Timothy Olsen

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Timothy Olsen is an American high school student and business author who at the age of 13 wrote The Teenage Investor: How To Start Early, Invest Often and Build Wealth which was published by McGraw-Hill in 2003. Olsen, who resides in New Jersey, began investing at age 8 and has since become an advisor on financial matters for children and teens. He advocates an investment strategy utilizing index funds and asset allocation tailored to specific investment needs and goals.

He has written for a variety of sources, including IndexFunds.com, Minyanville, Morningstar.com, SageTrade.com and The Weekly Standard. He has appeared on national TV programs including CNBC's Power Lunch with Bill Griffeth, a Bloomberg Thanksgiving Day special in 2003 and FOX 5 New York's Good Day, New York. At one point, Kevin Spacey's production company - Trigger Street Productions had been entertaining the idea of making a comedy based on the young investor's life, however, nothing has resulted as of yet.