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Listen to Todd, founder and owner of Zinc Income Fund, a specialty lender in the residential rehab and resale business. These securitized loans are of less than 2 years duration, and pay Zinc's investors monthly payouts. In a day of record low interest rates this strategy has a strong track record of above market payouts to investors. We hope you enjoy it.
Until now, investors could invest into publicly traded companies that are listed on the exchanges (NY Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, etc.), with all information re: these companies being made available to the public via quarterly earnings announcements and audited financial reports. But, the vast majority of companies are private, so investing in them was much more difficult, as was digging thru financial information of them. The jobs Act of 2012 made many of these companies eligible for public investing but gathering and analyzing the financial info on the companies remained a daunting task. This allows the small investor to participate in these Venture Capital and Private Equity opportunities. KingsCrowd provides the information and analytics to evaluate these companies. We hope you enjoy this interview.
Having spent his entire career in commodities trading, holdng a variety of high level positions w/various major trading firms, Tim started Auspice in 2005. Focusing on their COM ETF, which is marketed and made available to the public thru Direxion family of mutual funds, It is a tactical, diversified basket of commodities that can be "Long" or in cash, based on rules, trend following, and contango/backwardation. A very timely and important discussion for today that every investor should hear.
Following a distinguished career as a Naval Officer, Chris started the firm in 2016, investing in various farming and agriculture diversified portfolios. They match investors w/farming and agribusiness players, in Private Placement projects, typically w/equity positions. Focused on the smaller, retail investors, this approach is fairly new and they are very active in the "Indoor Farming" space. Chris discusses the opportunities and risks of ag investing, which should be interesting to anyone interested in ag investing.
A three plus decade Commodities and Futures trader and prolific writer and contributor for Seeking Alpha, Andrew offers great insight into the world of commodities and futures trading. Never without an opinion, and always ready to defend his positions, Andrew is a delight to interview, as you will see. If you are at all interested in learning how this market works, this is the place to listen. His Brooklyn accent adds to the charm of it all. Hope you enjoy.
Co-Founder of New Age Alpha, Julian explains the unique methodology of the firm's investment strategy. Seeking to differentiate the losers from winners, NAA focuses on the "Human Risk Factors" that have been factored into the expected company performance in the future, NAA's strategy seeks to rely only on the hard data in the company's financial statement in determining the expected future stock price. They seek to eliminate the vague and ambiguous opinions that impact the expected stock value. Certainly unique and interesting, investors will find this interview very interesting and certain to provide a perspective and approach that is not found elsewhere. Hope you enjoy it.
Thematic ETF's have been developed to focus on particular themes of the investment marketplace. Two of those themes are E-Sports and Gaming/Media Entertainment. Listen to Mario discuss and explain two of Roundhill's ETF's focusing on these themes. No question, these are avant-garde investment pursuits, now available to all investors thru a liquid investment vehicle, focused on a very new and evolving portion of the marketplace. There is nothing ordinary about these ETF's and investors will find it very interesting.
Dr. Dogan specializes in and researches the trading of company "Insiders" and the active trades of the 10% highest performing Hedge Funds, and publishes that information for his clients. In this interview he tells us what his research uncovers and how that information can be used productively by investors and advisors. Knowing what companies have "Insiders" who are buying or selling their company's stocks can be a very valuable tool in evaluating the expected performance of a company and their stock,. In addition, the ability to identify those stocks that are most owned by the higher performing Hedge Funds can be very helpful to investors. This is one interesting interview. We hope you enjoy it.
A 30 plus year veteran in the futures commodities trading arena, and Co-Founder of CTG, Nell tells us about the industry and opportunities of trading commodities in the futures markets. With retail and institutional traders/investors, typically thru Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA's), this is a less well known portion of the trading industry, and focuses on Gold, Silver and other Metals, Agriculture (corn, sugar, wheat, etc.), Pork Bellies, etc., typically for diversification purposes from U.S. Equites, Bonds, Real Estate, etc. A very interesting take on this market niche that traders and investors can find to be opportunistic. We hope you enjoy it.
Listen to Ed Coyne,, Senior Managing Director, for Sprott., who started his career as an Architect, educated at the Univ of Missouri, and switched to asset management over 30 years ago. Sprott manages over $17 Billion, and focuses on Precious Metals and Real Assets, in variety of formats. He discusses the reasons to own Precious Metals as well as the various ways and methods to own them. Anyone interested in this marketplace, which is most every investor, should find this interview very interesting, and we hope that you catch some of the insights he offers.
"Sell in May and Go Away" - We've all heard it, but does it work? Is it a long term strategy, or has it worked better or worse over the past 10 years? How has it worked on the NASDAQ 100? Has the market history shown a way to enhance the return of this strategy? What did the "January Barometer" indicate about the returns for 2021? What is "December Low Indicator" and has it been consistent? What are the top performing NASDAQ months? The STA has long been a standard of statistics and in-depth analysis (an understatement) of data galore on the patterns of the U.S. Stock Market, and a sure way to get lost in the sea of data for a compelling dive into applicable historical patterns. And for the past few years STA has partnered with the Probabilities Fund to apply much of this data to real live trading. This is an episode you don't want to miss. Jeff is the son of the founding publisher of what is now the 54th Edition, and they just keep getting better. Hope you enjoy it
After a distinguished career @ PIMCO and the Principal, establishing ETF's, Paul co-founded Simplify to create for Advisors Options based strategies that defined the potential outcomes upfront thru Options. Listen to how Simplify.us creates these strategies and how they can be used by Advisors. We hope you enjoy it.
Dr. MIrabile, a professor of finance @ Fordham University, tells us about his recent book, "Exotic Alternative Investments" and it is fascinating. Taking the subject well beyond the usual "Liquid Alts" he delves into far less known categories of "Alternative Investments' and discusses their strengths, weaknesses and the pros and cons of over 20 different categories of exotics. He touches on the categories of Intellectual Property, Tax Credits, Aircraft Leases, Trade Claims, eSports, Gaming Franchises, Water Rights, Timber, Air Rights, Litigation Finance and many others. A first of its kind, his book is fascinating, as is the interview. We hope you enjoy it.
Martin founded Bequest Funds in 2012 and tells us how he creates better than market cash flow returns for their investors by purchasing performing mortgages at a discount on residences t/o the country from banks and hedge funds and working w/the borrowers to work thru any past issues, keep them in their home, while creating a profit. The majority of the capital in these funds is BQF's management. Given today's low interest rate environment and the equity market's gyrations, the steady income to investors from this strategy is very appealing to many. We hope you enjoy the interview.
Listen to Jon Robinson, co-founder and CEO, who reveals his unique way of landing his first job following college (w/Bear Stearns no less). He eventually helped established Blueprint, which provides both tactical investing services w/Index Funds, plus practice management services for Advisors. His, and Blueprint's, approach is based on the "Behavior" of the investor and their Advisor. Advisors and investors will find their approach to be very interesting. We hope you enjoy the the interview.
Clint Edgington, CFA, Founder and Principal of Beacon Hill Advisors and creators of the NEST Opportunity Fund, investing in real estate development in Opportunity Zones in Columbus, OH and Lexington, KY, focused on Multi-Family and Single Family development projects. Clint describes the potential capital gain tax benefits of Opportunity Zones and the compelling opportunities of their projects in Columbus and Lexington. Anyone interested in Opportunity Zone or real estate investing will find this interview most interesting and enlightening. We hope you enjoy it.
With the U.S. Equities in a significantly rising market many investors feel caught between the fear of missing out but recognizing that asset prices may well be over extended and see the probability that a major pull back or even correction could occur at any time. It is a challenging situation.
True Shares has created a "Structured Outcome" strategy that protects a portion of a downside move in the market while capturing a significant portion of the upside. Listen to Charley discuss this strategy w/Mike Loukas, Principal and CEO of True Shares to explain this unique investment strategy and what it offers to mitigate risk and create upside capture.
After 7 months of lockdown there is wide disparity of opinion on the economy, stock market, expected future movement, etc. A longtime friend and favorite of our show, Dr. Bob Dieli, PhD in Economics and former top economic advisor to several banks and institutions, provides his take on what has happened, is happening and is expected to happen in these arenas. Tune in to hear a "No Spin" analysis of present readings and future expectations.
The credit markets receive far less attention than they should in the marketplace, given the amount of money that is invested there. With a strong background in Private Equity, Verdad has conducted a significant amount of research into what has made Private Equity so successful as an investment strategy, and have found much of the answer in the credit portion of Private Equity. They have coined the term "Fools Yield" to describe their findings. Greg's experience is in the area of High Yield Bonds, and he is credited w/much of the insights that have resulted from their research. Their findings have been published and presented at various conferences and received much attention. Credit investors (which is most investors) should be aware of what they have found in their analysis. We hope you enjoy this conversation.
Ever effervescent and lively, Dr. Mira is an Economist raised behind the Iron Curtain in a Communist country, now a Columbia University trained PhD in Economics and accomplished speaker and presenter t/o So. Calif on the economy, and Co-Director of the Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting @ Cal State Fullerton, Dr. Mira shares her insights on the U.S. Economy. You won't want to miss this interview - It covers lots of ground, w/worthy insights about the economy throughout.
Gary, a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering, spent decades in this field, including time w/NASA. In 1994 he started Harloff Capital to create investment strategies and manage assets. His focus is on market selection and rotation, not individual stocks. Listen to his views of how to select those markets he believes are the most likely to rise in the near future. Any equity investor should find this interview to be very interesting.
Listen to Michael, the Chief Investment Strategist for SSGA, which is the 3rd largest money manager in the world, w/ over $3 Trillion in Assets Under Management and the founders of the SPY ETF in 1993, the S&P 500 Index ETF, the first ETF and the largest traded security in the country. Michael discusses his "3 Surprises" forecasts for 2020 and their Sector Rotation strategy. Michael is in demand by the media and his ideas/views are sought after repeatedly. You'll find this to be interesting.
Started by Dr. Andrew Rudd, former Professor of Finance @ Cornell Univ, Advisor Partners focuses on providing niche services in tax efficient investing and SRI, all with advanced technologies and proficiency in these areas. They perform tax harvest strategies as well as SRI investment selection tailored to the specific portfolio and goals of each client. Listen to Rahul tell how they do it.
Passed in 2017, as part of the tax reform act, Qualified Opportunity Zones present a unique opportunity to achieve partial Capital Gains Tax relief by re-investing gains into geographical areas that are typically less attractive to development projects. Listen to Dan Fullmer, Chief Investment Officer, to understand this new opportunity. Focusing on the Intermountain West's lesser populated areas, they develop Multi-Family units for Qualified Opportunity Zones. Investors should be aware of this new opportunity.
Always to be counted on for applicable data, reliable forecasts and lots of opinions, Dr. Bob Dieli, PhD out of U. of Texas, publisher of his newsletter, No Spin Forecast, answers our questions re: the economy. It is always interesting to hear his views, comments and thoughts, which are definitely needed at this time. Sit back and listen, and be prepared to take notes.
APMEX, the American Precious Metals Exchange, is twenty years old, does about $1 Billion in revenue yearly, w/over 200 employees, offers about 20,000 products in the precious metals space and is the dominant precious metals physical dealer in the country. Ken discusses the importance of having a portion of one's portfolio in precious metals as a diversifier, primarily gold. Listen to Ken discuss this important aspect of most every investor.
Mike is the Senior Analyst @ Weiss Ratings and Editor of the "Safe Money Report," the flagship publication of Weiss Ratings. He's been making market and stock recommendations w/Weiss since 2003- In other words, he's a brave man. Using fundamental and cyclical analysis in his evaluations, he uses their database of filters in their quantitatively based data on stocks, ETF's, etc. He discusses the importance of safety/conservative/defensive approaches, plus growing dividends, to include non-traditional stock analysis - REIT's, Closed End funds, MLP's, etc. Anyone interested in investing will find this to be very interesting.
Dave is the founder and owner of TimerTrac.com. They offer a website to subscribers/ investors/advisors that offers asset managers and their strategies, provides a description of their investment strategy and gives their performance record. TimerTrac can calculate the performance for as long as the asset manager has been w/TimerTrac. This is a distinct advantage for the asset manager, who can now show a confirmed and verified track record of performance to show to prospective investors. These asset managers are typically professionals in or from the industry. With 500 plus strategies from 100 - 200 asset managers, this can be very interesting stuff. Hope you enjoy it.
Guy is the Portfolio Manager of Shelton's Tactical Credit Fund, and seeks to create Alpha thru active management of credit positions. With interest rates at super lows, and $15 Trillion in negative interest rates, to create profits in the credit marketplace has become exceptionally challenging. Guy discusses Shelton's strategy, resulting from his thirty plus years of experience in the credit marketplace, and how they seek to generate profits today. With many investors' asset allocation to fixed income being 20% plus of their total allocation, this is an important aspect of their investment strategy. We hope it is helpful.
Ali, a Harvard MBA, has been managing Long/Short strategies for over 17 years, and was awarded the Portfolio Manager of the Year in the Alternatives Category by Morningstar in 2014, and started Invenomic in 2016. Long/Short strategies can be a productive surrogate for fixed income investments in today's low yield environment. To understand Long/Short strategies this interview can provide significant insight into this important approach to investing.
The Fall Conference of RITA is coming soon, and those interested can receive info on it thru this promotional podcast. Trust companies, Investment Advisors and investors comprise the majority of the attendees are encouraged to attend.
Self-Directed IRA's have existed for decades but their popularity continues to grow and create more participants and fans. They make investing in many non-traditional investments in IRA's possible (private investments, private equity, metals, real estate, private enterprises, et al). Listen to Mary Mohr, founder of RITA, the association for the trustees who do the record keeping and reporting (it's more exciting than it sounds) for these transactions, who promote and make possible these investment opportunities, as she discusses this important but less known niche of the IRA investment world.
Listen to Jason, founder of Beach City Capital, tell their story of their unique business model of partnering w/land owners w/existing multi-family units to replace and upgrade these units w/new and improved ones. Anyone interested in real estate in So. California will find Jason, BCC's strategy of partnering w/current land owners, pre-lease arrangements and Opportunity Zone focus to be very interesting. Learn what "Co-Living" is in these types of facilities. We hope you enjoy it.
With the lead time to develop, build and sell residential units in the 3-5 year range in California it is no wonder that the pace of residential development has slowed and that the housing shortage continues to escalate. Listen to Mike Cutbirth, founder and CEO of Triad, discuss their business model of purchasing land that is already pre-approved for residential development, reducing the gestation period to under a year. This unique approach to selective purchasing offers many advantages to investors, and anyone interested in investing in real estate will find this interview to be very interesting. We hope you enjoy it.
Ever the raconteur, previous guest Ted discusses the investment strategy of Incline - a systematic manager, combining futures and equity investing, agnostically, both long and short. Focused on diversification, they seek to reduce risk thru non-correlated investments. This is a very interesting conversation re: the commodities and their role in creating risk averse portfolios.
Former bankers, Freedom Financial makes first position loans to Real Estate professionals who bring value added commercial projects to the community and returns to investors. Bringing their expertise to the western U.S., he discusses the opportunities and value that exist in this geography and why clients come to finance companies such as theirs as opposed to banks.
Millennium Trust is the Custodian of over $26 Billion in Alternative Investments, held in trust and valued as required by the IRS. Listen to this 5 minute interview w/Ted as he tells us stories of their clients and services.
Listen to this 5 minute interview w/George, out of Switzerland, discusses opportunities to invest in Venture Capital thru Blockchain and cryptocurrency tokens, allowing investors to invest small amounts into these funds and projects in a liquid investments. They offer a very interesting business model that does not follow any traditional path.
Listen to this 5 minute interview with Bill Kelly, CEO of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association, discusses Alternative Investments, CAIA and the opportunities they bring to the investment world. Bill is always interesting and a delight to listen to.
Listen to Rob, CEO, and previous CEO multiple times plus corporate board member for several companies in the industry, discuss this niche in the pharma world. A publicly traded company, focusing on the delivery system of medications, w/systems offering less toxicology and fewer side effects. W/a proprietary system they offer a delivery system that is unique and is not processed thru the stomach. Many investors should find this interview and company to be very interesting.
Trained as an architect, Ed transitioned into the world of investments over 25 years ago, w/some major and high profile asset management firms. Focusing primarily on Gold, Ed discusses the place for this precious metal in investors' asset allocation. W/over $10 Billion in assets, Sprott offers some tax advantaged opportunities in certain situations. There are several ways to own Gold and Sprott does most of them. Any investor should find this to be very interesting.
An Engineer and mathematician by background, Francisco has spent the past 20 plus years applying the skills and experience to investing that he learned from the technical and analytical background for which he had been trained. Focusing on the process of evaluating stock selection thru Fundamentals and Momentum, they analyze the earnings and revenues acceleration and momentum of various stocks, and seek to go Long on those w/strong scores and Short those w/Low scores, ranking each one according to over 70 data points. This is an original creation by Francisco and Cognios and listeners will find it to be very interesting.
Karlin, a longtime contributor to a wide range of multifamily/real estate investment publications, including Kiplinger, Globest.com, Multi-Housing News, et al, and a Principal @ IMG, discusses value-added real estate opportunities. They look to improve not only properties for residences, but also communities and neighborhoods. Looking to grow over time, rather than the more immediate fix and flip strategy, IMG focuses on Multi-Family because they see continued opportunity there, like the risk reward ratios, and are experienced in this segment of the real estate world. They focus on six to seven metropolitan areas, with facilities that are 150 - 350 units, w/equities of $12 - 18 million. Listen to Karlin tell their story, discuss their challenges and work to temper investors' expectations.
Ted discusses the benefits of using Alternative Assets in IRA acct's - Millenium Trust custodies these typically illiquid assets, a service that the larger custodians often do not offer for the assets desired. Examples of such investments are stock in private companies, trust deeds, commercial real estate, private credit, etc. Any investor with funds in IRA's of any type will find this to be enlightening and interesting.
Sanford, founder and CEO, discusses their value added strategy in real estate investing, primarily in Orange County. With a narrow niche focus of 5-50 unit multi-family apartment buildings. Buying units priced below market, upgrading, raising rents, managing for some months then selling is their Modus Operandi. Anyone interested in real estate investing will find Sanford's insights and comments to be very interesting.
BP Capital is the public arm of the investment strategies of Boon Pickens , with a focus on oil, natural gas, et al. Toby, Managing Principal and Portfolio Manager for BP Capital, tells their story ( with a very pleasant southern drawl) discussing their unique approach to energy investing. With the energy sector playing such an important role in the U.S. economy and the investment community, and the opportunity to hear how Boon does things, you won't want to miss this.
Tony is co-founder and president of Brandometry, which invests via the Brand Value Index, looking to benefit from investing in companies who have built/managed companies with strong brand recognition, which is now considered to be intangible assets. Large Cap U.S. Equities are the components of the index, and includes about 50 companies, with a strategy that is long only, no leverage, and equal weight among the components. This is a unique strategy that many investors who focus on mutual funds and ETF's will find to be very interesting.
Graham tells about Innovator ETF's unique Defined Outcome ETF's, designed to protect the assets from downside exposure while seeking to capture a significant portion of any upside. This "Buffer" strategy follows the strategy used in Structured Notes and Equity Index Annuities, but with some significant differences. Any investor concerned about losing principal value following a 10 year Bull Market should find this interview to be very interesting.
Listen to Dr. Paul Glance, a PhD in Engineering, following a career in automotive engineering, found a second career in creating investment strategies. For a couple of decades he provided Long & Short market timing signals for mutual funds and now he offers his portfolios and timing signals directly to advisors and investors. With performance of his trades confirmed and verified thru TimerTrac.com., he offers four different strategies, all using ETF's. For a deep dive into some very interesting strategies using Quantitative Analysis, Buckingham Pi Theorem and other complex signals, listen to this interview.
