Career
Nelson graduated from Boston University with a degree in comparative literature. Her first job after college was at Mademoiselle magazine. She left Mademoiselle in 1960 to work on Wall Street for Granger & Company, working as a bond trader.
In 1969, with the help of Barbara Robson, Marlene Goldrich, and Barbara Reifler, she began Westchester Magazine, a monthly magazine that targeted Westchester County's upscale, arts-oriented crowd. She went on to sell the magazine in 1980 and began searching for a business to acquire or establish with the proceeds from that sale. In 1981, she decided to start her own financial newsletter, and the first issue of The Moneypaper: A Financial Publication for Women was published in 1982. She later dropped the subheading "after I started hearing from men who read the newsletter but subscribed to it under their wives' names," and has published it as simply The Moneypaper since that time.
Nelson was also involved in the creation of Temper of the Times Investor Services, Inc., a specialized broker that was initially created as a service for subscribers to The Moneypaper.
In 1999, she organized the MP 63 Fund (DRIPX), which she co-manages with David Fish, who also functions as the executive editor of Moneypaper Inc. publications.
Her writing credits include Create and Manage Your Own Mutual Fund, co-authored with Donald J. Korn in 1994. She also is the editor for the yearly publication, The Moneypaper's Guide to Direct Investment Plans.
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