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&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Vice President in charge of a regional office&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;4:00 a.m.: &lt;/b&gt; Get up.  My day begins early, when I get up and review everything that came in the night before.  Since we don&#39;t have a massive equity strategy team, I&#39;m constantly reviewing outside research on my clients&#39; holdings, which we subscribe to.  I spend most of my morning reading up to see what the latest thinking is.  I stay glued to the TV and PC at home because I&#39;m on the West Coast and I don&#39;t want to be commuting when the market opens.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;6:30 a.m.: &lt;/b&gt; The opening bell.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;7:30 a.m.: &lt;/b&gt; Once the market is open and I&#39;m OK with what&#39;s going on, then I shower and get dressed and everything else, and head into work.  I got a Sirius satellite radio in the car just so I could listen to Bloomberg radio on my drive in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;8:15 a.m.: &lt;/b&gt; At the office, client calls.  Once I get in the office, it&#39;s all about the clients. I&#39;m on the phone, sending e-mails, planning ahead, doing everything I can to not only meet their needs, but anticipate them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1:00 p.m.: &lt;/b&gt; The closing bell. The market closes at 1 p.m. my time, which is great.  That allows me to get out of the office and go see clients without worrying about anybody&#39;s portfolio. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1:30 p.m.: &lt;/b&gt; Lunch with members of the local chamber of commerce.  I belong to all the local business groups, and I&#39;m there whenever they have conferences or luncheons or whatever.  Any time I can be in a room with successful business people, I&#39;m there.  Sometimes it&#39;s afternoon, sometimes it&#39;s evening, but whenever.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;2:30 p.m.: &lt;/b&gt; Client meeting at his office.  Clients appreciate it when you go to them, and I&#39;m there with my laptop and a wireless card so that if there are questions, I&#39;m right there in my network pulling up their data without a problem, and they&#39;re still comfortable in their office or home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;4:00 p.m.: &lt;/b&gt; Back to the office for more calls, e-mails, laying in moves or strategies as needed for the following day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;5:00 p.m.:&lt;/b&gt;  Heading home, which is unusual.  If there isn&#39;t anything in the evening going on, I can be out of the office by 4 or 5 p.m., but that&#39;s usually just one or two days a week, usually Friday.  My clients tend to be businesspeople, so we often meet after business hours so they can focus fully on their jobs.  And I&#39;ll stay late a lot to ride herd on a major purchase or investment that I&#39;m working on for a client.&lt;/p&gt;

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