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Franklin J. Parker, CFA

Chief Investment Officer, Directional Advisors
Verified email at directional-advisors.com
Cited by 82

A goals-based theory of utility

FJ Parker - Journal of Behavioral Finance, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Theoretical frameworks to date have prescribed how an investor should allocate wealth within
mental accounts. However, there is no fully cohesive solution to prescribe how an investor …

Utility of TERT promoter mutations for cutaneous primary melanoma diagnosis

…, SN Edmiston, YS Tsai, JS Parker… - The American Journal …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutations are commonly found in malignant
melanomas but rare in melanocytic nevi. To assess its potential diagnostic utility for the …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of a robust methylation classifier for cutaneous melanoma diagnosis

K Conway, SN Edmiston, JS Parker, PF Kuan… - Journal of Investigative …, 2019 - Elsevier
Early diagnosis improves melanoma survival, yet the histopathological diagnosis of cutaneous
primary melanoma can be challenging, even for expert dermatopathologists. Analysis of …

[HTML][HTML] The prognostic significance of low-frequency somatic mutations in metastatic cutaneous melanoma

…, GJ Pegna, MC Hayward, A Ivanova, JS Parker… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Little is known about the prognostic significance of somatically mutated genes
in metastatic melanoma (MM). We have employed a combined clinical and bioinformatics …

Nontraumatic clavicle lesions in children

JL Franklin, JC Parker, HA King - Journal of Pediatric …, 1987 - journals.lww.com
Sixteen children (average age 7.4 years) with nontraumatic lesions of the clavicle were
reviewed. There were six cases of neoplasms, six cases of infection, and four developmental …

Allocation of Wealth Both Within and Across Goals: A Practitioner's Guide

FJ Parker - The Journal of Wealth Management, 2020 - search.proquest.com
Although the goals-based investment literature has grown, there remain two unsolved problems.
First, there is no cohesive theory for the allocation of wealth across goals. If, for example…

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the CpG island hypermethylated phenotype subclass in primary melanomas

K Conway, YS Tsai, SN Edmiston, JS Parker… - Journal of Investigative …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cutaneous melanoma can be lethal even if detected at an early stage. Epigenetic profiling
may facilitate the identification of aggressive primary melanomas with unfavorable outcomes. …

Goal-based portfolio optimization

FJ Parker - The Journal of Wealth Management, 2016 - search.proquest.com
The article presents a goal-based portfolio optimization approach that is truly native to the
goal-based environment. It begins by redefining risk as the probability of failing to attain a …

Quantifying Downside Risk in Goal-Based Portfolios

FJ Parker - The Journal of Wealth Management, 2014 - search.proquest.com
In this article, an alternate paradigm for quantifying downside risk for the retail investor is
proposed. It is the goal of this paradigm to provide concrete tools to the retail financial advisor …

Aspects of Merger in the Law of Kidnapping

FJ Parker - Cornell L. Rev., 1969 - HeinOnline
Legal authorities have always seconded the above-quoted Pentateuchal condemnation of
kidnapping. 1 Difficulty occurs, however, when a court must decide if kidnapping, with its …