Dr. Anderson, with a Ph.D in Finance, and President of Griffin Capital Asset Management, is focused on real estate investing, has a combination of real estate industry and academic experience, using research driven strategies, applying modeling, quantitative testing, and back testing in developing projects and investment vehicles, typically using REIT structures. In addition, they invest in real estate securities, looking always to diversify investors' portfolios in the real estate area. Listening to Randy is always a treat, educational and enlightening. To learn about real estate investing, listen to Randy.
Listen to Dave, a Louisiana boy, discuss how he educates and coaches how to trade stocks and ETF's, with lots of personality and fun. Having worked as a trader for Hedge Funds for years, given speeches and presentations t/o the world, and authored three books, he is able to lead his students to follow charting patterns and analysis. A trend following/momentum, discretionary trader, he trades primarily stocks, with some ETF's, and known for his "Bow Tie" pattern. Listen to Dave discuss market trading in a very interesting way, and receive a copy of one of his books.
Peter's been in the precious metals industry forever, and discusses the opportunities and challenges of this industry. Gold has been in demand as an investment for thousands of years and many advisors have touted its productivity and place in investment portfolios for the typical investor for decades. Peter knows the industry, the players and the products of precious metals and offers us his insights into this very important segment of the investment world.
Jan, founder, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, tells the story of Arixa, who makes real estate secured bridge loans to home and commercial renovators. With over 800 transactions totaling over $700 million, Arixa focuses on coastal California's major urban markets, with loans of less than two year duration and a margin of safety of about 40%. He also discusses the new "Opportunity Zones" program recently established by the U.S. Congress. Anyone interested in credit/fixed income investing should find this interview to be of significant interest.
Listen to the review and prognosis of Charley, together w/Sam McDermott, for the very rough 2018 and moving forward into 2019. The Podcast is audio only - We'd be happy to send you the visual charts - Just let us know @ info@StrategicInvestorRadio.com. Hope you enjoy it.
Bernard, co-founder and Chief Investment Officer, discusses their unique strategy to mitigate risk while seeking to benefit from capital growth. Focusing on mitigating the downside risk, the 90/10 strategy applies 90% of the portfolio very safe, short maturity fixed income for maximum safety and applies 10% to higher risk positions. Hence, only 10% is at risk, using Call Options to maximize potential return. This is a very interesting approach to investing that is quite unique in the marketplace that most investors will find to be very interesting.
Listen to Troy, who analyzes the expected future movement of the U.S. Stock Market. Using Fundamental and Technical Analysis plus leveraged ETF's, Troy seeks to exceed returns of a "Buy and Hold" approach to investing by identifying when to use leveraged ETF's and when to exit to Cash. He divides the market into Long Term, Intermediate Term and Short term, and recommends accordingly. In addition, he quantifies the historical price changes during various time periods following breakouts and breakdowns of various sectors, etc. The results are very specific and can be very helpful and often defy conventional thinking. A very interesting conversation re: a subject of interest of most every investor.
Listen to John, Portfolio Manager of the Tactical Credit Fund, discuss this unique fund strategy, starting with the whirlwind days of the credit crisis of 2008. Using four asset buckets - High Yield - Bank Debt - Convertible Bonds - Investment Grade Bonds, they tactically invest into each according to the opportunities that they see in each, including Long/Short opportunities, with varying time frames. Focused on higher than usual volatility and yield, they repeatedly apply their "Rotational Trade" seeking to achieve higher than market yields and returns. In this day of rising interest rates and low yields this type of strategy should be very interesting to investors and advisors.
Joe founded and is the CEO of Synergy, services other RIA firms by providing 18 investment strategies, a Hedge Fund, marketing and practice management. Joe discusses their "Sailboat" strategy, a rules based tactical allocation/Sector Rotation model, using about a dozen signals, and its role in their array of strategies. For Advisors, he also discusses the "E-Myth" principle of working on a business as opposed to working in a business.
Listen to Joe, Director of Education & Business Development @ the OIC, w/over 24 years in the Options industry as a market maker, w/Options Express, Schwab, et al, educating institutions on risk mitigation and enhanced performance using Options. Since 1992 the OIC has provided increased awareness, education and promotion of exchange listed Options for investors, Advisors and institutions. Joe discusses strategy diversification thru Options vs. product diversification. Retail investors, Investment Advisors and institutions are using Options at a rapid rate of increase year over year. Using Options, one can: 1) Decrease Risk w/o increasing capital; 2) Leverage assets, define and balance the risk; 3) Apply tools to solve problems that could not be solved in other ways. This is a very interesting conversation that investors/Advisors should find to be well worth the listen.
Listen to Bob, CEO of Equinox Funds, a family of Mutual Funds using Commodity Trading Advisors and their strategies, expanding into equity strategies. Their initial fund, the Frontier Fund, was the original Managed Futures category offered thru the format of a liquid, low minimum Mutual Fund, and later launching the first portfolio of multi-strategy CTA's in a Mutual Fund. We discuss the opportunity to diversify into Commodities, and their approach to invest into them without having to liquidate fixed income and equities. We also discuss their unique fee arrangement for their Ampersand Fund. Anyone looking for diversification and possible enhanced returns thru Commodities should find this interview to be very interesting.
Arthur Lipper, entrepreuner, author, lecturer at many universities, investor, consultant, discusses a new way to provide working capital to private, early stage businesses, called Revenue Royalties. He discusses his e-book - "Revenue Royalties" - www.RexRevenueRoyalties.com., which is an alternative for these businesses to raise working capital thru Royalties based on Revenues, as opposed to selling an equity portion of the busines. A fascinating idea of Arthur's that is a unique way to provide this needed resource and funding opportunity. Certainly cutting edge, we are sure our listeners will find it to be very interesting and thought provoking.
Griffin, a math and quantitative economics major in college, worked immediately for a quantitative Hedge Fund, and has now moved into the Cryptocurrency space, co-founding the hedge fund Scow Capital. Combining a computer science background with an investment background, they focus on the Blockchain technology, and the disruption it can, and is expected to bring into various sectors of the economy. Listen to hear how they are approaching this volatile, challenging marketplace, which is fully expected to be an integral part of the future of industry and finance.
With a couple of decades experience behind him in trading and investment management, Brian discusses trading in today's markets. As the author of the book, "Technical Analysis Thru Multiple Time Frames," Brian looks at the importance of several pricnicples in trading:
1-"Risk/Reward or Perceived Edge;"
2 - The importance of Magnitude over Frequency of profitable trading;
3- The importance of Support & Resistance and the time frames he uses;
4 - The price ranges of stocks that he likes to trade, and why;
5 - How to deal with Earnings Report periods as a trader;
This is a very interesting conversation that anyone interested in trading would find to be interesting and insightful.
You can catch Brian on Youtube, under the title of "Thermal1" - Hope you enjoy it.
As a researcher, Brett evaluates investment opportunities to invest for a steady income stream. His published "The Contrarian Income Report" and "Hidden Yields" reports identify Closed End Funds, REIT's, and other investments that offer outsized yields. Cherry picking opportunities among stocks in these and similar areas, Brett offers yields that are not often seen today. Looking to generate income thru yields while seeking to increase the equity value as well, he discusses their methods of identifying those stocks who are likely to have an increasing stock price in addition to the outsized dividends. Anyone interested in cash flow investing should listen to this interview.
As part of the Arbor family of companies, including the 30 year old publicly traded mortgage REIT, Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), ArborCrowd offers real estate investing opportunites to Accrdited Investors online. Adam is Co-Founder and Managing Director of ArborCrowd, and they are able to leverage their connections and experience in the mortgage real estate industry to offer investment opportunities to investors. In a unique position to build upon the relationships, network and opportunities that they find thru their mortgage business, they seek to select among the best opportunities in these real estate investing projects and offer them to investors thru ArborCrowd. Due to the Jobs Act of 2012, this opportunity is now available. Focusing on secondary and tertiary markets, they seek to offer value add work force/multi-family properties to investors. For the fixed income portion of one's portfolio, listeners will find this interview to be most interesting.
Listen to Edward, responsible for investor relations, discuss their unique strategy to create profits for investors thru short term bridge loans on real estate. For Accredited Investors, they receive referrals from banks on cases where the banks cannot lend, they make loans on properties (often owner occupied), secured by the real estate thru a first trust deed, with a typical shorter term duration of 1-3 years. Compared to the risk/reward ratio of traditional fixed income investments, most investors needing income investments should be very interested in this conversation.
Dr. Ball, with a PhD in Economics from MIT and the current Dept. of Economics Chair @ Johns Hopkins University, wrote his book to address the Lehman Brothers failure, which was the pivotal event in triggering the financial crisis of 2008. Addressing a continuing controversy of whether Lehman should have been rescued or allowed to fail, he spent four years researching a plethora of public records to determine if the legal and political climates would/should have allowed for the rescue of Lehman. His insights are very interesting re: this critical and pivotal event, the genesis of a market development that contributed to a major financial crisis. We thoroughly enjoyed doing the interview and are confident that our listeners will find it to be enlightening, balanced, and insightful on this historic and impactful event.
Welcome back Dave - Dave was the very first guest that we had on Strategic Investor Radio, back in October, 2014. His patience with us in those early days was greatly appreciated and we are always glad to be the beneficiaries of his insights into the world of investing. He has an MBA from U. of Chicago and is the Portfolio Manager for Cedar Capital, specializing in portfolio construction, typically within a quantitative framework and the ways in which Alternative Investments work within a portfolio. Using a recently created index by Thomson Reuters, focused on Venture Capital and Private Equity investments, with about 6000 Private Equity firms and 28,000 Venture Capital firms, this index offers diversification into these markets typically not available to the private investor. Any investor will find this conversation to be not only interesting but focused on a subject that is very helpful and important to them.
As President and Chief Investment Officer. Using their proprietary investment strategy they call ROTAROME. Focused on investing vs. speculating, he much prefers investing over speculating. He is fcused on the business, vs. the stock price, which he considers to be investing, as opposed to speculation, which would be a focus on the stock price. He uses the ROTAROME method of stock analysis as a metric to determine which businesses to focus on and purchase. ROTA measures the business itself and ROME seeks to evaluate and measure the relative "Cheap or Expensive" current price of the stock. They seek a high number in each over a period of time. This is a very interesting method of analysis and interview. We hope you enjoy it.
Listen to Bryan, Portfolio Manager for the Infrastrucure Fund, focusing on utilities, telecom, energy, transportation/Logistics, which are all part of this fund. These highly regulated sectors represent about 25% of the U.S. economy, and are becoming more key to the economy and political landscapes. Expecting these assets to become more valuable in the near and longer term future, Bryan makes compelling points re: the future opportunities of this space. Loaded with misperceptions by investors, Bryan addresses the need to be focused on this strategy.
Publishing over 200 indexes, S-Network Global uses these indexes to provide the underlying investments for focused and specialty ETF's. Gregg is responsible for developing those indexes that are used to create these custom ETF's with ESG focus and purpose. This is certainly a timely topic, with Blackrock and now Walmart making policy decisions focused on ESG factors. The world is changing, and those not at least following these changes can be left behind. S-Network is, together with Reuters, in the forefront in creating opportunity in this specialty arena. We hope you enjoy the interview.
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The Portfolio Manager for the past 10 years for the Shelton International Select Equity Strategy, Andy discusses the unique analysis methodology of his and Shelton, focusing on and measuring redploying its own capital to create value for shareholders. Focusing on asset growth and return on asset capital, they define 5 stages in a corporate life cycle, identify which stage a company is in at a particular time, and how the company is dealing with the issues they face. Using GE and Netflix as example, Andy applies their system of analysis to them and discusses how Shelton approaches these, and similar companies. Focusing on international companies, he has taken on quite a challenge, which creates a very interesting investing analysis system and discusses it. This is a different approach to company analysis and anyone interested in investing in inernational companies will find this discussion well worth the effort.
A brainchild of Sal's, Teucrium is a family of Exchange Traded Products, all focused on agricultural commodities. With heavy experience in ag commodity trading, including ethanol, he was involved in the establishment of the ethanol over the counter market. He shows how farmers are the eternal optimists, and will plant until prices reach their cost of production. Ag commodities have ever increasing uses, creating constant demand for a variety of uses, and the prices are seasonal, making it very consistent in price fluctuation. This is fascinating stuff and recommend it to all listeners. Sal tells a compelling story in a very intersting style.
Listen to Eric, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, tell how Spider Rock uses Options strategies to reduce risk and solve other problems with portfolio construction. Plain vanilla equities and fixed income strategies cannot do what Options can do. Working with institutions, family offices and Advisors, they construct portfolios around risk mitigation and yield augmentation, and even much more sophisticated strategies. He discusses how to get paid while waiting for a market pullback and how to derisk a portfolio without being exposed to capital gains. Not knowing Options today is a definite handicap to any investor and this interview deserves a listen by all investors.
KraneShares is a family of ETF's, all focused on China. Brendan, the Chief Investment Officer, tells about the restructuring of the MSCI Emerging Market Index, to include mainland Chinese securities. Index based ETF's, as passive investments, invest in those companies that are included in these indexes. This means that those who invest in this index will now include those securities from Chinese exchanges, resulting in additional shares to be purchased of these companies. This is somewhat historic, and could generate some significant changes in the value of these securities that will now be included in the index. Very interesting interview for any investor.
Providing safety training, oversight and management to the construction and heavy machinery industries. Using advanced software to provide training and direction, Nextwave is state of the art in providing their training and service. Timothy is the COO, and discusses the opportunities of Nextwave.
A private merchant banking firm, with offices in Santa Monica, London and Sydney, Australia, they provide private equity, Venture Capital and advisory services to start ups and growing companies, focusing on Biotechnology, AI, Blockchain, Software and Precious Metals. Rick discusses what he sees as the key to success in these ventures.
Saveene.com arranges for the renting of yachts, luxury real estate and exotic cars. In a fractional ownership model, this site provides a unique service to the luxury community.
In the "Spirits" business (Alcoholic Beverages), specializing in independent premium producers and their own proprietary brews. This market has changed substantially over the past years, and Blu Tango is looking to capitalize on this trend.
John discusses the background of Petvivo's new product used in the treatment of osteo arthritis for dogs and horses. Unique in that it focuses on the cause, not just the relief of the pain and symptoms, this product will be offered thru Veterinarians. He relates examples and stories of race horses that were greatly improved by the product.
In his third start up, John tells the story of Purify Fuel, which is a nano technology based clean diesel fuel additive that reduces fuel usage and emissions. Selling to the largest of diesel fuel consumers - US Govt, Railroads, etc. Raising working capital to bring this product to market.
Focused on Clerisy, an alternative method to take/ingest medications, George discusses this new method/technology. They have produced a nose clip that contains the medication and thru breathing it releases the medication directly to the brain, providing a number of benefits to the person. Created by neurologists, this method is now FDA approved, and Clerisy is raising funds to bring this product to market.
Archangels is composed of members of family offices, angel and other investors who have joined together to view and evaluate capital raising efforts by smaller companies seeking private equity type capital. Doug discusses the key elements that their group has learned to be the most important and telling in evaluating investment opportunities. He addresses the need for evaluating the deal structure, as opposed to the company management or the solution that is being proposed.
For over forty years, WSR has produced research reports, profiles and newsletters on both public and private companies. These companies are typically in a capital raising phase, and they bring investors together to receive the presentations of the companies. Having done many of these "RoadShow" gatherings their insights are very valuable for any investor or entrpreneural endeavor.
Markets Group was the Producer of the conference, and Paul was responsible for it all. He discusses here the conference, topics, categories of discussion, etc. Sponsors of the conference were the local CFA Society, CAIA, CalAlts, and others, and Markets Group has taken this conference to other parts of the country, and discusses these additional conferences.
Hedge Connection is a web based platform that makes connections between asset allocators and Hedge Funds. Lisa is the founder and CEO, and one of the sponsors of the conference. A previous guest on Strategic Investor Radio, she shares her thoughts on the industry, the conference and the opportunities that they create.
Eric is the Chief Investment Officer of Spider Rock, a firm focused on Options strategies. A speaker at the conference, Eric shares some of what he spoke about at the conference re: the role that Options can play in portfolio protection and diversification. Focusing on large RIA firms and family offices, they seek to create investment opportunities with risk management thru opton based strategies, ranging from the more simple to the more sophisticated ones.
A speaker at the conference, Dan discusses how to create profits in a rising rate environment. He briefly discusses M360's private credit commercial real estate bridge loans.
Conducted at the AltsLA Conference in March, here is a brief interview with Bill Kelly re: Alternative investments, the industry and the role of CAIA. Bill was a speaker and panel moderator at the conference, and always has interesting insights to offer.
Since 1980, Louis has been analyzing and recommending investments for his newsletter subscribers, and managing investments for institutions and individuals since 1987. Using Fundamental and Quantitative Analysis in a bottom-up process. Louis recommends equity and other investments to his subscribers and in his investment management service. Louis seeks to find the inefficiencies and anomalies in the markets, and recommends/uses these positions for his subscribers and clients. Never one to shy away from expressing an opinion, Louis discusses a variety of subjects re: the world of investing. You won't want to miss this.
Ted learned the investmentment industry from John W. Henry, successful Commodities Trader who now owns the Boston Globe , Boston Red Sox, Liverpool Football Club, and other ventures. In 2012 he formed Incline with his partner, and they created a unique strategy to combine equity investments together with Commodity Trading , and call it the Systematic Hybrid Investment Strategy. You will enjoy this conversation about a unique way to invest in both of these markets. He reveals a key trait of JWH that everyone in the investment world should remember. Listen to this interview.
Following stints at some of Wall Street's largest and most prestigious investment firms - Goldman Sachs, Bridgewater Capital and AQR Hedge Fund - Nate started CAM with his partner to focus on little followed, niche markets in the Commodities markets, i.e. nickel, zinc, lead, palladium, aluminum and other even lesser known commodities. Able to be long or short, mostly in the Futures market, they use fundamental analysis and quantitative metrics, and do not pursue trend following, which is the more typical approach for commodities trading. Investors today often seek a low-correlated investment for their portfolio, and many are turning to commodities for diversification from equity and fixed income markets. Listen to this conversation to learn about this unique way to add diversification to a portfolio, and able to create profits in rising or declining markets.
David tells the story of CCM, an independent impact investment money management firm, speciallizing in fixed income (Bond investing), paying market rate returns, but they allow the investors to focus on particular geographical or impact themes in deploying their investment funds. CCM started with banks and others covered by the Community Re:Investment Act in the 1990's, moving into the Foundations and other institutional investors, and now wealth management world and other private investors. He discusses the themes and locales of some of their projects, as well as the goals and desires of the investors. For many investors, it is very important to align their investments with their values, and David tells this story as well as anyone, providing specific examples of projects that listeners will find to be very interesting.
The Director of Investor Relations, Paul discusses BP's L/S funds, especially the unique Emerging Markets L/S fund, part of their $100 Billion in Assets Under Management. While L/S funds are fairly commong, few apply this strategy to international markets, especially Emerging Markets. On a bottom up basis, they look for companies with rich valuations and potential catalysts to move the price, both on the long and short side. They allow the market to determine the net exposure, with the short side usually between 30-70% of the Long side. He also discusses the unique challenges and features of the opportunities in Emerging Markets. An enlightening interview on a subject receiving much less attention than most in the financial markets.
As an early pioneer in Alternative Investments, Rick has had a focus on Alternative Investments for the 29 year life of their firm. Having establish their Alternative Investments focused LASSO mutual fund twenty years ago, he is a frequent speaker in the industry and often a Co-Chair of conferences, and shares with us his views of the industry, current conditions of the financial markets, and other insights in this investment space. Rick's experience in this segment of the financial world for several decades creates a rich background for him to hold forth on this important subject.
As an insider in the world of Fixed Income securities management on Wall Street prior to, during , and since the 2008 credit crisis, Mark has had a view of this epoch period as few others (as he tells us, he had dealings with each of the four parties whose stories are told in the book and movie "The Big Short). He identifies what he sees as the major causes of the crisis, and shares insights and unique views that few can claim to have from that period. We loved doing this and are sure you will enjoy it as well.
