowlLVIII go @Lions
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Jeff Benjamin
9 months
What a game
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@BenjiWriter
Jeff Benjamin
3 years
Days start getting longer tomorrow
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@BenjiWriter
Jeff Benjamin
3 years
I'm looking for a financial adviser courageous enough to say something beyond, "We're long-term investors and my clients are fine with a 2% market drop as inflation spikes and WW3 looms because I've trained my clients to ignore short term volatility"
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
Attention pr people, every conversation doesn't have to be a video zoom call. This isn't the Jetsons
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@BenjiWriter
Jeff Benjamin
4 years
@vanessagrigor And there it is, a groveling half-apology. Next up, she claims her twitter account was hacked.
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Jeff Benjamin
9 months
Let’s go ⁦ @Lions
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@BenjiWriter
Jeff Benjamin
2 years
Just finished a quick call with a source by instinctively saying 'love ya' before hanging up. Not sure how I'm gonna recover from that one.
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Jeff Benjamin
9 years
#GOPdebate just became People's Court
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
@ASoftstar Delicious when sautéed with garlic, onions and butter.
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Jeff Benjamin
8 years
@AP Wow. #MLB bans dressing rookies as women. Please tell me this is fake news
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@BenjiWriter
Jeff Benjamin
5 years
Sometimes I wonder if journalists only write about cannabis investing for the buzz of weeding out blunt headlines that are dope enough to push readership to new highs.
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@BenjiWriter
Jeff Benjamin
2 years
@jimpavia @stevekovach C'mon man, who has time for a job when there's a line to stand in for a new iPhone?
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Jeff Benjamin
2 years
How many of you financial advisers are still preaching buy-and-hold for the long term to your clients? Be honest.
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Jeff Benjamin
2 years
@OddlySatisfyimg Wouldn’t that condensation naturally be on the crops without the fancy tents?
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Jeff Benjamin
2 years
We have shirts ⁦ @investmentnews
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Jeff Benjamin
8 years
@HuffingtonPost Looks like that whole 'going high when they go low' message was lost on ol' @SenatorReid
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
Survey shows financial advisers can’t find talent, while another survey shows record number of women and minorities applying to work in wealth mgt. Someone invent a dating app to bring these groups together.
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Jeff Benjamin
5 years
Happy hour with my ⁦ @investmentnews ⁩ pals ⁦ @ryanWneal ⁩ ⁦ @BDNEWSGUY ⁩ ⁦ @GregIacurci
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
First time I’ve played golf this year. Wish me luck
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Jeff Benjamin
1 year
I planted this Dawn Redwood in Michigan 5 years ago when it was a seedling. #PlantTrees
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
I bought a stock 5 minutes ago and it hasn’t doubled yet. This game is stupid.
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Jeff Benjamin
7 years
@RealJamesWoods Starting to understand why that guy can't keep a job
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
Whenever someone tells me to have a nice weekend on a Thursday it makes me wonder if I'm the only schmuck who still works on Fridays.
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
Screened in porch is finished. North Carolina living is taking shape, y’all
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
To all my Twitter friends who told me to eat local honey to treat my North Carolina allergies, I owe u each a beer. It’s working like a dream. No drugs, just local honey.
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Jeff Benjamin
6 months
@etfcom ⁩ Awards. Meet the editorial muscle
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
@jimiuorio When is someone going to launch an ETF that tracks the insider trading of politicians? Proposed ticker: CHEAT
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
I just realized an air fryer is a toaster oven with a better marketing department
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
If I'm elected, daylight savings time will be abolished on day one.
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
Does it still count as ‘virtual happy hour’ if u just drink at home without being on a conference call?
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Jeff Benjamin
6 years
When not celebrating #IN20th my fellow reporters are very serious. ⁦ @GregIacurci ⁩ ⁦ @MarkSchoeff ⁩ ⁦ @ryanWneal ⁩ ⁦ @BDNEWSGUY
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Jeff Benjamin
2 years
Trying something new. For this week's @investmentnews podcast I'm asking Twitter for guest suggestions? Who do you want me to interview? If that's you, make the case. DM or reply here. Go!
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Jeff Benjamin
2 years
Shameless promotion
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Jeff Benjamin
6 years
Wish somebody would invent a keyboard with a drain on the bottom for when you spill coffee on it. I wish that was invented 15 minutes ago.
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
My wife baked cookies and now she’s telling me not to eat them all at once. I’m confused.
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2 years
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
@nypost Sometimes you just know the comments will be better than the story
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
Golf with the kid on #FathersDay @jacksonbenji93
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
Have to confess I thought Madoff died years ago
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
@smartasset This is the first time I’ve replied to a promoted tweet. But I couldn’t resist mocking your claim to know what is keeping 78% of adults up at night. Stop that.
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
PR person just asked if she could email quotes, but also wants to review the quotes I use. I'm not a rocket scientist, but maybe review the quotes before sending them to me?? #HRgonewild
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
@DailyCaller @PressSec In other words, @presssec was not prepared for that question
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
Heads up, folks. I'm gonna be liking and retweeting Veterans Day tweets all day. It's what I do. #SemperFidelis
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
It’s never too hot for 36 holes. #SemperFi
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Jeff Benjamin
8 years
@HillaryClinton @SharylAttkisson @Fahrenthold Wait, what? Suddenly everyone cares about foundation money trails??
