The LUV Doctor

On Wall Street, October, 2003 by Susan Konig

John Moore

John Moore & Associates

Raymond James Financial Services

Albuquerque, New Mexico

How did 22-year veteran broker John Moore become one of the airline unions' favorite capitalists? You could say the story started in 1998, when Moore and his wife celebrated their 20th anniversary by touring Israel.

While sitting at a Jerusalem pizzeria, two fellow American tourists struck up a conversation with Moore and soon began asking lots of questions. Of course, asking for free investment advice is not unusual.

"What was unusual," Moore says, "was that these men were pilots for Southwest Airlines, and they were in the midst of union negotiations. After we talked a while, they told me I was hired to help them find a consultant to design...

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