Listen to Sal, Chief Investment Officer and responsible for investment strategies for the twenty plus ETF's at IndexIQ, a New York Life company, as he discusses their various factor based Alternative Investment ETF's. He discusses the core competencies needed in this area of investing. A combination of Fundamental, Technical and Quantitative Analysis, these strategies are multi faceted and anything but buy and hold, simple strategies. He also discusses their Merger Arbitrage strategy, and the opportunities and challenges in creating a set of rules for managing these assets. Anyone interested in factor based investing will find this interview to be very interesting.
As the Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager over Real Estate securities strategies @ Salient Partners, Joel is responsible for their investments into listed stocks whose underlying business is commercial real estate investment and management. Focused on the rent collecting commercial property development and management market, thru REIT's and stocks, Joel discusses the benefits of investing into this space. Joel has seen this industry grow from $6 Billion to almost $ 1 Trillion in assets over almost thirty years and offers unique and valuable insights into this market.
Listen to Matt, Director of Research @ Kaizen, discuss his 6 year old strategy, The Alpha Seeker, trading Volatility. He discusses the recent meltdown of VIX inverse strategies that created some major market disruptions. The Alpha Seeker uses a "Volatility Dashboard" to direct on investing in VIX ETF's and their inverse. They manage equity exposure thru Volatility trading. Fascinating stuff, and not for the faint-hearted. Anyone interested in protecting equity exposure will find this interview to be very interesting.
As the founder and CEO, Will tells about their HIPS strategy, investing in an index of High Income investments. In the current low yield environment investors strive for almost any level of yield that is above ground. The HIPS strategy includes REIT's, Master Limited Partnerships, Business Development Companies, and Closed End Funds, and provides a diversified set of about 300 of these companies, paying high yield/income. He also discusses the changes to the tax treatment of some of these categories of investments from the recent tax reform. Anyone needing income or looking for alternatives to the current low yields of traditional fixed income investments will find this interview to be very interesting.
Alex is a Founder and the COO, and explains the opportunities in the digital asset world. He discusses the quant and data driven aspects of DAS, using data models, AI, machine learning, quant driven apporaches to Cryptocurrencies investing. He discusses the major misperceptions of investing in this area, including a leveling of expectations, and the added trading sophistication in space. Saying that it is about the technology, he differentiates between Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain and discusses the applications and opportunities of each. They are seeking to bridge the gap between the world of finance and technology, with research backed, quant driven strategies. Wondering what ICO really means, listen here for your answer.
As the Chief Investment Officer of Index IQ, Sal will be speaking at the conference on the subject of equity hedging thru Hedge Fund Strategies. Index IQ uses ETF's in an effort to replicate the returns of productive Hedge Fund strategies. Addressing the major objections to the more aggressive reputation of Hedge Funds, Sal discusses how to reduce risk to a portfolio thru these types of strategies.
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Founder and CEO Will Rhind will be a speaker at the conference, to be held in NYC on May 1. He will be speaking about the importance of adding commodities to a well diversified portfolio, either as a hedge against inflation or for pure diversification. He discusses with us who invests in Granite Shares and why.
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As CIO of Infinity Q, James will be speaking at the Conference on May 1 to be held in NYC, and will be addressing Volatility in the Equity Markets. Discussing investing thru Volatility, a specialty of Infinity Q, he tells us who invests thru Volatility, and why.
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No stranger to Alternative Investments, as a 29 year Alternative Investment specialist firm, author of books on Alternative Investments, founders of a two decade old Alternative Investment Portfolio, Rick will again be the Co-Chair of this conference, scheduled for May 1 in NYC, Rick will be speaking at the conference several times, including on the subject of "Liquid Alts 2.0". Here, he briefly discusses the role of Alternative Strategies in risk management.
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Don is the founder and CEO of JV Events Group, and the producer of the conference, to be held in NYC on May 1. Having produced conferences for sixteen years, including the Inside ETF's Conference, he discusses the unique model that their conference model follows. With several conferences planned for 2018, this conference is well timed for buyers/allocators/advisors, with an all star set of presenters.
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Director of Investor Relations, Paul will be one of the speakers at the May 1 Conference in NYC. He will be speaking about the BP Emerging Markets Long/Short Strategy. He discusses the role of Alternative Investments in a properly diversified portfolio, and who invests in their fund, and why.
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With a background in creating indexes, Scott took the United Nations' 17 Sustainable, Development Goals and created an ETF containing those companies that address one or more of the these U.N. Goals. After providing his insight into the accuracy of index ETF's, Scott discusses the genesis of Serenity Shares formation. Filtering all stocks, looking to identify those companies that focus on achieving one or more of these SDG's, resulted in the selection of 110 companies, who form the index and ETF. Very interesting, especially for those who seek to "...invest for a return while making a difference." Scott gave presentations at the Annual Sustainable, Responsible Impact Investing Conference in late 2017.
Founder and CEO Mark Landis tells about Wavelength Capital's strategy, or focus, to have a low volatility fixed income portfolio that is immune from rising and falling interest rates. They invest into four different portfoios, designed to perform in eachof four economic environements, dealing with growth and inflation. Then, they apply market neutral long/short strategies and apply factors to hedge out changes in interest rates. Their investors are looking to create profits in any and all economic markets. With the expectation of rising interest rates, and most investors having some portion of their portfolio in Fixed Income, this is a story that investors and Advisors will find to be very intersting and is very applicable to their investment portfolios.
As CEO of Wunder Capital, Bryan discusses the opportunities of providing capital to the commercial projects solar energy market. Wunder raises funds from investors to fund commercial solar energy projects. Starting with private, retail investors, they now have Family Offices, RIA's and other professionals as investors. Issuing notes, they offer yields that are greater than many market fixed income offerings. This appears to be a unique way to contribute to the expansion and implementation of renewable energy systems while offering to investors a higher than typical yield. We recommend that everyone listen to this unique investment opportunity.
Listen to David, a CFA charterholder and designated speaker for the CFA Institute, Managing Member and CIO of Coloma, a Commodity Trading Advisory firm (CTA), discuss the role and opportunity of commodities investing thru the futures markets. Coloma uses quantitative methods plus fundamental analysis, applied with discretion, to create investment strategies. Discussing the misconception by many investors of the futures marketplace, David explains the role of commodities in adding a non-correlated strategy/asset class to an investment portfolio. Coloma offers two strategies, one focusing on commodities and the other on volatility. Using fundamental analysis, which is rarely applied to commodities, Coloma offers an alternative approach to commodity investing vs. the usual trend-following method. Anyone interested in adding truly low-correlated assets in a portfolio will find this interview to be very interesting.
Yes, that is his real name - Max is the Director of Investment Strategies @ ETF Securities. Headquartered in London, with about $24 Billion in assets under managemetn, they offer commodity investments thru ETF's. Discussing the role of commodities in a truly diversified portfolio, helping to offset the volatility that can be created in other markets (i.e. S&P 500) Max identifies misconceptions of commodity investing. He also discusses "Tracking Error" in ETF's in certain commodities, an issue for many investors. Listen to Max tell us about the opportunities in the commodities world thru ETF's.
Listen to David, CFA and designated speaker for the CFA Institute, Managing Member and CIO of Coloma, a Commodity Trading Advisory firm (CTA), discuss the role and opportunity of commodities investing thru the futures markets. Coloma uses quantitative methods plus fundamental analysis, applied with discretion, to create investment strategies. Discussing the misconception by many investors of the futures marketplace, David explains the role of commodity investing in creating a non-correlated investment portfolio with the addition of commodities. They offer two strategies, commodities and Volatility. Using fundamental analysis, which is rarely applied to commodities, Coloma offers an alternative approach to commodity investing vs the usual trend following approach. Anyone interested in creating truly low correlated assets in a portfolio will find this interview to be very interesting.
Brian, an attendee at a half dozen previous conferences, discusses the panels, attendees and quality of the content at the conference. He talks about the increase in 1031 Exchange business and the opportunities of this market for investors. Investing in student housing at universities, typically thru 1031 Exchanges, Brian discusses this investing opportunity, moving into the less congested markets.
Jay, a first time attendee, discusses the quality of the conference and attendees and the growing regulatory environment. Jay discusses McDonald Realty Group's focus on housing in the Dallas area and the opportunities there.
As an 8-10 year returning speaker, panelist, exhibitor, Jim discusses why he and Noble Street keep coming back to this IMN Conference. Jim also discusses the role that Noble Street Advisors plays in the reporting process to investors and lenders by the sponsors and others. They provide CFO advisory services, outsourced accounting services and technology design.
Matthew, COO of the firm, and a first-timer at this IMN conference, discusses the quality of attendees, the new relationships they created from the conference and the nurturing of current realtionships. Matthew, COO of STC, a "Transfer Agent" providing transfer and back office solutions, discusses the role of a "Transfer Agent" and their importance to the industry.
Michael provides a view of the conference from a first timer's perspective. Conestoga offers the opportunity to invest into Life Settlements, with the unique feature of offering liquidity for the investor. Offered to "Accredited Investors" only, he discusses the uniqueness of this product for investors.
Tony is the Associate Executive Director, has attended 5 of these IMN conferences, and discusses the issues facing this industry at this time. Those in the industry will recognize the importance of working thru regulations and handling various issues.
Listen to this 5 minute interviw on OCTR with Charley Wright on how he became convinced by listening to a podcast. You'll be glad you heard this. This is a story that needs to be heard.
Former journalist and coumnist for "Heard on the Street" for the Wall Street Journal, plus author of several books, including "When Genius Failed" and "America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve," Roger shares insights and thoughts from his two plus decades of investigating, interviewing and writing about the financial industry. You won't want to miss this.
Listen to this interview with Robert, Co-Founder and CIO, discuss the strategies they have created.. With an approach that aggregating returns into Alpha and Beta, using Hedge Funds to generate Alpha while seeking to reduce systematic risk of Beta thru Futures and Options. They select Hedge Funds likely to produce Alpha and hedge out systematic risk with derivatives designed to achieve Market Neutral approach that isolates Alpha. This is a most interesting approach to Alpha investing that listeners will find to be very interesting.
After more than a decade on Wall Street, Landon started his own Hedge Fund/Asset Management firm to offer a productive investment management process and a quality client experience. They are focused on Global Macro strategies, all four major asset classes on financial exchanges t/o the globe, and invest long and short. Using a variety of factors, they invest with a "Top Down" perspective, and select both markets and individual companies. Landon offers some contrarian and very interesting approaches to asset management which every investor will want to hear. We feel sorry for anyone asked to debate Landon. His comments and postions are compelling and we are sure that any investor will appreciate hearing them.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), which was formerly known as Socially Responsible Investing, is designed to align the investors values with their portfolios. As a leader and one of the early adopters of SRI/ESG investing, Gabelli's ESG Strategy uses measures of ESG to determine where to invest. Moving from "Negative Screening" to being forward looking, the industry has developed metrics to measure the performance and committment of companies worldwide in key areas of sustainability, environment, socially advantageous activities, et al. This ecosystem of information has allowed ESG focused strategies to more confidently identify those companies that are more worthy of support by investors with particular values and views. Having spent years in this industry, Christina discusses the changes in this industry. Very interesting interview for any investor, as this is a growing and ever more popular segment of the investment world.
Ray discusses the opportunities of private credit thru real estate bridge loans. Partnering with lenders throughout the country, AlphaFlow purchases existing real estate bridge loans of 6-12 months in duration, with 80-90 different loans in a pool for investors. Most of these loans are to "Flippers" who purchase homes, renovate/rehab them, then sell them. For Accredited Investors only, they raise funds from institutional investors and private, retail investors. Any investor looking for higher than market yields (who isn't?) will find this to be very interesting.
Tyler is a first time attendee at the SRI Conference, and discusses how friendly everyone is and how productive the networking has been. Previously focused on institutional investors for the past 34 years, LIIF, a non-profit, now raises capital from private investors to invest in opportunities that reduce poverty thru financing projects in low income areas - i.e. affordable housing, healthcare clinics, child care facilites etc., with projects in 21 states.
The Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investment Conference (SRI Conference) was held in Coronado Island, CA in Nov 2017. It was the 28th annual SRI conference and had about 800 attendees. This interview was conducted at the conference.
Foliofn Inc will be the producers of the SRI Conference going forward, and Steve discusses Foliofn's committment to SRI investing and community and to expanding its reach thru future conferences and other gatherings. Foliofn is a Broker Dealer and Custodian, offering expanded, deeper and more sophisticated services for investors and advisors, with a strong emphasis on customizing portfolios, including SRI investing. Steve is positioned to have a significant impact on the SRI community thru the SRI annual conferences and other SRI focused gatherings in the future, so his insights are especially valuable for this community.
The Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investment Conference (SRI Conference) was held in Coronado Island, CA in Nov 2017. It was the 28th annual SRI conference and had about 800 attendees. This interview was conducted at the conference.
With First Affirmative Financial Network, Steve has produced 22 of the 28 SRI Conferences, including this one. He discusses what the attendees are saying about the conference, including the 300 first timers. Providing insights into what SRI is all about, and how it offers socially positive impact while creating profits for investors, Steve offers a unique insight into this growing and ever more popular segment of investing opportunities. Anyone interested in SRI investing will find this interview to be very interesting and valuable.
The Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investment Conference (SRI Conference) was held in Coronado Island, CA in Nov 2017. It was the 28th annual SRI conference and had about 800 attendees. This interview was conducted at the conference.
While Advisor Partners has been attendees/exhibitors at about a dozen previous SRI conferences, this is Rahul's first. He is their Portfolio Manager for their SRI investment strategies. He provides his insights into the conference as a first timer, and focuses on its educational benefits and the unique benefits that the SRI Conference offers to attendees that are not always available to attendees at other conferences. He tells about Advisor Partners, who have a dual focus: SRI investing and minimum tax impact. They provide customized solutions according to the investor's SRI desires and goals, and they seek to minimize the taxable consequences of these investments.
The Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investment Conference (SRI Conference) was held in Coronado Island, CA in Nov 2017. It was the 28th annual SRI conference and had about 800 attendees. This interview was conducted at the conference.
Listen to Liz Sessler, co-founder of ImpactUS Marketplace, tell about her experience at 7 SRI conferences and what she gains by repeated attendance. She tells about her passion for Impacting Investing and how it offers to investors opportunities that make a positive social impact. ImpactUS Marketplace is focused on private, direct, alternative investments that have both social and financial return objectives and connect investors and Financial Advisors with investments that offer these potential benefits. Making it easier to find these products, they offer web-based tools to help find and evaluate these products.
The Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investment Conference (SRI Conference) was held in Coronado Island, CA in Nov 2017. It was the 28th annual SRI conference and had about 800 attendees. This interview was conducted at the conference.
As the Founder and CEO, David tells why they keep coming to the SRI Conference year after year and how it has helped to build their business. Involved in organic farming, IVF provides insight into how they impact the agriculture industry thru leasing land to farmers for organic farming.
The Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investment Conference (SRI Conference) was held in Coronado Island, CA in Nov 2017. It was the 28th annual SRI conference and had about 800 attendees. This interview was conducted at the conference.
At his first SRI Conference, Ryan provides insight into SRI, the conference, discusses his view that SRI is in the early innings of this movement. He also discusses the commercial solar market and Sunwealth's role in that industry. He tells how they are democratizing commercial solar, working with retail and institutional investors.
The Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investment Conference (SRI Conference) was held in Coronado Island, CA in Nov 2017. It was the 28th annual SRI conference and had about 800 attendees. This interview was conducted at the conference.
Burl discusses this uniquely focused Real Estate Securities marketplace strategy. A Long/Short strategy focused on companies that are able to have a monopolistic pricing model, enabling them to raise prices more often than usual. An example is the cell phone tower business, with less price competition, limited suppliers, and barrier to exit, and secular demand drivers, and seek to hedge with the short positions. They like to invest in real estate that invests in the internet of things. Looking to benefit from "Pricing Power." This is indeed a most interesting interview that you won't want to miss.
Listen to Mahmood Motani, founder Highclere Group, explain the mortgage note buying and selling marketplace. As a former real estate entrepreneur, Mahmood discusses how Highclere buys and sells mortgage notes. Secured by real estate, these mortgage notes require no management and create positive cash flow. Buying non-performing notes at a discount nationwide, Highclere seeks to keep people in their homes while generating positive cash flow for the investors. This is a somewhat unique strategy for most investors and an interesting interview. We hope you enjoy it.
Listen to Ken Goodman, co-founder of Altcoin, is a former Quantitative Developer at Golman Sachs and mathematics graduate in two years, applies mathematical techniques and Machine Learning to cryptocurrencies. Altcoin seeks to use statistical arbitrage in trading cryptocurrencies. Listen to this very interesting interview on a fascinating subject.
Listen to Ryan, an engineer and entrepreneur, describe the dual faceted methodology of Meson Capital in helping strong companies grow while using Machine Learning to identify potential Short positions in the public markets. Looking to build small companies (typically public companies) thru deep value evaluation, they have found that the impediment to growth of small companies with low valuations is usually poor managment, they look to improve/replace management to improve the company and stock price. With a core competency in identifying what drives change in companies and industries, they use this strength to increase the productivity and value of the company. Their second strategy is to apply Machine Learning to identifying potential short positions. This dual strategy can create opportunities in most any market condition. Listen to this very interesting conversation on the combination of activist investing and Machine Learning promtped shorting.
Since 1981, FPI has been providing actively managed accounts to investment advisors for their clients, with over 100 active strategies currently and over 20,000 investor accounts. With "Rules Based" systems, using Separately Managed Accounts, FPI actively manages positions, allowing for discretionary deployment of cash, often tailored to a specific asset class, with defensive measures and other active opportunities, then combining these strategies into an investor's portfolio according to the needs and desires of the investor. He addresses some of the myths that he sees are often key to the "Active vs. Passive" investment management debate. This is a very interesting interview, especially for those who who may be focused on the "Active vs. Passive" investment management debate.
This will be the 28th Annual SRI Conference, which stands for Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investments Conference, to be held in San Diego. Steve is the producer and host of the conference and discusses this $8 Trillion industry and its seminal conference. This community is dedicated to adding the dimension of a sustainable future to investing. With public, private and alternative investments available in the SRI community, the Conference will have about 800 attendees and provide an unending opportunity to find and apply SRI investments and services. He discusses SDG's (Sustainable Development Goals) and the impact they are having on businesses currently. Listen to gain a greater appreciation of SRI investing and to learn about the Conference.
As a China focused family of ETF's, Krane Shares has launched a new ETF, based upon the massive development called the "One Belt One Road" Initiative. Chief Investment Officer, Brendan Ahern, discusses this initiative and fund. Under the new majority ownership by the China International Capital Corporation, Krane Shares has created an ETF to invest into companies expected to participate in the OBOR Initiative, involving 69 countries developing infrastructure and expected to spend over $6 Trillion (not a misprint). This conversation is not only interesting but on the cutting edge of one of the most ambitious projects in the history of commerce. This is interesting stuff that you will not want to miss.
After a Harvard MBA, Ali joined Boston Partners and was Co-Portfolio Manager of their Long Short Equity Fund, being named Manager of the Year by Morningstar for the "Alternative" category in 2014. Ali explains why he likes Long Short strategies (Balter Invenomic Fund, BIVIX)and how he approaches the markets. He uses Fundamental Analysis and focuses on a longer term timeframe, seeking to avoid "Value Traps" and other hazzards of shorter term investing. He runs a disciplined process with a fluctuating short book, hence the term Variable Long Short. He discusses short selling and its uniqueness in portfolio management as well as misconceptions of long short strategies. Ali's views and experience in this strategy are well worth hearing for any investor or advisor.
