This column was first published in the Knoxville News Sentinel on December 12, 2018 We all fall into traps that have the potential to take us off track of achieving our financial goals. Some of us are more conservative with our money than we can afford, and some of us are more aggressive than we should be. There are four …
Financial Insights, Reflections on 2018
This article originally appeared in the Knoxville News Sentinel’s business column on November 18, 2018. As this year is drawing to an end, here are a few random thoughts related to the markets. October was one of the worst months for stocks that we’ve seen in years, but there is likely a bright future ahead. Since 1950, the S&P 500 …
Blazing Her Own Trail
This article by Roger Shirley first appeared in The Tennessee Banker November/December 2018 issue. Sharon Miller Pryse didn’t start out to be the owner and chief executive of a highly successful trust company. Personal drive, ambition, an entrepreneurial spirit, and at the right place at the right time early in her career, however, came together to set that course. Pryse …
How Sharon Pryse took control of her own destiny
By Cortney Roark, published in the Knoxville News Sentinel on February 5, 2018 As founder and CEO of the Trust Company, which manages $3 billion in assets, it’s expected that Sharon Pryse has a roomy office. What’s not as expected is the seat she chooses when guests enter the room. When clients – or a reporter and photographer – walk …




