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James Brewer, CFP® is regarded as a leader for his support of financial literacy and socially responsible investing. With an MBA from MIT and more financial planning credentials than we can fit here, James is often featured in the media for his financial expertise. He’s a regular TV guest on Business First AM, and has written articles for the most prestigious financial publications including Forbes, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal. Please use the form below to request a media appearance or financial writing.

Media Requests

James Brewer welcomes media requests. Please fill out this form or call (312) 448-1010.
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James Brewer's Financial Expertise Has Been Featured In

  • Why Minority Financial Planners Are Nearly Nonexistent — And How to Fix It

    Forbes (June 12, 2018)

  • Chicago Adviser Strategically Reaching Clients with Smaller Balances

    Investment News (April 9, 2018)

  • Chapter 19, Individual Biases in Retirement Planning and Wealth Management

    Financial Behavior: Players, Services, Products, and Markets, Oxford University Press (2017)

  • How to Juggle Funding Retirement and College

    Nasdaq (December 6, 2017)

  • Voices of Experience

    Financial Advisor Magazine (October 2, 2017)

  • People Trusted Bernie Madoff, So How Do You Know You Can Trust Your Advisor?

    Yahoo! Finance (May 30, 2017)

  • How Do You Know You Can Trust Your Financial Advisor?

    Commentary, CNBC (May 30, 2017)

  • How to Avoid Running Out of Retirement Income

    Yahoo! Finance (March 24, 2017)

  • The Retirement Crisis Facing African Americans

    Forbes (March 9, 2017)

  • Investopedia’s Top 100 Most Influential Financial Advisors

    Investopedia (2017)

  • BrightScope, Top 100 Social Media Financial Advisor U.S

    BrightScope (2017)

  • Black Millennials Lack Retirement Plan

    AFRO (July 27, 2016)

  • What Matters More: Saving or Investment Performance?

    U.S. News (April 27, 2015)

  • First Quad-A (Association of African American Financial Advisors) Conference Bridges Gap for African-American Advisors

    Think Advisor (November 12, 2015)

  • What It’s Like Being an African-American Financial Adviser

    Investment News (Dec 14, 2015)

  • How to Whip Your 401(k) Into Shape

    U.S. News (October 14, 2014)

  • Is Hobby Lobby Hypocritical or Just Complying with U.S. Pension Law?

    Forbes (July 7, 2014)

  • Voices: James Brewer, on Using ERISA 3(38) Investment Managers

    Wall Street Journal (October 16, 2013)

  • Making Money and a Difference

    Ameriprise Achiever Magazine (Summer 2008)

  • A Conversation with Tomorrow

    Business Week (December 6, 1999)

Watch recent TV interviews on Business First AM.