After spending many years managing investments for Family Offices, Jawad now works with Boustead to raise capital for middle market firms thru private equity investments, focused primarily on the Technology and Real Estate sectors. He discusses the institutional investment marketplace and the role it plays in the investment world. Jawad discusses what private equity investors look for in their investment opportunities and the elements that make a deal work - Management team, customers of the company, price and terms, etc., as well as the mistakes and unrealistic expectations of both sides. This is a subject and conversation that is rare for our show and we are confident that anyone interested in the private equity space will enjoy it.
With a PhD and 2 Masters Degrees in engineering, Dr. Glance has become an investment strategy developer. Although he has never worked on Wall Street, he has developed timing signals that several mutual funds have used for over 20 years. Focusing on several indicators, including the "Put and Call" volumes and ratios and other pattern recognition systems, Dr. Glance has developed several "Rules Based" non-discretionary trading systems, which are located and tracked on TimerTrac and Theta Research. The methodology is to create signals of market change and reversals thru pattern recognition that can be tracked on these systems. Anyone looking to actively trade, or invest in an actively traded system, should find this interview to be very interesting.
Sherri, a second generation veteran in the industry, previously on the Compliance side, started AI Insight in 2005 to provide education, training and compliance assistance to BD's and RIA's to better serve their clients in Alternative Investments. Sherri discusses the potential for investors and Financial Advisors that Alternative Investments offer and contributes valuable insights into these investments from a number of perspectives. Anyone interested in Alternative Investments would find this to be an important dialogue on a significant subject for investors and Advisors.
Bob Dieli, PhD in Economics, was an economist and portfolio manager for decades and now is a consultant and publisher of the "No Spin Forecast" newsletter. Listen as he explains the business cycle and why he feels confident to forecast economic activity as far as a year ahead. Very interesting discussion that any investor would not want to miss.
Listen to Matt, Founder and CEO of Fairway American, discuss Small Balance Real Estate capital raising and investing. They have created a connection that facilitates the flow of capital from high networth investors to worthy SBRE projects and entrepreneurs, with projects in many real estate asset classes that are geographically diverse in the domestic marketplace. Investors can select among individual projects or can invest in FA's "Fund" to invest in a pool of several projects. Matt also discusses his book, "Capital Attraction: The Small Balance Real Estate Entrepreneur's Essential Guide to Raising Capital" - Anyone interested in Real Estate investing should find this interview to be very valuable.
Jerry Parker, one of the original "Turtle Traders" trained by Richard Dennis, discusses his strategy and his career as a commodities trader since the mid 1980's. Jerry provides a brief history of the "Turtle Traders" and discusses his trend following system in currencies, commodities, equities, etc., in markets around the world. He talks about the common mistakes in futures market trading and the common misconceptions he finds by investors. Trading is a major challenge and Jerry helps us better understand the Futures marketplace.
Ali, Managing Director of CGP, discusses the rapidly increasing investing opportunities in Tech investing in So. Calif. Ali sees the So. Cal area as being able to surpass the Silicon Valley for Tech Start ups. Having been in Tech VC investing in Silicon Valley for over 20 years, with a Family Office and with VC firms, after 10 years in So. Cal Ali recognizes the tremendous growth in this industry in recent years and sees it cotinuing, and increasing. CGP's unique business model, fund of funds in the VC space, looks to take advantage of their relationships and insights and contacts in this area. In 2010 the So. Cal VC Tech investments totalled $400 million. In 2015 it totalled about $5 Billion. Listen to Ali tell this fascinating story.
Founder and CEO of Mobi724,headquartered in Montreal, Marcel discusses how this innovative company is changing the world of loyalty rewards and incentive programs by banks and financial institutions. As a publicly traded FinTech company, they are replacing outdated loyalty reward programs' delivery methods with FinTch technologies that reduce expenses and increase revenues. Focusing on financial institutions worldwide, they reduce costs and create additional transactions thru their new delivery methodology. Investors will find this to be a very interesting conversation and potential investment opportunity.
SSI started in the '70's as one of the original firms to offer market neutral strategies, and George has been the Chief Investment Officer of SSI for the past two decades, following stints with Credit Suisse, Drexel Burnham and managing money for Sir John Templeton. Focusing on Convertible Securities thru long only and Convertible Arbitrage strategies, George discusses Convertibles - how they work, where they fit in a portfolio, what benefits and disadvantages they offer, etc. With 45% of the Convertible market is in Health Care and Technology, he discusses how this is a market niche opportunity. He provides specific examples of where Convertibles have worked well, how they performed in the credit crisis in 2008 and how they recovered, as well as market periods that are typcially not advantageous for Convertibles. This is an excellent introduction to Convertibles by one of the leaders in the industry in this space and every investor should find it enlightening and interesting.
Danielle, founder of Money Strong LLC, following several years on Wall Street in the trenches then as a columnist for the Dallas Morning News, worked for the Dallas Fed for 9 years, advising Richard Fisher (the resident maverick of Fed Chairmen at that time), and reveals in her book her insider's view of this opaque yet powerful organization. Armed with unique opportunities and skills allowing her to observe, perceive and describe the inner workings of the organization that moves markets, she holds nothing back in describing an organization that she views as out of touch with reality in a number of ways. This is fascinating and we know that anyone who follows the financial world and news will find her insights and opinions to be well worth hearing and provacative. Her book was released earlier this year, and has created significant attention and controversy in the media and the financial world.
Listen to Ari, founder and CEO, discuss the keys to success in commercial real estate investing. Starting while in law school building residential housing, then moving on to commercial facilities, they are now focused on a variety of asset classes of real estate, including self storage facilities. While still at a young age Ari has created a very successful real estate investment company. He explains that "...great businesses solve a problem," then explains how his firm does that by being creative in tertiary geographical markets throughout the country. They stay away from prime properties in major cities and "Boom and Bust" areas. Anyone interested in real estate investing will find this to be very interesting.
Resulting from the changes in regulations due to the Job Act of 2012, RealtyShares.com is able to offer intitutional level real estate projects to investors at a very low minimum, with broad selection of real estate opportunities. Listen to Amy discuss this opportunity and unique model for the investor. She discusses the vetting process of the real estate opportunities they offer. They are diversified in geography in real estate type and in geography. She addresses the misconceptions and primary concerns of investors investing with their system and provides an example of how a paid off project performed. Investors interested in institutional real estate should find this be very interesting.
Jeff, experienced CEO of public energy companies, discusses the unique business model of Epus. By following a unique model of raising funds directly from private investors, then investing into existing wells that are currently in production (as opposed to exploring for new wells, with its inherent risk and potential outsized rewards), Epus looks to create value for its investors. In his third Start-up, Jeff believes that this is an opportune time to find quality assets at distressed prices and generate a strong yield for the investors. These are producing assets, with a track record of production and costs. This should be a very interesting interview for investors looking to generate yield in today's low yield environment.
In this short episode, Paul discusses the Power to do many things thru a single Podcast, all designed for the SMARTPHONE. He focuses specifically on the Financial Industry and its working as though it were the 1980's. Listen to Paul's insights resulting from having produced literally thousands of shows, and their success in now distributing their Podcasts. If you are looking to promote your strategy/service, you will like this.
In this short episode, Charley provides some great insights into "Story Telling," partly taken from a TED Talk, showing its power in persuading a listener. If you ever want/need to exercise some influence, listen to this. Even works with Teenagers.
Chris, a CPA, founder and President of Cyr Financial, believes in quantitative, systematic, dynamic investment strategies. Based on Global Macro, Relative Strength, Momentum metrics and indictaors, Cyr Financial has developed strategies designed to move with the trend in the near future. Having done significant research on the subject, he discusses research he has found that provides compelling evidence of the potential productivity of the Relative Strength strategy. Anyone looking to compare "Active" investing vs. "Passive/Index" investing will find this interview to be very interesting.
Jay, Portfolio Manager for Reaves, focusing on Energy Infrastructure (Utilities and Nat Gas sectors), discusses this popular and typically consistently performing sector. Changes are occurring rapidly in this industry - Technology (fracking), lower oil and Nat Gas prices, social issues arising from these lower prices, and Jay discusses the potential impact of these changes moving forward. Investors looking for cash flow will find this information very interesting and applicable.
Nate is Partner and Portfolio Manager of Commodity Asset Management, a Hedge Fund and CTA specializing in investing in commodities that receive limited attention and coverage in the financial markets - silicon, tin, zinc, nickel, frac sand, et al. A former trader at Goldman Sachs, AQR and Bridgewater (some of the largest and storied investment firms or Hedge Funds), Nate explains his response to some of the misconceptions of many investors to commodity investing. Their unique focus, using fundamental analysis, gives their investments very low correlation with the equities marketplace. This is designed to be true diversification. For a discussion of an investment and strategy that is unique, designed to have low correlation with other investments, on markets that have a very limited following, listen to his interview. This is definitely not investing with the herd.
Elliott is the co-founder and publisher of "Capitalist Times," a research firm and newsletter publisher on several subjects, with the flagship newsletter and focus being "The Energy & Income Investing" newsletter. He focuses on all things energy, with particular focus on income investing in this industry. He discusses how the energy sector has changed and is changing, due primarily to technology (i.e. fracking). The rising power of short cycle oil producers has driven down the price of oil with efficiency gains and other technological improvements. Going from a culture of scarcity to a culture of excess for oil and natural gas, the changes in the industry, and by consequence investing in that sector, is creating paradigm shifts for producers, service companies and investors. He discusses the opportunities for investors in this sector moving forward and opportunities in the MLP space. Investors won't want to miss this interview.
The founder of Stillwater Capital, Bryan discusses the hedged strategies that he has implemented with Stillwater. He focuses on his "Short Selling" aspect of his strategies and discusses his Long/Short Strategy and how it is unique in the marketplace. He uses primarily fundamental analysis but enhances it with technical analysis. Anyone interested in Hedged Equity style investing will find this to be very interesting.
Ronnie Moas has developed a 155 factor model to select stocks with profitable potential and provides recommendations to subscribers. Each recoommendation is a combination of technical, fundamental and subjective analysis, generates a 30 page report, and Ronnie typically has about 50-75 recommendations at any given time. We also discuss Cryptocurrencies. With the dissatisfaction of so many investors with traditional investments, investors are looking for alternative opportunities. Cryptocurrencies have become a pheomenon and Ronnie discusses it with us. Fascinating stuff that you won't want to miss.
Tai Zen, co-founder and CEO of CryptoCurrency.Market, discusses Bitcoin and Blockchain for our listeners. They, together with their competitors, have become a phenomenon. This is an opportunity to understand Bitcoin and Blockchain for even those of us who are neophytes in this area.
Blind Squirrel Entertainment, a video game developer, has formed a Venture Fund for the developement and bringing to market of video games. With core competencies of "shipping games" and managing multipe projects, BSE is raising funds to make equity investments into other game developers, to provide their expertise to develop, deliver and market these companies' games. Investors, Advisors, "Gamers" and their friends/family will find this to be very interesting.
Lisa, an investment world veteran at Lehman and elsewhere, created in 2005 HedgeConnection.com to create and build relationships between Hedge Funds and investors/allocators. With over 6500 funds and over 5000 investors/allocators, Lisa explains their services and networking events. As a bonus - You will not want to miss Lisa's story of how she became a Broadway Show Producer for a short time, and won a Tony Award for one of her productions, then left it all to form HedgeConnection.com.
Jason, Co-Founder and Sr. Portfolio Manager, discusses their unique tactical strategy, combining Efficient Frontier analysis together with longer term tactical strategies to provide a tactical approach that is designed to be less reliant on manager accuracy than typical tactical strategies. Dissatisfied with the typical tactical strategies, they developed their "Frontier Based Tactical" strategy. He explains their strategy and how and why it is unique in the world of tactical investing. Listen to this very interesting interview for a unique way to use a tactical strategy to protect a portfolio.
A returning visit of Charles, who is always interesting and never lacks for opinions. He discusses his view of stock price evaluation. He sees supply and demand as being the critical elements in determining stock prices, and focues on 3 elements: Free Cash Flow - Number of Outstanding Shares - Asset to Debt Ratio. Their ETF, TTAC, invests in the 100 companies that score the best in these areas. You won't want to miss this interview.
With Zeo Capital Advisors in San Fransisco, Venk discusses his experiences that keep him returning to NAAIM. Zeo is a low volatility fixed income Bond Fund, a short duration Corporate Bond strategy, and buys bonds in the open marketplace. This is a Mutual Fund, about six years old.
With Sojourn Financial Strategies in Ohio, Steve discusses the opportunities of NAAIM and Sojourn Financial Strategies, which provides trading signals for investors and Advisors, using Mutual Funds, with about ten strategies, lasting three to twelve months. They provide daily signals of either Long, Short or in Cash, based on pure technical analysis.
With RGB Capital Group in San Diego, Rob discusses the benefits of NAAIM and his firm. Focused primarily on Retirees and Pre-Retirees, looking to protect their assets while generating a reasonable return, they use a Tactcal approach to investment management. They like High Yield Bonds and invest in Mutual Funds and ETF's, with "Go Anywhere" strategies. Rob works directly with the clients as a relationship manager.
Patrick, a PhD in Engineering Computational Physics from Stanford, became an Investment Advisor, 12 years ago, serving retail clients, and has created a FinTech company, Emotomy. A visualization platform, Emotomy assists the investor to more easily and accurately envision what the investment portfolio is actually doing. The platform automatically executes the trades, with unique features in the Client Portal. It is an integrated system that includes all forms and documents, creating portfolios, visualization of the investments, opening accounts, making changes, portfolio explanations and discussions between client and advisor.
Ken, owner of Capital Research Advisors in Georgia, discusses his passion and devotion for NAAIM, also discusses Capital Research, who manages money for retail clients and other Advisors. With two fixed income portfolios, plus five equity strategies, they use tactical strategies.
As the founder and owner of Alternative Strategies Group, Inc, in Sioux Falls, SD, discusses the benefits of NAAIM and their conferences, and his firm. He uses Long/Short, Sector Rotation, Volatility strategy, and other strategies for his clients.
Jane Fox, founder and owner of Quantitrader, former corporate employer, left Bechtel Corp. to become a full time trader. She has a strategy qualifiying as a Finalist at the conference's NAAIM Shark Tank, and discusses this strategy. Technical Analysis based, she created algorythms to trade in the stocks in the S&P 500. In addition, she now provides signals for subscribers. It is a Rules Based Investment System.
Dr. Harloff, with a PhD in Engineering and former employee of NASA, is a finalist at the NAAIM Shark Tank. He discusses his strategy, a combination of the S&P 500 long and inverse and government bonds long and inverse designed to outperform a standard 60/40 portfolio. Generating long term signals on these positions, he provides them for his clients and other Advisors. He has 13 strategies. His motto - "Believe in Active Management."
The Business Development Officer of Spectrum Financial in Virginia Beach, Virgina, Emily is the President of NAAIM. She discusses her company's membership in NAAIM since 1990 and her committment to NAAIM's learning and collaboration. Spectrum Financial is a money manager and RIA, with retail clients, investment services to Advisors, and institutions, managing Fixed Income as their specialty.
Practicing in Annapolis, Maryland, Carl, a CMT, is the owner of Sera Capital and is a NAAIM Shark Tank Finalist for this conference. He discusses his alternative to cash, thru Volativity and 10 year Bond. It is an inverse investment on the VIX. He uses this for his clients and makes it available to other Advisors. He also discusses their new book.
A former Disney Imagineer turned Financial Planner in Santa Clarita, CA, Brad discusses his active investment strategies that he has developed for his clientele, which include tactical, options and other stragies to protect assets. He uses dividend stocks, Closed End Funds, Preferred Stock, ETF's and Mutual Funds, but no Short Selling. He imploys options and options spreads to create hedges for his portfolios.
Blind Squirrel Entertainment is a video game developer for Disney and others that has developed and successfully brought to market many successful video games. Drew Bradford discusses their new venture fund, which raises funds from investors to be invested in several video game developments and marketing projects. This opportunity is for Accredited Investors, and is expected to be involved in ten to twenty different companies/projects. Blind Squirrel feels that their core competencies of bringing products to market can benefit other projects who may have certain skill sets but lack the experience or breadth of knowledge to bring all the resources together for a project to be successul. Anyone interested is this consistently growing industry will find this to be very interesting.
Lisa, CEO and Founding Partner, tells us how Hedge Connect brings together Hedge Funds and institutional investment Allocators thru a platform and thru premier networking events. This is a unique service and platform for institutional investors. From a background in mortgage derivatives with Lehman and others, Lisa took a hiatus from the investment world and went to Broadway (yes, as in Broadway shows) and became a Producer, winning an Emmy. Then returned to the investment world, saw an opportunity to serve the Hedge Fund industry, and formed Hedge Connect. In addition to the website, they now offer the Global Fund Forum, held in Bermuda, to gather managers and investors, connecting in a variety of ways, including pre-scheduled one on one meetings. It includes "Deal Ring" which is their own "Shark Tank." Toward the end she discusses her Broadway experience, which you will not want to miss. You will definitely find this interview to be interesting, in many ways.
A long time Professor at the Univ. of Denver and the holder of several patents in investment management methodology, Dr. Howard is the Founder, CEO and Director of Research at AthenaInvest. Here he explains "Behavioral Investment Management" and how it is applied in the investment management systems of AthenaInvest, an Asset Manager that sub-advises to Advisors in portfolio management. Rejecting "Modern Portfolio Theory," AthenaInvest focuses on Behavioral Finance in their portfolio management, looking for measurable behavioral price distortions and invest accordingly. It is hard to argue with Dr. Tom, and you'll find this to be very interesting.
Chris, Founder and CEO, explains how private investors can invest in farmland, timberland, orchards or livestock operations, with a vey low minimum. Thru the Crowdfunding system an investor can access the site, select one or more investments and choose to invest as desired, by project. These are new opportunities, equity investments, that did not exist in the past for the private investor with a limited minimum capital to invest. This is a long term, illiquid investment. Anyone interested in the agriculture industry will find this interview to be very interesting.
Listen to Kevin Carter, Founder and Owner of Big Tree Capital, a Hedge Fund and ETF, focused on emerging and frontier markets' E-Commerce companies. Focusing on their ETF, EMQQ, this interview focuses on the opportunities of E-Commerce industry in China, India and elsewhere in these markets. An industry veteran, Kevin sees this focus as a somewhat unique way for investors to potentially benefit from this burgeoning market and opportunity. He makes some compelling points that any investor will find to be well worth the listen.
Michael Klein, CEO of Freedom Financial Funds, explains how they provide debt and equity funding for Real Estate funding. Raising capital from investors, FFF provides First Trust Deed loans for 12-18 months for bridge, build to suit, construction projects by Real Estate professionals. In a world of low yield, any investor looking for cash flow or fixed income alternatives will find this interview to be very interesting. With decades of experience in the real estate lending industry, FFF finds projects through many, longtime connections. With over 90% of their business coming from existing clients, Michael discusses what they do and how they do it.
Listen to Ted, a Founder and Partner of Incline, discuss the two alpha engines in their investment strategy. Calling it the "Systemmatic Hybrid" - As in an auto with two engines - Incline seeks to create greater diversification for investors' portfolios. It does this with their two part investment strategies - Combining individual equities (with a somewhat unique hedging strategy) and over 70 global futures markets. Looking for diversification? Listen to this interview with Ted.
RealtyMogul.com - An online source for active and passive Commercial Real Estate opportunities for the private investor, at low minimums, which is a relatively new and rare thing. Real Estate operators come to them for capital, raised from investors, to fund their projects. Their fund raising model is somewhat unique in the marketplace. Listen to this interview to better understand the new opportunities available today to real estate investors.
CLS, a 29 year Advisor to Advisors in Portfolio Management, works with thousands of Advisors to help manage their portfolios with a variety of Mutual Funds and Separately Managed Acct's. Case manages their American Funds Porfolios, selecting the combination of funds within American Funds that is viewed to be most advantageous during particular maket cycles. Listen to Case explain the "Risk Budgeting" approach of CLS and their approach to allocating among various Mutual Funds. Visit CLS @ https://www.clsinvest.com/
RealtyMogul.com - An online source for active and passive Commercial Real Estate opportunities for the private investor, at low minimums, which is a relatively new and rare thing. Real Estate operators come to them for capital, raised from investors, to fund their projects. Their fund raising model is somewhat unique in the marketplace. Listen to this interview to better understand the new opportunities available today to real estate investors.