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
Sounds about right
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
Veteran’s Day #SemperFi
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Jeff Benjamin
7 years
@jpmorganfunds If only I had read this tweet in 1970. Thanks a lot @jpmorganfunds
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Jeff Benjamin
7 years
Hole in one. 196 yards. @TaylorMadeGolf ball and club
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Jeff Benjamin
7 years
@BasedElizabeth That's gotta be a rounding error, no?
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
When good people move on to do more great things, @investmentnews celebrates their success. Best of everything @geomoriarty and @skinnerliz
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
A wonderful person just gave me one of her homemade masks so I could enter a store under NC mandatory mask rules. #PeopleAreGood
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Jeff Benjamin
5 years
#MyFavoriteVet @jacksonbenji93 ⁩ Happy Veterans Day, son #Sen perFi
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Jeff Benjamin
6 years
@DanielTurnerPTF @EdButowsky If the world is ending in 12 years, I'm definitely refinancing to a 30-year mortgage. Thanks for the tip @aoc
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Jeff Benjamin
8 years
@AP Did not see that one coming
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Jeff Benjamin
5 years
All I need is 10 more followers to be just 994,000 behind @ReformedBroker Feels like I've got momentum on my side.
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Jeff Benjamin
6 years
Good morning Michigan
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
I'm looking forward to the deluge of 2020 recaps that ride the phrase 'Hindsight is 2020'
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
Moved to North Carolina a month ago and my neighbor keeps mowing my lawn for me. Is that a southern thing?
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Jeff Benjamin
2 years
Pro tip for PR folks: Don't pitch stories if you can't make anyone available for an interview @ameriprise @ProsekPR
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
'If someone does not smile at you, be generous and offer your own smile. Nobody needs a smile more than the one that cannot smile to others.' -Dalai Lama
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
Just paid $5 for 3 Aleve at the airport, then dropped 1 on the floor, meaning I paid $5 for 2 Aleve. Should I buy another pack to lower my cost basis?
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Jeff Benjamin
8 years
@ReformedBroker finds social media is paying off in some unexpected ways via @newsfromIN #MSUM16
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Jeff Benjamin
5 years
It’s noon and the market isn’t down 8%. I’m calling it a good day.
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
@DailyCaller Why isn't this story trending on Twitter? Wait. Never mind
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
Okay I’m ⁦ @HobbyLobby ⁩ on a Saturday night but that’s not the point
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
@nypost What’s a forefit? Is that anything like a forfeit?
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
Not sure what’s worse, that my local electric company has a podcast or that I’m listening to it.
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
Just realized all my meetings for tomorrow have been canceled. Am I the only one working on #GoodFriday
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
Will someone please win this lottery so I can stop buying tickets every 3 days
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11 years
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3 years
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Jeff Benjamin
5 years
Nothing keeps a financial adviser happy like not having to wait in line for cocktails. Lotta bars at opening reception #Excell19
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Jeff Benjamin
1 year
@OliLondonTV @DineshDSouza A 17% drop is 54% more than 11%, not 6%. There’s a big difference between percentages and percentage points.
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Jeff Benjamin
5 years
Here at @LaGuardia some folks wear masks, some don’t, and some wear their masks around their neck just in case. I’m most concerned about the third group.
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Jeff Benjamin
7 years
#SchwabIMPACT recognizes veteran attendees. Classy move. #SemperFi
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
My new North Carolina golf buddy gave me a flask for my birthday.
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Jeff Benjamin
5 years
The more I learn about #coronavirus , the more I wonder about those old dudes running for president. They’re in the most-vulnerable group and they spend their days in large crowds shaking hands with strangers. What’s the backup plan?
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
"59% of Gen Z investors who have bought or sold an investment while inebriated — more than any other age group." Sometimes a press release is just too interesting to ignore.
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
@nypost Maybe if we stopped building hospitals we’d have fewer sick people
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
My next reading assignment. Should be fun
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
@ThatTrumpJew @ComfortablySmug When the dog ate your homework
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
@raflescabrera You might have a credibility issue when other news outlets have to confirm that you didn’t use footage from an apocalyptic zombie movie in a news report.
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
First work day of the new year and I'm already tired of saying 'Happy New Years' to everyone I speak with. Judge me.
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Jeff Benjamin
3 years
Some call it whiskey tasting, I call it research #WaltonsDistillery
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Jeff Benjamin
7 months
Advisor Upside episode 1 with @NateGeraci Give us a listen and give us your feedback. We want to know what you want to hear on this podcast
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Jeff Benjamin
6 years
Half the fun of DIY home projects is hearing my wife threaten to not take me to the emergency room if I hurt myself. FYI, she takes me every time.
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Jeff Benjamin
6 years
Pro tip: Accountants are in no mood for jokes this time of year. That's a direct quote from my accountant 5 minutes ago after I tried to tell him a joke about accountants.
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Jeff Benjamin
4 years
It's here, The InvestmentNews Podcast Featuring yours truly and my good friend @BDNEWSGUY Give us a listen and give us feedback
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