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California Move
Russell moved in 1961 to San Diego, then in 1967 to La Jolla, which became his longtime home. From the late 1950s through the 1970s he wrote articles on Dow Theory and technical analysis for Barron’s.
In 1977, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission censured Russell for having traded stocks and mutual funds immediately prior to writing about them, and not disclosing those positions to his readers. The violation was technical, and “of no consequence to his subscribers or anyone else,” Prechter wrote, and one of the SEC’s demands -- that he give subscribers two free months of his letter -- “appears to have been a ringing endorsement of his publication.”
Russell’s survivors include his former wives, Faye, Paula and Connie; children Daria, Nicole, Betsy, Ryan and Lauren; and a sister, Kate, according to the website.
Publication of the Dow Theory Letters will continue uninterrupted, the family said.