Patrick Delaney, who is responsible for corporate retirement plans for T. Rowe Price, discusses how Advisors can differentiate themselves by working with plan participants to pro-actively and credibly address financial wellness opportunities with the participants. Today's demographics are very different from those of years past and there are significant needs of plan participants that can only be addressed thru focus and individual attention. Patrick addresses the who, how and why of this new approach to retirement plan services and arms Advisors with talking points on how and why to proceed down this path.
Dana is responsible for research and portfolio engineering at Symmetry and discusses how they consider low and minimum volatility in creating portfolios. She also discusses the importance of considering factor exposure in creating portfolios.
Frank Maselli, panelist at the Conference and longtime Advisor coach and trainer, discusses the ever evolving role of the Wholesaler and the changes that have occurred in how they bring value to the Advisor clients. He sees the wholesaling industry shrinking in the coming years and discusses other changes in the industry.
Listen to Sherry Turkle, PhD, professor at MIT, author TED Talk giver, discusses her presentation "Reclaiming Conversation in the Financial Services Industry" - Reminds the attendees of the importance of remembering that we are working with real people. Listen to her take on the importance of retaining the human dimension.
IMCA Conference - Recently appointed as the Financial Times Associate Editor Rana was Formerly the Economics Analyst at CNN, with Newsweek and Time, and spoke to the conference attendees on the topic of "Things that worry me and things that don't in the world economy." Listen to what Rana sees as important and unimportant on the world stage.
IMCA Conference - Nathan Harness, Professor of Financial Planning at Texas A&M, discusses the key characteristics of Millenials. With more CFP's over 70 than under 30, with the average age of 54, and average client age is mid-sixties. By 2025 Millenials will be 44% of the total population. Dr. Harness tells us what we need to know about the Millenials.
From the IMCA Conference - Michael, who writes about Financial Planning Strategies and Practice Management for Advisors, discusses the potential changes in the tax code in the near future.
At the IMCA Conference - Fee compression, Wrap Fee options, the DOL Fiduciary Rule, Robo Advisors have changed and are changing the world of Advisors. Like a golfer who does not change their golf swing, Advisors need to adapt. Jonathan's advice and direction can be invaluable.
From the IMCA Conference - Fred Reish is a long time Compliance and ERISA attorney, typically representing employers and businesses in the world of financial regulation. Fred discusses this new "Rule" and its impact on the financial industry. Every Registered Rep or Investment Advisor should be interested in this interview and Fred's views on this highly contentious subject.
Devin Ekberg, the newly appointed Managing Director of Education for IMCA, tells about the educational components of IMCA. For the more experienced, advance practicioners, IMCA offers designations, education, conferences, other events, webinars, white papers, etc. With 11,000 certificants, in 30 countries, IMCA has a great impact on the investment industry, worldwide, and is expanding more so internationally. Anyone interested in IMCA would find this interview with Devin to be very interesting.
At the IMCA Annual Conference in San Diego, we interview Andy Hyer of Dorsey Wright, a long time research and investment firm, using and popularizing "Point and Figure" charting, modified with Relative Strength analysis, to recommend positions in markets and stocks. Listen for a brief description of this successful firm, strategy and and funds.
Listen to Jason tell about Sunrise Capital and CalAlts. Sunrise Cap dates back to the 1970's, one of the oldest Quant/Macro Funds in the industry, long before Hedge Funds started their ascent. Their Sunrise Evolution strategy invests long and short across a diversified basket of assets. They look for patterns, statistical trends and behavior, etc. They focus on Price, Volatility, Volume, etc., not the fundamentals of markets. They invest in markets, not individual stocks, using the Futures and Equity Markets using ETF's. They work with Advisors and directly with investors.
As Pres of CalAlts, the association for Hedge Funds in California, Jason discusses the association, its history, what it does, who belongs, etc. Listen to Jason tell why, in the current investment environment, investors should consider the more sophisticated opportunities that exist in the Alternative Investment space.
Listen to Jan Brzeski, founder and CEO of Arixa Capital discuss their unique business model for generating high yield returns thru short term bridge loans on residential and commercial projects - AND discuss the coming Real Estate Symposium at UCLA, for which Arixa Capital is the organizer for the 11th consecutive year. Listen to hear about their unique investment model and reasons to attend this year's Conference.
For the last thirty plus years the IMCA has served the Investment Management world with education, certifications, events, etc. Partnering with the Wharton School to offer the CIMA designation (Certified Investment Management Analyst) IMCA educates investment analysts and managers on portfolio management for institutions and individuals. Their annual conference for 2017 will be April 30 to May 3rd at the San Diego Convention Center and Sean tells about the opportunities for attendees. With the myriad of challenges facing the Advisor community today this is a way to get and stay on top of one’s game. Strategic Investor Radio will be in attendance and we look forward to seeing many of our listeners there.
Eric Clark is the portfolio manager of Accuvest Alpha Brands Consumer Spending Index. This strategy is focused on three things. One, the consumer spending. Two, brand recognition. Three, stock performance. He discusses these in detail to show how this empowers the investor and makes a better investor.
Ryan Ballantyne of Reality Shares explains their unique proprietary evaluation system, DivCon. This seeks to identify companies that are going to raise their dividend or potentially cut their dividend. DIVY doesn't care what the market does today. It really only cares what that dividend is doing.
Listen to Jeff Johnson, Founder and CEO of Epus Energy, discuss the opportunities of investing for cash flow thru oil production by investing in existing producing wells. In his third Start-up, Jeff explains the unique business model of Epus - They seek to purchase good assets (currently producing wells) where the owner is in a distressed situation and needs to raise capital. He believes that this is an opportune time to find quality assets at distressed prices and generate a strong yield for the investors. These are producing assets, with a track record of production and costs. Anyone interested in generating yield would be interested in the interview.
Michael Roomberg, Portfolio Manager of Miller Howard, discusses their unique mutual fund - "Drill Bit to Burner Tip." Invests in the entire North American energy chain. It recognizes that the shale technology is a technological revolution which will create significant benefits to many ancillary companies and industries that are beneficiaries of this revolution. They look for companies in certain categories of energy that are quality, well run companies, but also have misspricing in their current stock value. A unique view of energy investing that is not heard elsewhere. Very interesting.
Bill Sherman of The Sherman Sheet, and Paul Carroll of Pinnacle Sherman Funds, discuss the two funds created by Pinnacle to follow the signals of The Sherman Sheet. The Sherman Sheet is a publication for Advisers that provides investment research and models to use for client investment portfolios. Built upon trend identification of markets (not individual stocks), it constructs portfolios for applying the results of the research. The Pinnacle Funds have created two mutual funds that follow the signals and models of The Sherman Sheet. They buy and sell positions according to the signals of The Sherman Sheet. Paul and Bill discuss these funds and the research that results in the positions they choose. Any investor or Adviser will find this to be very interesting.
Eric Crittendon, Chief Investment Officer of Longboard Asset Management, discusses their two funds, both focused on low correlation with stocks and bonds. Their Long/Short strategy is based on trend following, focused on long duration trends. This rules based strategy holds long stocks but shorts index futures, a unique approach to long/short investing. The desired result is a low beta investment, being net long higher trending stocks and synthetically net short the stocks NOT trending higher. Their flagship program, Managed Futures strategy, uses similar trend following methodology to the Long/Short fund, and goes long and short for each market. With a longer holding period than most Managed Futures strategies, Eric discusses the background and elements of their strategy and investment philosophy in Managed Futures. These strategies are unique in the marketplace and Eric knows how to explain them.
iSelect Fund, a Venture Capital firm, raises funds from private investors and finds funds worthy of investment. Investors can select those firms in which to invest or they can invest in eSelect's evergreen fund, which chooses the next twenty funds for investment. Carter Williams, founder and CEO with a strong background in venture capital, seeks to match investors with middle America companies needing capital. This portfolio diversifier allows a private investor to participate in vc investing at a lower amount with greater diversification than is usually possible. Focused on middle America companies, as opposed to Silicon Valley, iSelect is on a mission to increse early stage funding for companies in non-Silicon Valley industries. Investors and Advisers looking for investment diversifiers and ways to penetrate this historically productive investment asset class will find this interview to be very interesting.
Founder and CEO of Money360, Evan Gentry discusses their unique business model of making loans secured by income producing real estate. With hundreds of investors, and having made about $150 million in loans, they make two year bridge loans on real estate. Investors can select the properties they can invest in, or can invest in a fund offered by Money360. He compares their model to mortage and real estate REIT's. This is a very interesting alternative to generate yield for investors.
Sean Hickham, VP of Fund Management at CNL in Orlando, Florida, discusses the firm's Business Development Company (BDC) investment. CNL, starting in 1973, is an Alternative Asset Manager, has acquired and managed over $34 Billion in assets. Their BDC aggregates capital from investors, lends it to small companies, and gives net returns to investors. Current supply of lending from banks has receded and BDC's have proliferated to fill the need. CNL has partnered with KKR to find and perform due duligence on potential borrowers. These are floating rate loans, with duration of around 2 years. Listen to this interview for a potentially productive way to generate yield in a very low yield environment.
Martin Bergin is president and owner of DUNN Capital, a Commodity Trading Advisor (“CTA”) firm based in Florida. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, Mr. Bergin and host Charley Wright discuss DUNN Capital’s history – including that of its colorful founder – as well as the firm’s trading methodology and how the futures market works in general. DUNN Capital boasts a research team that includes four PhDs. The firm trades in 54 different futures markets across seven sectors: energy, metals, currencies, interest rates, bond indices, equity indices, and agricultural products. Bergin says he does not recommend individual investors buy or sell futures contracts themselves – since only a deposit of 10% is required in most cases, a move of greater than 10% in the wrong direction could incur a loss of greater than 100% of the initial investment. Instead, he recommends investing with quality CTA firms, which are able to diversify risk across a multitude of markets and contracts.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Jeremy DeGroot of Litman Gregory Asset Management. Mr. DeGroot is Chief Investment Officer and Principal of the firm, which provides investment research to over 4,000 advisors, institutions, and clients; as well as operating several multi-manager, sub-advised mutual funds. In this interview, Charley and DeGroot focus on one fund in particular: the Litman Gregory Masters Alternative Strategies Fund. The Fund is available in institutional shares under the ticker “MASFX,” and to individual investors under ticker “MASNX.”
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Kurt Voldeng of Commerce Asset Management. Mr. Voldeng is both the COO and the CIO of the Memphis-based firm, which specializes in hedge-fund replication strategies. The company replicates hedge-fund strategies without actually owning hedge funds or even their underlying assets. Instead, Commerce categorizes each of the 800+ hedge funds in the HFR Index into one of 26 groups, and then determines the publically traded ETFs that best correlate to the performance of each of those groups. From there, a portfolio of ETFs is built to emulate the weighted performance of all 26 groups, with holdings rebalanced every month.
Brendan Ross is the founder and CEO of Direct Lending Investments, a California-based firm that provides financing for non-bank lenders. Host Charley Wright interviews Mr. Ross in this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, and while the show always aims to highlight “investment strategies you aren’t hearing about elsewhere,” Direct Lending Investments is a particularly unique firm. Indeed, Charley is moved to tell Mr. Ross: “This is totally different from anything we ever hear on this show, and you make total sense in everything you say.”
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Taylor Lukof, founder and CEO of ABR Dynamic Funds. Mr. Lukof got his investment-industry start in the early 2000s as the youngest member of the American Stock Exchange, where he was a floor specialist for equity options. This experience obviously taught Lukof to appreciate volatility, which he now considers an important asset class onto itself. Indeed, Lukof says now is an important time for investors to look outside the normal investment spectrum of stocks, bonds, and real estate – and volatility is a good place to look.
Dr. Ben Hunt joins host Charley Wright in this episode of Strategic Investor Radio. Dr. Hunt had a great deal of success in his life prior to stepping into the investment arena in 2003: After earning a Harvard PhD in Government, Dr. Hunt was a tenured Political Science professor at NYU and the author of two academic books. From there, he caught the business bug and founded two technology companies and a software firm, before shifting to investment management and serving as portfolio manager of a long/short equity hedge fund. In 2013, Dr. Hunt joined Salient Partners, where he combines his experience as a risk manager, entrepreneur, game theorist, and econometrician. He says his wife jokes that “he can’t keep a job.”
Peter Lupoff is the founder and CIO of Tiburon Capital Management, a New York City-based event-driven strategy manager and the sub-advisor of the Balter Event-Driven Fund (BEVIX). According to Morningstar, that fund generated five-year annualized returns of 4.86% for the period ending November 30, 2016 – a whopping 193 basis points better than the category average. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright discusses event-driven strategies with Mr. Lupoff, as well as Lupoff’s background in working with “hedge fund legends” like Marty Whitman and Izzy Englander.
Lawrence Calcano is the CEO of iCaptial Network, a New York City-based firm specializing in alternative investments. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, Mr. Calcano explains to host Charley Wright how his firm “provides a bridge connecting two groups of people who really want to be together” – by this, he means high-net worth investors and alternative investment managers.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright sits down with Greg Rutherford, co-founder and CEO of Cavalier Funds. Cavalier operates a family of seven mutual funds each managed by sub-advisors. The fund family consists of five equity and two fixed-income funds, each of which aim to capture benchmark returns in rising markets, while protecting assets in declining markets.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley wright interviews Michael Stubben, founder and president of Phoenix-based Summit Real Estate Advisory Services. Summit produces analytical research reports, primarily for financial advisors, on mostly non-listed REITs and BDCs (business development companies). The firm covers some publically traded REITs that were previously unlisted and haven’t gained much analyst coverage yet. Summit’s quarterly reports cover all 71 non-listed REITs that file with the SEC – they are pretty much alone in their field.
David Scranton is the founder and President of Sound Income Strategies, a New York-based RIA firm focused on income investing. He’s also the author of a new book: Return on Principle: 7 Core Values to Help Protect Your Money in Good Times and Bad, and the host of a Newsmax program called “The Income Generation.” Host Charley Wright interviews Mr. Scranton in this episode of Strategic Investor Radio.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Don Robinson, CEO and CIO of Philadelphia-based Palladiem. The firm offers risk-managed strategies to investors and advisors. These strategies include absolute return, global macro, multi-strategy, and endowment models. Palladiem’s name is a portmanteau of Palladio, the Italian Renaissance architect; and diem, as in “seize the day.” Robinson jokes that coming up with a unique name was “the hardest thing” about starting the firm.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Eric Lutton, Chief Investment Officer of Sound Income Strategies. Eric is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and his job as CIO of Sound Income Strategies is to generate investment income – this is particularly difficult in today’s low-yield environment, as Charley points out. With investment-grade bond yields at rock-bottom lows, Eric looks to alternative assets like REITs, MLPs, BDCs, and preferred stock in pursuit of portfolio income.
Collective2.com is a website that allows everyone from professional money managers to “housewives in Mexico City” to publish their own trading systems and publically track the results. Moreover, these “trade leaders” can offer subscription alerts and even broker-synced automated trading services to paying subscribers, with the subscription revenue shared by the trade leader and Collective2. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Rod Casilli, Collective2’s Head of Product.
Garvin Jabush and Jeremy Deems founded Green Alpha Advisors in 2007. Both men came from San Francisco-based Forward Funds, where they ran a “green” fund co-branded with the Sierra Club. That experience led them to develop a “more progressive” approach to environmental-impact investing that moved beyond “negative screening” of the “most objectionable” S&P 500 components. Today, Green Alpha runs four separately managed account strategies plus one mutual fund – the Shelton Green Alpha Fund (NEXTX) – which are modeled on what they see as the future, sustainable economy. Mr. Jabush sits down with host Charley Wright in this episode of Strategic Investor Radio.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Bryan Hertz, the CEO and co-founder of Voxox. Voxox is a “new type of phone company” that provides entrepreneurs and small- to medium-size businesses with easy-to-use and affordable phone systems. Mr. Hertz discusses his firm’s flagship product Cloud Phone, which turns any mobile device into a business phone system in under three minutes.
Hertz founded Voxox with his father and brother as an investor-backed, family business. The founders’ dream was to bring “powerful, unified communications to the masses.” Today, Voxox’s Cloud Phone allows entrepreneurs and solo practitioners like lawyers, doctors, and real estate professionals to have a phone system “in their pocket.” In Hertz’s words, Cloud Phone “literally turns your cell phone into a business phone system, and it allows coworkers from anywhere in the world to work together utilizing this phone system, to make and receive calls as if they were in the same city.”
Dave Landry is a stock-trading educator focusing on technical analysis. He offers a daily trading service with stock picks and money-management ideas at DaveLandry.com. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Mr. Landry, who disagrees with the notion that “you can’t time the market.” The market can only do three things – it can go up, down, or move sideways – and no matter your approach to trading, you have to capture the trend in order to make a profit.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Sean Wright – no relation – of Carden Capital. Sean is the founder and a Managing Partner of Carden, which is known for its unique investment strategies applied for institutions, mutual funds, private investors, and advisors.
Sean earned an MBA from Wharton and began his investment-industry career as an investment banker. He eventually “caught the entrepreneurial bug” and founded Carden. Soon thereafter, Gaven Duemke – a German who studied at Oxford and traded derivatives in London for many years – joined Sean as a fellow Managing Partner of the firm.
Carden is focused on systematic strategies. “Everything we do has some sort of algorithm,” says Sean. “By using models, we can take emotion out of investment decisions and thereby create better returns.” Sean says his firm aims to “achieve superior risk-adjusted returns over a cycle so clients can have a better experience.”
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright conducts an in-studio interview with Thomas Schumann, founder and CEO of Thomas Schumann Capital. Schumann’s focus is on investing in water, which he says is quickly rising as an asset class. Mr. Schumann isn’t alone in this view: In 2011, Citigroup’s chief economist said he believed water was becoming the most important physical commodity asset class in the world – ahead of oil, industrial metals, gold, and agricultural products.
The exciting thing about investments in water, in Schumann’s view, is that they create “social, environmental, and financial impact” for the world’s 7 billion stakeholders. “There’s not one single human, environmental, or financial process on this Earth that isn’t driven by water,” says Schumann.
But how does one invest in water? Schumann says there are investment opportunities in companies and technology that provide water supply, improve water quality, and monitor water efficiency. Schumann’s eponymous firm is in the process of launching a specialist water fund, which will invest strictly in water and water-related companies.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Paul Coan of Ploutos Wealth. Named for the Greek god of wealth and abundance, Indianapolis-based Ploutos develops and manages strategies for advisors to use in managing their clients’ assets. The firm currently offers eight portfolios, all in the alternatives space.
Coan began his investment-industry career with a mutual-fund company around twenty years ago. From there, he moved to a large and well-known wire house, where he was tapped for a “family office task force.” The firm ultimately decided not to pursue family office business, but Coan says once he saw the “magic” of the family office model, he “couldn’t go back to pitching mutual funds and stocks.” Coan spun out and started his own RIA firm, and then founded Ploutos in 2011 to “give back” to financial advisors who “weren’t as lucky” as he was in discovering the family office model.
Interviews with Mutual Funds, Investment Strategists and Authors on Alternative Investment Strategies you are not hearing elsewhere.
David Armstrong, portfolio manager for Cedar Capital, was Strategic Investor Radio’s very first guest when the program debuted in October 2014. In this episode, Mr. Armstrong is back with host Charley Wright, as the two men discuss Cedar Capital’s “unique and innovative investment strategies” and approach to portfolio construction.
