Social media | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/social-media/ Canada's news source for financial professionals Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:31:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Social media | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/social-media/ 32 32 Media literacy is the new financial literacy https://www.investmentexecutive.com/inside-track_/media-literacy-is-the-new-financial-literacy/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:24:13 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=530741 David Chilton talks social media, finfluencers and algorithms on the Canadian Advisor.cast

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