More than a decade in and around the industry.
Now I write it down for kids.
The person behind the KeepMore books, comics, and Market Mayhem — and why all of it started as bedtime stories for his son.
From the inside out.
I'm Nate Sillyman. My first roles in finance came fresh out of college in 2013, and I've been fascinated ever since. I went back to school for my Master's in Business and graduated in 2017, got licensed in 2018, and I haven't spent a day since not thinking, teaching, and breathing the stock market — every day, Monday through Friday, 9:30 to 4:00 EST.
Along the way — including roles at Charles Schwab and Fidelity — I watched the same quiet thing happen over and over. Fees came out every quarter. Accounts grew, and the fees grew with them, and almost nobody ever stopped to ask whether the arrangement still made sense. It wasn't fraud. Nobody was acting in bad faith. The costs just compounded in the background while everyone watched the markets.
Eventually I decided the more useful job was on the other side of the table — helping people see and lower what they pay, with nothing to sell them in return.
Someone with an adviser's training, working only on the cost side — with nothing to sell you.
The path I took.
And what KeepMore actually does.
You shouldn't have to trust a stranger with questions about your money. My professional record is public.
Look me up on BrokerCheck · CRD# 7006159 →The path to the
other side of the table.
Fidelity
Inside the Industry
Roles at Charles Schwab and Fidelity — observing how fees were structured, how they compounded, and how rarely they were questioned.
ASU
M.S. Business Management
Graduate study at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University — building the analytical foundation for fee examination work.
2018
Licensed & in good standing
Licensed in 2018 and in good standing ever since — currently, actively enrolled in the Maintaining Qualifications Program (MQP). The full record is public; look me up on BrokerCheck.
The KeepMore Company
Founded as an independent fee-examination practice, then rebuilt around the thing that mattered most: teaching kids how money and markets actually work. Today KeepMore is five picture books, a graphic novel, four courses, and Market Mayhem. The advisory work lives in the archive.
How I'm paid.
Plainly.
If I earned a commission, or wanted your account, my read on your fees couldn't be honest.
The books are free.
The bell rings August 1.
Five picture books and a graphic novel, free to read with narration. Market Mayhem's desktop beta opens August 1 from the waitlist.
Education, never investment advice. nate@thekeepmoreco.com