Cedar Capital works exclusively with investment advisors who then maintain a personal relationship with clients. The firm’s Market Advantage Portfolios (“MAPs”) are held within separately managed accounts (“SMAs”) or investors can hold assets directly by copying Cedar Capital’s allocation weights. Those weights are based on models used by endowments and foundations, and generally break down to equal parts private equity (“PE”), absolute-return strategies, and commodity and real estate exposure. MAPs achieves or emulates those exposures through ETFs and mutual funds.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Bill Kelly, the CEO of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (“CAIA”) Association. Bill began his career as a CPA for Price Waterhouse before moving on to asset management, where he had a nearly 30-year career on the “buy side.” Ultimately, he was the founding partner of an asset management firm that sold to Robeco, and he says this experience gave him a great deal of insight into how the industry runs.
Today, Bill is the CEO of the CAIA Association, and he says “our product is education.” The CAIA began conducting classes in 2003, when there were only 43 students – including previous Strategic Investor Radio guest Dick Pfister, who proudly boasts of his “#10” CAIA charter. Now the CAIA Association has more than 8,400 members in 90 different countries, and its annual class sizes are in the neighborhood of 6,000 students.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Dr. Omar Shah of Boston Infomatix. Dr. Shah’s premier product is a trading platform and portfolio management system that combines data analysis, an algorithmic trading system, trade execution, and money management all in one.
Dr. Shah’s system looks at seven different signals that, when aggregated, determine a suggested allocation percentage. For example, if the model’s output was “20,” this would mean investors should invest a 20% share of the capital they have allocated to the system in the broad U.S. stock market (i.e., the “SPY” ETF), and keep the remainder in cash. The system yields a new output every trading day, taking things like interest rates, market breadth, volatility, and volume into account.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Cathie Wood. Ms. Wood is the CEO and CIO of Ark Invest, which is headquartered in New York City. She has more than two decades worth of experience as an economist, equity research analyst, and portfolio manager. In 2014, Ms. Wood founded Ark Invest, which she says is focused on only one thing: Disruptive innovation.
The company’s five big themes are:
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DNA sequencing
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Next-generation Internet
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Automation and artificial intelligence (“AI”)
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Energy storage (she predicts the demise of the internal-combustion engine in the next 10-20 years)
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Blockchain and bitcoin
Indeed, Ms. Wood says Ark Invest probably knows more about blockchain, bitcoin, ether, and ethereum than most buy-side institutions.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Bob Hennessey of San Diego-based Coastal Capital. Bob started out in the 1990s as a financial planner and advisor, but then started wholesaling for a variety of asset management shops some years later. Around five years ago, he went into business for himself with Coastal Capital, and now he works as an independent wholesaler, representing funds to the advisory community.
Bob is an alternative investments specialist. He says he likes alternatives because of their low correlation to traditional asset classes, such as stocks and bonds, and their ability to “dampen the volatility” of a portfolio. He loves liquid alternatives for expanding access to alternative asset classes and strategies for everyday investors, and he notes how as recently as the late 1980s, retail investors’ only real options were stocks, bonds, and real estate. Host Charley Wright also notes that alternatives provide a “smoother ride” during volatile times, such as the period immediate following the Brexit vote.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Alan Stone of Wall Street Research. Mr. Stone’s firm, which is headquartered in Los Angeles, publishes newsletters and reports focused on small- and micro-cap stocks. These stocks may trade on major exchanges or over-the-counter, or they may be entirely private.
Mr. Stone graduated from Wharton, where he studied economics and finance. He had a notable career on Wall Street before relocating to Los Angeles more than a quarter-century ago, which is when he purchased the then-fifteen-year-old Wall Street Research brand from its original owner. Stone repurposed the newsletter as an online publication, and twenty-five years later, his site – WallStreetResearch.org – is the top listing for the popular Google search “Wall Street research.”
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright talks with Taylor Garrett. Mr. Garrett is Managing Director of Central Trade & Transfer, a Salt Lake City-based firm that operates an “eBay-type” auction system for non-publically traded assets.
Garrett explains that Central Trade & Transfer began as a marketplace for limited partnerships (“LPs”). Then, after the Financial Crisis, the firm reorganized in its “2.0 version” as an online auction platform for illiquid assets like non-traded real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and business development companies (“BDCs”), private equity funds, venture capital funds, individual real estate assets, entire companies, and “all shapes and sizes of LPs.” Garrett says most of Central Trade & Transfer’s business has been with domestic assets, but there have been some international assets sold through its auction system, as well.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Sanford Coggins, the founder and president of VisionWise Capital. Mr. Coggins has over three decades worth of experience in commercial real estate and a background as a registered investment advisor (“RIA”). He combines his expertise from both fields to make VisionWise a sort-of “RIA of real estate.”
Coggins has always been a high achiever. He played quarterback for the University of Texas Longhorns and then went into commercial banking right out of college. From there, his career path took him into commercial real estate right ahead of a big downturn for the market, when he moved to Merrill Lynch. Shortly thereafter, Coggins started his own RIA firm, but then decided that real estate was his preferred asset class, so he founded VisionWise.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Suneet Singal, founder and managing partner of First Capital Real Estate Investments, which is headquartered in New York City. Mr. Singal says he started working at age 11 and hasn’t looked back since. He began his career working for a Fortune 500 firm but quickly decided he wanted to work for himself. Since 2001, he’s been a loan officer, a manager, a broker, a securitizer, and he’s built both a wholesale and real estate platform, totaling 15 years’ experience in real estate financing and operations.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Sandra Powers, Ark Global’s founder and CEO. Ms. Powers has close to two decades of experience in the financial services industry, with roughly half of that time spent at State Street Global Advisors, where she was responsible for marketing and communications related to the firm’s largest pension plan clients. In 2007, she founded Ark Global, which provides consultation to investment managers looking to raise institutional capital, and to institutional investors looking for high-quality, differentiated investment managers.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Tom Florence, president and CEO of 361 Capital. Mr. Florence began his career as an advisor with Merrill Lynch in 1985, before moving to Fidelity. Later, he had the pleasure of serving as managing director of Morningstar, working under company founder Joe Mansueto. Florence says it was his idea for Morningstar to get in the asset-management business, and the firm now manages several billion dollars for advisors and advisors’ clients.
Dick Pfister, founder and CEO of AlphaCore Capital, is Charley Wright’s guest on this episode of Strategic Investor Radio. Mr. Pfister has nearly a quarter-century of experience in alternative investments, starting as a floor trader in Chicago and later becoming a partner at Altegris, and he says he was inspired to start AlphaCore when he had a “personal liquidity event” upon selling his prior company. Advisors were essentially serving up “60/40” solutions, and in Pfister’s view, that approach is outdated and alternatives are essential. [read more]
Listen to Brian Mitts who discusses the wide variety of investments offered by Highland to the marketplace and, more specifically their Healthcare BDC. This interview was done at the ADISA Conference in San Diego
Randy Anderson discusses real estate opportunities for Griffin Capital Corp. This interview was done at the ADISA Conference in San Diego.
Listen to Bill Passo, founder and CEO of The Passco Companies, is a longtime real estate investment firm. This interview was done at the ADISA Conference in San Diego.
Listen to John Grady, founder and president of Asset Management Advisory Co and President Elect of ADISA, discuss the agenda and important of ADISA. This interview was done at the ADISA Conference.
Listen to Keith Lampi discuss the 1031 Exchange and DST market for Inland Private Capital Corp, during the ADISA Conference in San Diego.
Listen to Louis Rogers, founder and CEO, focusing on 1031 Exchanges and Delaware Startutory Trusts (DST's). This interview was done at the ADISA Conference in San Diego.
Listen to this interview with Kevin Gannon, President of RAS, and most importantly, a staunch Irishman. Stanger and Co. is an Investment Banking Firm focused on the Non-Traded REIT and Business Deveopment Company marketplaces. This interview was done at the ADISA Conference in San Diego.
Listen to Michael Roman tell about MCI Megatel's home building business in the Texas marketplace. This market is red hot, with loads of opportunity. This short interview occured at the ADISA Conference in San Diego.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Joe Childrey. Mr. Childrey is the CEO and founder of Probabilities Fund, and a three-time guest of the show.
Conventional wisdom teaches that investors can’t reliably time the market, but Mr. Childrey has a strategy that’s unconventionally wise. The Probabilities Fund enters and exits the broad market, primarily through the Vanguard S&P 500 index fund, moving to cash or even going short during bear markets, and using leverage to amplify long positions during bull markets. Morningstar says the fund has 1,000% annual turnover – that’s an active strategy. [read more]
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Fran Seegull, chief investment officer for ImpactAssets. Impact is a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the flow of capital and democratizing access to impact investments, which are investments that seek to maximize social, environmental, and financial impact. [read more]
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Ryan Wright (no relation), the founder and CEO of Fig Tree Capital Ventures. Dallas-based Fig Tree is focused on direct investments in oil, gas, and real estate.
Ryan says oil and gas investors tend to be emotional, and this partially accounts for the commodities’ volatility. His firm is focused on the Stack area in Oklahoma, which isn’t as famous as other patches like the Bakken in North Dakota. But Ryan says the Stack produces higher-quality oil in accordance with the West Texan Intermediate (“WTI”) standard, whereas oil from North Dakota trades at a $7-8 per-barrel discount. [read more]
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Randy Swan of the eponymous Swan Global Investments. Randy is the founder and president of the Durango, Colorado-based firm, as well as a portfolio manager. He started the company in 1997 after beginning his career as a CPA, but his interest in investing runs much deeper: Randy says he has been an “avid investor” since he was 14 years old, and his experience through the market’s ups and downs – including the 1987 crash – helped him develop the risk-mitigation strategies he implements at Swan Global Investments.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Chris Lakumb of RiverNorth Capital. The Chicago-based firm, founded in 2002, specializes in closed-end fund (“CEF”) strategies bundled in mutual funds, closed-end funds, and private funds. Beginning in 2004, RiverNorth set its focus on research, development, and analysis of CEFs. This is a comparatively inefficient market, which presents opportunity for disciplined investment managers.
Don Deans is a CPA tax strategist from Charlotte, North Carolina. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Mr. Deans as he explains four unique opportunities for accredited investors: Oil and gas drilling partnerships, passive activity, micro-captive insurance companies; and conservation easements.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright talks with Andrew Gogerty of Boston-based Newfound Research. The firm was founded in 2008 and is known for its tactical investment models and the mutual funds that are based on them. Prior to joining Newfound, Mr. Gogerty spent a decade analyzing alternative investment strategies for Morningstar.
What exactly is meant by “tactical” investing? In Newfound’s case, the term refers to using sector momentum and asset-class volatility to inform investment decisions. The models are based on the premise that investors always care about capital preservation, no matter what their other investment objectives may be.
Newfound’s tactical models generally work across all asset classes and represent strategic “tilts” toward either better returns or more safety – whatever suits the investor’s needs. The firm originally provided research and sub-advisory services, but in 2013 it built its own suite of strategies that are now available in both mutual funds and separately managed accounts (“SMAs”).
When asked were the optimal conditions for the Newfound models’ success, Gogerty cited consistent trends, either up or down. The worst conditions for the strategies are when markets are choppy, with big swings up and down but no consistent pattern.
No investment strategy can be right 100% of the time, and that’s why Newfound dollar-cost-averages into and out of positions. According to Gogerty, every time the S&P 500 has gone up or down 20%, the index has taken more than a year to complete the move – thus, an incremental, dollar-cost-averaging approach to entering or exiting positions doesn’t present a great deal of timing risk.
When asked what keeps him up at night, Gogerty said people who “invest walking backwards through time.” He drove home the point with a Yogi Berra quote: “The future ain’t what it used to be.” Just because “60/40” worked in the past, doesn’t mean it will in the future.
Gogerty also cited Research Affiliates projections for ultra-low returns from the stock and bond markets over the next ten years, and added that the “FANG” stocks – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google – accounted for the vast majority of the S&P 500’s gains in 2015.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews James Hanson, the president and CEO of Morristown, NJ-based Hampshire Real Estate Company. Mr. Hanson is co-chair of the Rutgers University Center of Real Estate Studies and an advisor to multiple endowment funds and pension plans throughout the company. Hampshire is a third-generation family company, founded by Mr. Hanson’s grandfather in 1922, and it currently has more than 100 employees managing 259 properties in 28 states.
Mr. Hanson offers a very sobering view on the future of real estate. He’s concerned that the U.S. is likely to enter another recession in the next four years, and that “yield chasing” has made attractive investment opportunities more difficult to find. He’s bearish on multi-family real estate, for which he says supply has outstripped demand; and even industrial properties, previously a favorite area of his firm, may be overbought.
James Hanson, President and CEO, Hampshire Real Estate Company The areas Hanson likes include triple-net leases, necessity-based retail, and self-storage.
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The first refers to single-tenant leases to investment-grade corporations, with 15-20-year terms, that are net of taxes, insurance, and operating income.
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The second refers to retailers that deal in the necessities of life: i.e., grocery stores.
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The third, self-storage, is part of what Hanson refers to as real estate “alternatives,” along with senior living and student housing.
Hampshire has experience in a wide array of real estate properties, but not senior living and student housing. Hanson says he likes self-storage because it addresses life emergencies that happen during economic good times and bad (i.e., divorce).
When asked what investors should look for when investing with a real estate company, Mr. Hanson listed three things:
- Track record (in good times and bad)
- Depth of operational experience
- Strength of the team
When asked what keeps him up at night, Hanson’s answer was simple: “The economy.” With no real trend or pattern, but plenty of volatility, it’s difficult to plan. He also noted that the supposed recovery from the previous recession has been much weaker than previous recoveries.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Cognios Capital CEO Gary DiCenzo. The two gentlemen discuss Cognios’s “ROTA ROME” investment methodology, which seeks the best companies in terms of Return On Tangible Assets (“ROTA”) and Return on Market-value Equity (“ROME”).
Why does Cognios think tangible assets are so important? DiCenzo explains that “good will” accounts for the majority of intangible assets, and that his firm has determined that “ROTA” is the best metric to find companies that make the most of their available resources. The “ROME” element is there to make sure the stock is trading at a good price at the particular time, because even good firms can be overpriced.
How confident is Cognios about the veracity of its ROTA numbers? DiCenzo explains that Cognios only invests in S&P 500 companies, and that he’s confident in the integrity of their data.
When Charley refers to Cognios as a “quantitative” operation, DiCenzo clarifies that his firm doesn’t use technical analysis, earnings momentum, and other such measures, but instead does a deep dive into company fundamentals. ROTA ROME provides the structure to comb through millions of pieces of fundamental data to find the best companies for the Cognios portfolio.
Cognios currently operates one ’40 Act mutual fund: the 5-star rated Cognios Market Neutral Large-Cap Fund (MUTF:COGMX), which is also available in institutional-class (MUTF:COGIX) shares with a $100,000 initial minimum investment. The fund’s investor-class shares, which have a $1,000 initial minimum, returned an annualized +7.20% for the three years ending April 30, 2015, ranking in the top 7% of their category.
The fund uses a “systematic, repeatable process” to isolate alpha – which, in DiCenzo’s view, is all investors should be willing to pay for. The fund is market-neutral with between 190-200% gross market exposure. The long portfolio normally consists of about 45 names with an overall beta of 1.0. The short portfolio is more diversified and more volatile, with a beta of around 1.5. To balance out the risks, Cognios invests around $1 long for every $0.66 sold short.
Matthew Rossi is the founder, managing partner, and chief of research for MarketDNA Investment Research. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, Mr. Rossi explains his firm’s eponymous MarketDNA product, which takes intraday data and runs it through an algorithm to “spit out” equity trades with 80-90% accuracy. Host Charlie Wright calls MarketDNA a “fascinating approach of how to invest.”
MarketDNA uses around 100 filters to ex-out “noise” and find the 1-2 big derivatives trades happening because of inefficiencies in information. Sometimes this means finding “insider trading,” and Rossi shares a story of meeting Martha Stewart’s brother on a golf course before the infamous ImClone trade that landed her in prison. According to Rossi’s story, Ms. Stewart’s brother asked him to lie on her behalf, claiming she traded on the basis of his research instead of illegal inside knowledge. Needless to say, Mr. Rossi refused!
Rossi also discussed an incident with OPRA (the “Options Price Reporting Authority” – no relation to Ms. Winfrey) when MarketDNA’s algorithms noticed its servers were down and received a phone call from a suspicious OPRA executive asking how they knew – no one else in the country had.
MarketDNA typically holds 7-10 positions, long or short, at any given time, and each of these positions is normally held for 3-5 weeks. The firm’s clients are hedge funds and institutional investors, but it has begun making a la carte research available to individual investors. These one-off recommendations come instructions to buy or sell-short with entry and exit prices, but no other research.
When asked what causes some MarketDNA trades to fail, Rossi blames short squeezes and raised guidance around quarterly earnings. Fortunately, most of MarketDNA’s trades aren’t earnings-related.
When asked what keeps him up at night, Rossi cites the excitement of his work – trying to identify a previously unobservable trade, and making sure no one out there is cheating.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Guy Benstead of Cedar Ridge Partners, a Registered Investment Advisor (“RIA”) based in Greenwich, Connecticut. “We’re bond guys,” says Mr. Benstead, in reference to his firm.
Cedar Ridge specializes in unconstrained credit strategies. It operates private funds, separately managed accounts (“SMAs”), and one alternative mutual fund: the Cedar Ridge Unconstrained Credit Fund (MUTF:CRUMX) that make investment decisions based on the firm’s top-down macroeconomic analysis combined with its “deep dive credit work” on individual securities.
If Cedar Ridge’s funds were long only, then much of this in-depth research would be for naught, since research can turn up bad bonds just as easily as good ones. Therefore, Cedar Ridge’s funds operate with a long/short mandate, and with positions spread across about 100 securities, or so. Benstead points out, however, that this doesn’t mean the funds own bonds from up to 100 different issuers – the positions include several bonds from some of the same issuers (at different maturities).
The funds’ long portfolios consist primarily of corporate and municipal bonds, along with preferred stock. Their short portfolios are made up of corporate bonds thought to be “overpriced,” along with a “core Treasury ballast” to hedge against interest-rate sensitivity.
One thing that separates the Cedar Ridge long/short credit funds with others in the space is that Cedar Ridge doesn’t use derivatives. Benstead says that Cedar Ridge tends to own the same securities as typical bond investors, but the firm operates like a great chef, arranging the ingredients in a different way.
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Mark Melin, managed futures consultant, columnist and staff writer for ValueWalk.com, and author of three books on managed futures.
Growing up in Chicago, Mr. Melin says that most of his friends’ fathers were derivatives traders. Derivatives were the center of the financial universe from his perspective, and this background has served him well. Mark has 15 years of experience in the managed futures industry, and in 2011, he made the jump over to journalism. “I never realized I would enjoy a job as much as I do,” he says of the transition, adding that it has allowed him to “broaden [his] horizons.”
When asked by Charlie to give a 60-second definition of managed futures, Mark focuses on the managed part, defining it as professional management of regulated derivatives contracts. “Alpha,” in the managed futures world, doesn’t refer to beating the S&P 500, but being uncorrelated with it. Charlie says non-correlation is “more important now than ever these days after a 7-8 bull run,” and that “in a bear market, the only thing that goes up is correlation.”
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Ryan Ballantyne of Reality Shares, a San Diego-based asset management firm focused on dividends. Reality Shares issued its first ETF in December 2014 and won ETF.com’s Best New ETF Issuer award the following year. The firm also provides free ratings for 1,200 dividend-paying stocks at its website.
Mr. Ballantyne says he used to be a trader, but he sleeps much better at night since switching his focus to dividends. Dividends are real, he insists, adding “you can’t fake a dividend.” Regardless of who wins the presidential election or whatever else happens, Apple’s dividend policy is unlikely to be affected, according to Ballantyne. He also points out that companies like Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, and Johnson & Johnson didn’t cut their dividends in the wake of the financial crisis; and recent dividend hikes by Qualcomm and Home Depot have been enough to offset dividend cuts by energy firms in the S&P 500.
