The goal of his writing, he maintained, was not personal glory or lasting beauty but the betterment of mankind.
But Jon Stein, Betterment's chief executive, said this was not a move born of desperation, though the company has just $23 million or so in assets under management thus far.
You are constantly on the alert for your own betterment, but that's what you're supposed to be.
The best thought on the subject seemed to be that his death was a civic betterment; but there was one regret.
But the summer betterment program – to swim before breakfast, eat yogurt in place of bread or to get to the end of Don DeLillo's Underworld – roars on unchecked.
But companies like Betterment and Wealthfront realized that many other people wanted a bit of hand-holding when it came to investments.
"He was one of those happy warriors who never let you forget that you are holding a job not for personal gain but for the betterment of American policy".
Also noteworthy, his system lent itself not just to personal but to public betterment, as might be expected from the man who founded America's first public subscription library, as well as a fire department, a hospital and a university.
"We have to get involved, do what we love to do," Milbrett said, "and show that we're not here just to play awesome soccer, but for the betterment of people around us".
Betterment, for example, is not only an SEC-registered investment adviser but its subsidiary Betterment Securities is also a broker-dealer regulated by FINRA and the SEC.
