Scott Lavelle is the Chief Investment Officer at Diversified LLC, a fee-only fiduciary independent registered investment advisor, where he brings institutional discipline to how 2,300 households build wealth. He writes for Forbes on the part of investing an investor can control: cost, taxes, process, and behavior. The ones who win, he argues, master what they can control, not what they predict.Lavelle has managed money for institutional and private clients for over 25 years, across equities, fixed income, and alternatives. Before Diversified, he built and led a 45-person team overseeing $80 billion at PNC. He speaks regularly at conferences on topics such as alternative investments and AI in the investment process. He holds the CFA, CAIA, and FRM designations, and Institutional Investor named him an Industry Visionary. Lavelle earned a B.S. in finance from Boston College.Follow Lavelle for an institutional take on investing, minus the noise.