Roland Austrup is CEO and CIO of Integrated Managed Futures (“IMFC”) and the longest-standing CTA in the Canadian marketplace. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Mr. Austrup, who explains the advantages of adding managed futures to an investment portfolio.
Mr. Austrup explains that the strategy involves investing across multiple asset classes – commodities, currencies, and financial indices – through the futures market. His firm, IMFC, uses quantitative analysis to select long and/or short positions across those asset classes based on value, momentum, and yield. He says his specialty is assessing those characteristics in underlying markets.
Gary Carmell is the President of CWS Capital Partners, a real estate investment and management company with more than $3 billion under management. He’s also the author of The Philosophical Investor: Transforming Wisdom into Wealth. In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Mr. Carmell about his business, his book, and his admiration for a pair of seemingly disparate philosophers: Arthur Schopenhauer and Charlie Munger.
Rob Kaplan, an attorney in Richmond, VA, is co-author of this book, focusing on the new opportunities created by the Jobs Act of 2012. While the most high profile aspect of this law is "Crowd Funding" there are aspects of this law that opened channels of opportunity for entrepreners, investors and investment companies in ways impossible under previous law and regulations. Rob was instrumental in working with legislators to understand and craft legislation that would create such opportunities. Listen to this interview to better understand these new opportunities and why they are expected to change the landscape and methods of how many investments are offered to the public.
John Cole Scott, a previous guest about a year ago, provides an update on Closed End Funds and discusses Business Development Companies (BDC's). He discusses the CEF world, about 600 funds managing about $300 Billion in total assets, and sell at a discount or premium to NAV. BDC's focus on venture loans to private companies for growth capital. There are about 50 BDC's, many of which also have signficant institutional investors in their institutional funds. Both of these investments generate significant yield. For example, many BDC's pay double digit yields today, which is not often attainable in fixed income investments today. Investors and advisors will find this interview to be very interesting.
Listen to David Young, founder and CEO. Following years of experience at PIMCO, they focus on allocation by RISK, as opposed to allocation by ASSET CLASS. This approach of "...starting at the finish line," is not traditional in the industry and requires some reverse engineering when compared to the more traditional allocation by asset class. He explains their unique methodology of managing both equities and fixed income. David also offers lots of insights and opinions re: the current financial environment. Any investor should enjoy this interview.
Bill Shopoff, founder of Shopoff Realty Investments over 25 years ago, tells about the world of real estate investing for investors. Shopoff currently focuses on office buildings, industrial, retail and residential land entitlement. He discusses the Uptown Newport Project (residential and support retail) and how it is developing. A fan of the famed investor Warren Buffet, Bill discusses value investing in real estate, searching for good value in good projects, looking to purchase value at a good price. Bill discusses a variety of subjects that would be of significant interest to any real estate investor. Bill is knowledgable, articulate and has an interesting way of discussing this most important subject for most investors.
Listen to Kevin, author of the book “Hedge Fund Investing,” as he discusses the Hedge Fund industry, its 10,000 funds, history and where it is today. Kevin discusses the types of strategies and funds and how to evaluate Hedge Funds. He discusses some of the mutual funds (called liquid alternative investments) that come from Hedge Fund firms, a relatively new phenomenon. He covers the various strategies of Hedge funds, how these strategies actually reduce risk and volatility and how to evaluate Hedge Funds. This is an excellent summary of Hedge funds and their strategies for anyone interested in the investment world.
Gene Stunkel, creator and founder of The Wizard, discusses this robust market and stock analysis system. The Wizard is an algorithmic based trend following system that provides signals and trade targets for markets, stocks, ETF’s, Futures Market commodities, and forex. It scans for stocks, etc. and shows what is trending up, down, or in a consolidating mode. Analysis includes the Sector and Industry of each stock and provides signals for each of them. Any investor or Adviser would find this interview to be very interesting and helpful.
Listen to James Song discuss his passion and purpose in investing in Myanmar (formerly the country of Burma). James is a former Harvard trained scientist/researcher, Fullbright Scholar studying and working in London and Uganda who became a successful Hedge Fund Manager for Biotechnology Funds and who has transitioned to investment opportunities in Myanmar - A place that he calls the world's most inefficient market. Catch a portion of his vision and passion for this undertaking, and the financial and altruistic opportunities it presents for investors.
Listen to James Cordier, founder and CEO, discuss their strategies for selling options on the Futures Market. Author of “The Complete Guide to Options Selling” and “Option Selling on Steroids” James offers a unique way to invest thru selling deep out of the money puts and calls on commodities, metals, etc. This is indeed fascinating and anyone interested in options investing conservatively will enjoy this.
David Gurwitz, Managing Director of Charles Nenner Research, discusses their system for prognosticating markets and price targets thru cycles. They analyze various markets and estimate where they are going in the near and further future. They base their research and recommendations thru cycles in various markets. Ever interesting, David discusses the various elements that go into their determination of where markets are headed. This is very interesting stuff for any investor.
Listen to Evan Rapoport discuss this unique way to invest in Hedge Funds. There are thousands of Hedge Funds intended to offer investment strategies to mitigate risk thru a variety of sophisticated methodologies. Yet, their high minimums, lack of liquidity, lack of transparency and other barriers have made Hedge Funds unavailable to the individual investor with less than millions to invest. HedgeCoVest has created a portal thru which individuals with limited funds are able to evaluate and invest in Hedge Funds while having transparency and daily liquidity. Unique in the marketplace, HedgeCoVest opens doors to dozens of Hedge Funds that are otherwise closed to most investors. Investors will like to hear about this innovative service.
Brendan Ahern of KraneShares discusses the often under reported aspects of China's economy, urbanization of China, currency issues, the re-composition of the MSCI Index and other aspects of investing in China. He discusses the coming MSCI Index re-composition which will include dozens of additional Chinese companies being added to the Index, and he believes will result in the purchase of shares of these newly added companies. This has been a greatly under reported story that investors will find to be very interesting. Brendan makes a compelling case for the future of China and its economy.
Mindy McClure, the Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Freedom Capital Investment Management, explains that the goal and purpose of Freedom Capital’s fund, which is a Business Development Company (BDC), is to invest in companies that promote prosperity, security and freedom in the U.S. Some of the industries that they focus on are those that promote agricultural independence, energy independence, job growth in the U.S., etc. This short interview introduces this most unique BDC and investors will find it to be very interesting.
Thomas Voekler, Managing Partner of KVCF law firm in Richmond, Virginia, and current President of ADISA, discusses ADISA and the opportunities for the small investor in the direct investment marketplace. He also discusses Regulation "A" of the Jobs Act of 2012, and the opportunities it will offer to investors.
Listen to Deborah Froling, attorney with Arent Fox in Washington D.C., discuss the legal environment of the Direct Investment industry. Deborah is a former SEC attorney and discusses the changing world of regulation in the direct investment industry. This interview was taken at the annual ADISA conference.
Listen to Paul Dunn describe the rather unique real estate investment opportunities that Bluerock offers. Bluerock is an institutional real estate firm that develops, buys and manages large real estate projects in major U.S. cities. These types of properties are typically owned by institutional investors (pension funds, endowments, etc.) and Bluerock makes them available to the private investor thru their funds. They offer these institutional quality investments thru mutual funds as well as private placement projects with large investors with specific goals. Investors looking for institutional quality real estate with a track record of very low volatility will find this interview to be very interesting.
Note that past performance is not indicative of future performance. As of the date of this interview (December 11, 2015), Partnervest Advisory Services, LLC nor any of its clients held shares of Bluerock’s mutual fund, TIPRX.
Tony Grego, Director of Business Development for ADISA discusses ADISA and the benefits and opportunities it offers.
A professor at Tulane University, Peter established the Burkenroad Reports, a twenty-two year old program, where the students visit and evaluate small companies located in the south, with the reports being published for investors. Peter was a speaker at the ADISA Conference and has a very interesting interview.
Please note that at the time of this interview, Partnervest Advisory Services, LLC did provide advisory services to an account that included a holding in the HHBUX fund referenced within this interview. This interview is not an offer to sell, nor an endorsement of, the fund.
John Isakson discusses the environment for opportunities in the apartment communities investing. PAC is a publicly traded REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) that operates apartment complexes throughout the country. He makes a strong case for the need for the productive acquisition and management of such properties today.
Please note that at the time of this interview, Partnervest Advisory Services, LLC did not provide advisory services to any accounts that included a holding in the PAC fund referenced within this interview. This interview is not an offer to sell, nor an endorsement of, the fund.
Mark is a CPA and current Financial Advisor who specializes in alternative, direct investments. This interview occurred at the ADISA Conference (the Alternative Direct Investment Securities Assoc) of which Mark is a past President and current active Board Member, and discusses the various investment categories that make up the ADISA landscape. For many investors, these categories will be new and not well known - Oil and Gas, Business Development Companies (BDC's), Closed End Interval Funds, Private Placement Real Estate Projects, et al. Listen for a broadened awareness of alternative, direct investment opportunities.
Listen to this brief FreedomFest interview with Barry Potekin, a presenter at the Conference. RMB Group are commodities traders, managing money for investors in the Futures market - Investments in Gold, Oil, Platinum, Agricultural products, other metals, U.S. and foreign Stock Indexes, etc. These investments can be long or short, meaning they can be profitable or unprofitable whether the market is rising or falling. For many investors, this is an overlooked investment category.
Listen to this brief FreedomFest Conference interview with Hoyt Smith of Jade Rhino Ventures, a presenter at the conference. They focus on medical Biotech, Big Data and enegry companies. Their clients are typically pre-IPO and Jade Rhino brings them to the public arena.
In this FreedomFest Conference interview we talk briefly with Alan Stone, founder and CEO, a former research and fund manager on Wall Street, which publishes profiles, newsletters and research on emerging micro cap and small cap companies, who are often international companies. They also put on investment forums for investors to be introduced to the companies that they have evaluated.
Listen to Louis Llanes, founder of Macro Trend Strategies, discuss his investing strategies, which include fundamental, technical and behavioral approaches to create what he calls an evidence based investment management. With a background from investment management firms, hedge funds, banks and quantitative analysis, he uses traditional asset allocation plus absolute return strategies for his portfolios. He focuses heavily on the managed futures markets. Investors looking for broad diversification in their portfolios will find this interview to be very interesting.
Warren Thomas, founder and CEO, explains the 1031 exchange approach to the sale and purchase of properties. Their firm creates portfolios of properties for investors looking for replacement property options. These properties are typically triple net lease arrangements, where there is little management and strong cash flow. They purchase about $50 - 70 million of commercial properties every 90 days, and manage properties in 27 states. This pooled approach to 1031 exchanges is called a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST). Real Estate investors will find this interview to be very interesting.
Brian Haskin, founder and Editor, explains what this unique website offers for investors. DailyAlts is focused on Alternative investment strategies and asset classes, providing valuable information to the private investor on this segment of investment opportunities. Brian's strong background in international investment product development for some major investment companies has positioned him well to access the opportunities of the liquid alternatives marketplace. At this site an investor can find, follow and analyze dozens to hundreds of liquid alternative investment strategies and asset classes. Investors, advisors, family offices or anyone can find categories of alternatives, news of such funds, research on the funds, etc. The site provides several new articles daily. This site is a significant source for liquid alternative investment information.
Dudley Lehmer, founder and CEO of Eagle Mountain Advisors, explains their very unusual proprietary investment strategy for investing in the S&P 500 – They have developed algorithms designed to recognize patterns of daily US stock market behavior, then predicting the movement of the market on the following day. So, they invest in the S&P 500 for one day at a time, either Long, Neutral (cash) or Short (inverse funds). This is a unique strategy, executed on a rules based basis. For a very interesting investment strategy, unique to Eagle Mountain Advisors, listen to this interview.
Dr. Brad Case, an economist with NAREIT, which represents the REIT industry, explains this method of allowing the smaller investor to invest in real estate of all kinds of property types. There are two basic types of REIT's - Equity REIT's (about 90% of all REIT's) and Mortgage REIT's (about 10%), which are both designed to provide a steady flow of income to investors. Anyone interested in investing in real estate or generating cash flow will find this interview to be very interesting.
Gary Antonacci is a Harvard MBA who has been in the investment industry since the 1970's, managing money as a hedge fund manager, trader, researcher, etc. He semi-retired after about ten years and has continued to be active in investment management ever since. Several years ago he began to create systems to do momentum investing, and has now written a book on his methodology, Dual Momentum Investing. His system was awarded First Place in the Wagner Award competition by the National Assoc of Active Investment Managers. Any investor interested in determining when to be in or out of various markets will find this interview to be very interesting.
This is a summary of the interviews - ADISA Executive Director and Greg Writer, CEO of Angel Investors Network. We hope you enjoy them.
Greg Writer, founder and CEO of Angel Investors Network, is a longtime investment banker, investor and entrepreneur. One of Angel Investors Network’s founding partners is Kevin Harrington, one of the founding and original “Shark Tank” sharks. Angel Investors Network connects entrepreneurs with investors and is a resource to entrepreneurs to provide them the coaching, mentoring, direction and human capital needed to move their business forward. The Network is contacted by dozens of entrepreneurs and budding businesses each week, allowing the Network to evaluate a quantity of opportunities that few others can match. Crowd Funding is creating investment opportunities in these areas that investors can now consider. This is a very unique firm and opportunity. Don’t miss it.
Rick Rule, Pres and CEO of Sprott, discusses Natural Resource Investing. Such investing includes mining, forestry, energy, farming, fisheries, what we eat, etc., all pursued on an international basis. Investors are able to invest in these categories thru ETF’s, Separately Managed Accounts, pooled accounts, direct investments, etc. Rick, and Sprott Global, are the leaders in this arena, which offers true counter cyclical or non-correlated investments for investors. He discusses infrastructure investing, water ETF’s, and other such natural resource investments. Sprott manages investments for some of the largest institutions in the country as well as for individuals. Those investors looking for investments with low correlation with the usual stock, bond, real estate allocation will find Rick’s views to be very interesting.
Lou Petrossi, author and investment researcher, explains his approach to investment success in long term investing and in Private Equity investing. He discusses “Late Stage” Private Equity investing for the small investor and the way to approach it. He believes heavily in asset allocation and a disciplined approach to investing and discusses his personal asset allocation formula. Lou provides valuable input re: Investing opportunities.
Here is the short summary of the interviews with Sprott Global and Wealth Research Institute.
John Harrison, the Executive Director of ADISA, tells about their association and the coming conference in Las Vegas. Strategic Investor Radio will be broadcasting from the conference. ADISA is a national trade association of decision makers that influence over 30,000 professionals who offer and manage alternative direct investments. These typically include non-traded REITs, real estate partnerships, real estate income and development funds, tenant-in-common interests, oil and gas interests, and other securitized real estate investments.
James Song is on a mission. He and his firm, FairCap Partners, has quite a story. He was a medical researcher from Harvard who went to London for research and took the road to managing a Hedge Fund focused on Bio Tech research. His connection with an orphanage in Myanmar (formerly Burma) led him to investment opportunities in Myanmar, which he firmly believes is the last frontier for capitalistic, economically dynamic territory in the world. This interview is fascinating, with a bright, focused, devoted, experienced investment manager. Listen and you’ll definitely be glad that you did.
Charles Biderman, founder and CEO of TrimTabs, has developed a proprietary investment strategy based upon investor behavior and supply and demand between buyers and sellers in the U.S. stock market, using 21 factors in evaluating market movements. This strategy is used by dozens of Hedge Funds and many large institutions, and is now available to the private investor. This former Harvard M.B.A. has created a very interesting set of metrics to read the market’s demand and supply of buyers and sellers. Any investor will find this to be very interesting. At the date of this recording, some Partnervest Advisory Services client accounts had an ownership position in TTFS, an AdvisorShares ETF subadvised by TrimTabs and discussed in this interview.
Doug Eberhardt, founder and owner of “Buy Gold and Silver Safely,” discusses how an investor can purchase gold and silver in a cost-effective way. Investors can often pay substantial fees and charges in such purchases, and Doug’s insights are very helpful in this regard. This interview is for any investor who wants to have an allocation of gold or silver in their portfolio.
Dick Pfister, founder and CEO, provides a compelling story re: opportunities in investment strategies that are non-mainstream. These strategies are often called “Alternatives” and are available thru a variety of asset managers with their own unique strategy. AlphaCore specializes in these “Alternative” investment strategies, managed by independent asset managers. Anyone with an IRA or other liquid investments would find this interview to be very interesting.
Ross Givens offers his insight for stock selection based upon the “13-F Filing” of Hedge Funds, which show the positions in which these Hedge Funds are invested. This approach allows investors to participate in the same trades and investments that these Hedge Funds use. He publishes a report and daily blog, focusing on about 25 Hedge Funds’ high conviction investments and informing his followers on how these Hedge Funds are investing. This is a unique methodology in investing and is a most interesting interview for any investor.
Turk Capital is a Commodities Trading Advisor (CTA) and a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). Their investment strategy is based completely on signals provided by Trimtabs Investment Research, who have a proprietary investment strategy based upon investor behavior and supply and demand between buyers and sellers in the U.S. stock market, using 21 factors in evaluating market movements. They invest in the S&P 500 and can be long, short, cash, or leveraged. This is a very interesting model that any investor will find to be worth knowing about.
NOTE: The guest in this interview discusses some performance returns which provide one snapshot of performance. Past performance is not indicative or predicative of future performance. For more complete performance figures, visit www.turkcapital.com.
Chris Barry, VP of Corporate Communications for National Retail Properties, a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). NRP’s business model is to purchase stand alone, single occupancy retail stores and charge the occupant on a “Triple Net Lease” basis. They own over 2000 properties in 47 states and are all cash buyers of these properties, and have been in business for over thirty years. Anyone interested in commercial real estate investing will find this to be a very interesting interview.
NOTE: This interview is not a solicitation to sell NNN. As of the date of this interview, some Partnervest client accounts own shares of NNN. These accounts are managed by an outside advisor, and not directly by Partnervest.
Natalie Caldalari discusses Swiss Infinity Global's role in benefiting U.S. investors by holding their investments in Switzerland and investing globally from a Swiss perspective.
Listen to Tim Plaehn, editor of two newsletters – The Dividend Hunter and 30 Day Dividends – Tim is a longtime investor and investment analyst, and focuses on High Yield positions, looking typically at those designed for higher yield – REIT’s, Business Development Companies, Master Limited Partnerships, Closed End Funds, etc. These are investments designed for higher yields that need to be analyzed to determine if the dividend paid is appropriate for the cash flow and profitability of the company or fund. Tim tells listeners that his recommended portfolios usually offer a yield ranging from 4 to about 10% per year, averaging about 7.5% per year. This is a popular subject that any investor would find to be interesting, especially in light of the bond markets paying such low interest.
Listen to Rocky Emery discuss this unique way for the small, retail investor to invest in Hedge Funds. Typically, Hedge Funds seek to protect investments through various techniques that are unavailable in mutual funds and ETF’s. Hedge Funds have grown in popularity significantly, however they have been available only to large institutions and wealthy private investors, and they had significant limitations - very large minimum investments, high management fees, illiquid for the investor, and do not market their services to the smaller, private investor - so this market has been closed to the private investor in the past. He explains how HedgeCoVest has eliminated these barriers and now offers access to dozens of Hedge Funds for the private investor with minimum investments of $30k. This service is indeed unique in the world of investments for retail investors. You’ll find this interview to be very interesting.
Vahan Jangigian has an impressive and long background in the world of finance – A PhD in Finance, Chartered Financial Analyst, several faculty positions in academia, editor of the investment newsletter Forbes Special Situation Survey for many years, author of the book “Even Buffet isn’t Perfect” – After many years of a strong investment track record for the Forbes newsletter he left to write his own newsletter and manage money for investment clients. Vahan has developed a methodology for analyzing stocks called Conservative Discounted Cash Flow Methodology, which seeks to identify stocks that are selling for less than their intrinsic value. Anyone interested in domestic stock investing should listen to this interview.
NOTE: At the time of this interview, some Partnervest clients’ portfolios owned shares of the VXUS stock discussed by Vahan. This interview is not intended as a recommendation of VXUS or as an offer to sell VXUS.
Listen to Ryan Wright tell about Fig Tree’s lease purchase ventures in oil leasing. By aligning themselves with top tier public drillers, they buy non- operating lease holds, primarily in North Dakota, generating cash flow from the oil drilling, plus the potential capital gain resulting from the value of the leasehold. Like all oil exploration projects, the tax benefits can be significant in the first one or two years, plus it offers potential for steady cash flow from the drilling and potential capital gains from the increased value of the acreage. Any investor in a high Federal Income Tax bracket would be interested in this interview.
John Majalca entered residential real estate in San Antonio, TX in 2001 and developed a unique and productive model for residential real estate investing in San Antonio that he has continued since that time. He does fifty to one hundred property deals a year and has investors from throughout the country. Anyone interested in residential real estate investing without property management should listen to John and hear his unique story.
Dario Michalek is a Commodities Trader, focused on pattern recognition and trend following in commodities, currencies, equities and other markets, all thru the Futures markets. He uses leverage and seeks to take advantage of directional moves of markets. They can be either “Long” or “Short” in their positions and offer broad diversification from the typical “Long Only” positions common with many investors. Listen to this interview to be introduced to these large and significant worldwide markets that offer opportunity.
The writer of four different newsletters, Bret Jensen is a longtime investor, former Hedge Fund Manager and writer for SeekingAlpha.com and other sites. Listen to how he evaluates and selects stocks, on a “Bottoms-up” basis, for Small Cap, Blue Chip, Turnaround and Biotech gems. Bret writes for Investors Alley. Listen to his take on how he evaluates and makes stock selections.
Dr. Mark Skousen, Chair of Management at the Mark Skousen School of Business at Grantham University in New York, Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, author of twenty-five books on economic issues, thirty-five year publisher of his flagship Newsletter – Forecasts and Strategies - and now three additional investment newsletters, investment analyst and the owner and founder of the FreedomFest Conference, in its ninth year in Las Vegas. Dr. Mark recommends specific stocks, mutual funds and ETF’s to his subscribers, including trading recommendations. Few newsletters have survived thirty-five years, so he has a devoted following. People are always interested in Dr. Mark’s opinions and recommendations. The second half discusses the FreedomFest Conference, a unique conference that combines politics and investing, with very high profile speakers. You would not want to miss this interview.
Michael Markowski, longtime stock analyst, researcher and part time financial columnist, discusses his “Social Community Investing” system. By focusing on cash flow, he has developed his methodology for evaluating and determining the potential growth of emerging companies. Recognizing the opportunities of particular pockets of the digital economy over the next few years related to smart phone uses, Crowd Funding, and others, he foresees that these changes in technology and public financing systems will create dynamic, even explosive growth of ten to one hundred times in hundreds of stocks over these next five years. Using examples of Uber, Air BNB, Fitbit and others, he sees explosive growth in certain industries tied to the digital economy, partially due to Crowd Funding. No question, this is one fascinating, unique interview, even for our show. It is a must listen for our listeners.
Mike is a former software engineer and company owner who has applied his engineering skills to the world of finance. He writes newsletters and is an investment manager who looks to read markets, recommend being in the market or in cash or short the market, and recommends specific stocks, all through very sophisticated market analytics. He tells us about his “Intelligent Stop Loss, or Expected Move.” Mike is an excellent communicator and makes some compelling points that you will not want to miss. Mike’s enthusiasm and confidence are contagious and his quantitative based systems combine to create a very interesting interview about his systems and the markets.
Jeff tells us about the Stock Trader’s Almanac’s plethora of information re: the U.S. Stock market – As examples, some of the Table of Contents says “First month of Quarters is the Most Bullish” – “Don’t sell stocks on Monday or Friday” – “Seventh Year of Presidential Terms” – “The Fifth Year of Decades” – The STA provides a history of performance for these and many other situations and time periods to demonstrate how the market has performed in patterns that are very interesting and can be quite accurate in prognosticating future movements of markets. Any investor will find this interview to be very interesting.
Paul and I play and discuss several short interviews that we conducted at the National Association of Active Investment Advisors, at their annual conference in Newport Beach, CA in May of this year. Lots of positive comments about NAAIM and good information on several unique investment strategies. We apologize for the poor audio of my voice during the discussions.
Ben discusses their services to RIA firms, primarily indices that they provide for mutual funds, and addresses the dangers of “Buy & Hold” investing.
A previous year’s Wagner award winner for strategy creation and development, David discusses the strategy and its application for active investment management.
Ken discusses the benefits of NAAIM, the importance of active management and the seven investment models that their firm uses for clients.
Spectrum is an RIA firm and manager of mutual funds. Ralph discusses NAAIM and the uniqueness of Spectrum’s mutual fund management strategies.
Dudley discusses his presentation at the conference on the statistical analysis of the daily movement of the S&P 500, resulting in daily positions of long, short or neutral/cash.
Larry, known by many as the face of options trading, discusses the importance of NAAIM and the primary options strategy that he uses for his clients.
Jonathan, an actuary who has worked in the past for large insurance companies designing financial products, discusses his presentation at the NAAIM Conference on the subject of his recently designed financial product that protects the investment on the downside while receiving a large portion of the growth on the upside.
Mike discusses the importance of NAAIM, the benefits of active investment management and the particular strategy that he uses for his clients’ portfolios.
Pension Partners was the First Place Winners of NAAIM’s Wagner award this year for their research and study on the signals provided by the performance comparison of Lumber vs. Gold. He discusses their findings and the potential of this comparison in looking to determine when to be in and out of the U.S. Stock Market.
John discusses NAAIM and Profit Score’s methods of providing short term market signals to its clients.
Paul discusses the NAAIM Conference, his twelve proprietary strategies he has created for his clients’ portfolios, and the importance of active investment management.
Larry McMillian is the definitive voice for Options trading (Puts and Calls). He wrote the book now considered by many to be the “Bible” of Options trading, writes several Newsletters concurrently and manages investors’ money, all using Options. He reveals his current strategy for investing through options (primarily a “Selling Puts” strategy). Listen to this very interesting interview with the recognized source of Options trading strategies and opportunities. Any investor looking for productive investments in flat markets and real investment diversification should listen to this interview.
Bill Spetrino is an anomaly in the investment world. He is a self-educated investor who has developed his own evaluation system to select stocks. As a bottoms-up stock picker he tells his story of how he has made millions selecting the right stocks. His book, The Great American Dividend Machine, tells his story and how he selects stocks. His Newsletter, "The Dividend Machine," provides his specific stock selections. Bill is anything but ordinary and is definitely full of opinions. This interview will keep your attention.
Craig Faggen, Managing Partner at Triton Pacific, explains their approach to Private Equity investing with comparatively low minimums. They look for private companies that they consider to be successful and want to grow, and they purchase all or a portion of such companies. They have structured this investment as a Business Development Company (a BDC). He discusses one of their holdings, a restaurant chain. Private Equity investing with low minimums are rare opportunities, so any investor should find this interview to be very interesting.
John Kosar writes newsletters and commentaries. John is a former floor trader on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and makes recommendations on various markets and indices. He looks at a variety of data to determine where markets are today and where they are likely to head. He works to keep his subscribers’ assets protected while finding ideas early in their growth cycle. He provides a broad overview of where to be invested, through ETF’s, and when to exit markets/ETF’s. He seeks to provide ideas one step ahead of the markets. Anyone interested in actively managing investments will find this to be very interesting.
Listen to this interview with Greg Morris of Stadion on their unique strategy in determining when to be invested and when to be in cash. Unlike almost all mutual funds, which apply a “Buy & Hold” strategy, Stadion uses proprietary methodologies to assess the trends of various markets, and makes market investment decisions accordingly. Their Trend Following system seeks to capture upside gains in markets while avoiding downside moves, which is a rare endeavor in the mutual fund world. Greg is an author of several books on trend investing and a longtime student of the markets. He speaks throughout the country on this subject and offers some very interesting insights on trend following opportunities.
NOTE: As of the date of this interview, Partnervest Advisory Services did not have any ownership interest in any of the mutual funds offered by Stadion Money nor should this interview be considered an offer to sell these mutual funds.
Here is the 2 Minute Summary of the interviews with Silver Portal Capital and Newfound Research.
Newfound Research has created ten strategies focused on risk management through quantitative analysis applying tactica, , rules based elements to asset allocation, using ETF's. They manage according to a risk adjusted momentum approach. They basically determine when to be in and out of various markets and sectors. Disclaimer - As of the date of this interview, Partnervest Advisory Services did not have any ownership interest in the mutual funds nor the investment strategies referenced by this guest, nor should the interview be interpreted as an offer to sell any of the referenced mutual funds or strategies.
We talk with Jon Haahr, founder of Silver Portal Capital about real estate development investing. They advise large developers on new projects and help to raise funds from large institutions. Listen as Jon, who speaks to high level investor gatherings throughout the country, tell why he sees real estate as being in a prime position to move forward productively in investors' portfolio. He tells why he prefers "Listed" REIT's over non-listed ones and why he thinks rising interest rates will be beneficial to real estate investments and what type of real estate projects will be the beneficiaries of future demographic trends.
This interview, with Matt Osborne of Altegris, focuses on the Altegris sponsored “Strategic Investment Conference” to be held from 29 April to 02 May at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. This is the twelfth annual conference and is packed with an impressive array of speakers from the highest echelons of professional investing and related fields – Jeffrey Gundlach, Ian Bremmer and others. Co-sponsored by Altegris and John Mauldin, this conference will provide great information and lots of exposure to some of the best known investment professionals of today. Listen to this promo on this special conference. We will be in attendance and look forward to seeing many of our listeners there.
Sean Hyman’s newsletter provides individual stock recommendations based upon a “Value” investing style. Listen as he explains his process in evaluating companies to select those he recommends to his subscribers. Sean has been a guest on CNBC and other major business and finance shows. Note that this interview is provided for educational purposes regarding the Ultimate Wealth Report, only. The opinions and recommendations expressed during this interview are those solely of Mr. Hyman and not necessarily those of Charley Wright or Partnervest Advisory Services, LLC. Further, Mr. Hyman’s recommendations should not be considered investment advice for any listener.
Closed End Funds are certainly not as known or as popular as mutual funds, but they can be a very productive investment, especially for those seeking yield, and are a worthy consideration for many investors. John Cole Scott, second generation owner, is their Portfolio Mgr and publishes the Closed End Fund Report. CEF Advisors an excellent source for info on CEF’s. John is a savvy investment analyst and articulately makes his case on opportunities through Closed End Funds.
Theta Research measures, confirms and monitors the investment performance of third party asset managers and market signal providers for its subscribers. Mike Posey describes this service, which identifies the investment managers, typically smaller, tactically oriented trend following strategists, and confirms their claimed investment performance through the use of third party statements. This is a very valuable service for anyone pursuing alternatives to the “Buy & Hold” approach to investing.
David McAlvany is a second generation financial advisor in Durango, Colorado who offers commentary on the markets that is well worth the listen. He has his own market commentary published on a weekly podcast and offers some very interesting and serious views on the current financial environment. The second half of the interview is especially insightful, interesting and timely, especially his closing comments. You may disagree but he makes a compelling case for his current views and positions on an overpriced stock market, a synthetic bond market and the need for protection of positions in today’s markets.
Anchor Capital – Eric Leake, Chief Investment Officer of Anchor Capital, tells us how he uses “Technical Analysis” to provide signals to enter and exit various markets productively. We focus on their “Equity” strategy, timing various markets for entry and exit. This is a very interesting interview for anyone currently holding stock or equity mutual fund positions in their investment portfolio. This is a definite alternative strategy to “Buy & Hold”
Real Wealth Network – This is a unique interview for us. Real Wealth Network is all about purchasing investment real estate. Listen to Kathy Fettke, host of her own radio show for the past 12 years, tell about their method of providing real estate services to clients throughout the country that allows their subscribers to find, purchase and manage properties throughout the U.S., regardless of the location of the purchaser. This is a very interesting model and service for real estate investing. It is our first show on real estate investing. Please note that this interview is intended for educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as an advertisement or endorsement for real estate investment. Partnervest Advisory Services LLC nor Charley Wright are licensed to sell real estate.
We interview Mike McDaniel, Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Riskalyze, a software system designed to be used by financial advisors to help identify an investor’s risk tolerance and select the asset allocations intended to be consistent with their risk tolerance. Many investors’ portfolios are not in sync with their risk tolerance and RiskAlyze assists the investor to quantify each and recognize the disconnect between them. Listen to Mike describe the benefits of this software to define risk tolerance and the investment strategies that apply.
David Gurwitz is the Managing Director of Charles Nenner Research, which provides timing recommendations on various markets throughout the world to Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds, Money Managers, large institutions, et al., with clients in over 60 countries. Charles Nenner, who is an MD, worked for Goldman Sachs for 15 years in their “Technical Analysis” endeavors, now makes his “Cycle” based predictions available to the public. Their goal is to benefit the investor by exiting markets expected to decline in value. David is an eclectic guy who makes several predictions here that you will find to be very interesting. Note that the views and opinions expressed by Mr. Gurwitz do not necessarily reflect those of Charley Wright or Partnervest Advisory Services, LLC. The information should not be interpreted as investment advice or recommendations, and is provided to educate listeners on Charles Nenner Research services only.
Our second interview with Randy and Rob Swan demonstrates a variety of uses of their Defined Risk Strategy to protect investors’ portfolios during down markets. They discuss in greater detail how this strategy can be applied to protect a current concentrated stock position or a diversified portfolio held by an investor. Again, this is a unique and innovative investment strategy that you will find to be very interesting.
This is the first of two interviews of brothers Randy and Rob Swan of Swan Global Investments re: their Defined Risk Strategy method of investing. This strategy buys the US Equities market thru Sector ETF’s, then protects them thru the purchase of long term puts, which they hold for about a year. The cost of this protection is designed to be reduced thru the collection of income thru option spread positions sold throughout the year. It is available in both Separately Managed Acct’s and thru a Mutual Fund. This is a very unique strategy that you will find to be very interesting. As of the date of this interview, Partnervest Advisory Services did not hold an ownership position of the SDRIX mutual fund discussed during the interview. Also, this interview is not an offer to sell SDRIX to any listener.
We talk with John McClure, CEO of ProfitScore Capital Management, an asset manager who provides consulting services for institutions using sophisticated active management strategies. They hedge certain market risks thru their strategies. They have created various indices and made them available thru mutual funds that mirror these indices. As of the date of this interview, Partnervest Advisory Services did not hold an ownership position of the ASFNX mutual fund discussed during the interview. Also, this interview is not an offer to sell ASFNX to any listener.
Listen to this interview with Warren Wall, a CFP who offers asset management services to clients and other advisors using an active, tactical momentum strategy to determine when to be in and out of various markets. They tactically invest in index and sector ETF’s using their proprietary trend following system.
Anne Kritzmire, Managing Director of Nuveen Investments, is the face of Nuveen for Closed End Funds, a lesser known investment structure designed to generate consistent income for investors with higher yields and distributions than mutual funds or direct fixed income securities. Anne explains the ins and outs of this structure. Anyone interested in generating yield and income distributions should listen to this interview.
Steve Blumenthal, CEO of Capital Management Group (CMG), a third party asset manager, explains their Opportunistic All Asset Mutual Fund. This is an actively managed, tactical strategy fund of funds that seeks to select the leaders of various markets and sectors through trend following and momentum selection. It is a very interesting strategy, and is somewhat unique among mutual funds.
Listen to Ray Quick of TSP Radar.com, who provides trading signal recommendations to participants in the Federal Government’s Thrift Savings Plan. He recommends asset allocation among the various mutual funds available in the plan.
Listen to Dr. Omar Shah, a surgeon, who offers a trading research service, PrimeMarketTrader.com, to traders and investors, focused on Index trading and investing. They provide signals for investing in various Index funds. Please note that past performance of any trading strategy, including PrimeMarketTrader.com, is not indicative of future performance and should not be interpreted as such.
Mark Cook has been a full-time trader for 38 years, and has an advisory service for clients and a mentoring service for potential traders. He has developed the Cook Cumulative Tick Indicator to guide his trading signals. He has written for Barrons, Market Watch and other financial media. This is a very interesting interview, which he gives from his farm in Ohio.
Listen to Eric Kimia of ETF Trade Advisor describe his service in providing trading signals to online subscribers. He recommends when to be in and out of various markets.
Listen to Tim Travis of T&T Capital Management describe their value based investment strategy. He combines value investing with put and call selling. This is good ole fashion value investing, together with the selling of options. Our show usually discusses other type strategies, so Tim’s approach is quite unique for our show’s interviews. You’ll find it interesting.
Listen to this interview with Nick Scalzo of the Elements Group to learn about their unique fixed income mutual fund – YieldPro Fund. As of the date of this interview, Partnervest Advisory Services did not hold an ownership position of the YPRO ETF discussed during the interview. Also, this interview is not an offer to sell YPRO to any listener.
Listen to this interview with James Cordier, founder and President of OptionSellers.com. They sell calls and puts on commodities in the futures marketplace. This is an income generating strategy that you will find to be very interesting.
Listen to Adam Gallegos of Altegris Investments tell about who they are and discuss their Evolution Mutual Fund. This is a Managed Futures fund unlike others, managed by some large and prestigious international money managers. It is a very interesting story.
Listen to Nick Scalzo as he discusses his software, RiskPro, which offers the opportunity to create a portfolio designed around a particular level of risk. This is a revolutionary product that is able to define risk for an investor and then helps to design a portfolio to invest within the parameters of that level of risk.
This interview with Bill Sherman offers an insight into The Sherman Sheet, a service in trend following and tactical investing. This service has been available since 2003 and has a track record for that period of time. Listen to this interview with Bill, an investment manager for over thirty years.
Listen to this Summary of our interviews with Bill Sherman of The Sherman Sheet, a trend following service to investment advisors and John Schmick of SCA who offers a unique fixed income investment.
This is a very interesting interview with David Garrett, founder and CEO of TimerTrac.com. This is a service to investors, describing and tracking the performance of over 700 professional market timing services. It is a real eye opener of the opportunities available to investors.
This is a summary of the very interesting interview with TimerTrac.com. Any investor should find this interview to be very interesting.
Listen to this interview with Mike Williams, author of the blog "Hot Topics from Mike Williams." As a longtime commentator and prognosticator, Mike always has interesting takes on the marketplace. Listen to his story and comments in this interview.
Listen to Charlie Bilello of PensionPartners tell about their two award winning papers, addressing the predictive power of the Utilities Sector and of Treasuries. These are very interesting findings that anyone interested in equity investing should find to be of significant worth.
Listen to Brendan Ahern of KraneShares tell about KraneShares ETF's, a family of ETF's that is totally focused on China. If you are interested in investing in China you will find this interview to be very interesting. A reminder: Past performance is not indicative of future returns and should not be relied upon as the sole basis for any investment decision.
Listen to Don Lansing of Timing Cube to learn about their service to investors of when to be in and our of markets. Remember - Past performance of any investment strategy is not indicative of future performance and results cannot be predicted.
Listen to this interview with Jerry Murphey of FolioMetrix describe their tactical strategy used in managing the several mutual funds that they offer. This is definitely NOT your "Buy and Hold" mutual fund.
Listen to this summary of the two interviews of this day. It takes but a couple of minutes.
Listen as our Host, Charley Wright, discusses the benefits and potential pitfalls of Closed End Funds. Only a fraction of the size of the mutual funds industry, Closed End Funds offer unique opportunity, especially for those seeking consistent income generation.
Listen as we interview Eric Leake of Anchor Capital and discuss their unique methodology in their Long/Short Fixed Income investment strategy. Very few fixed income investments offer the opportunity to determine when to be in and out of the Fixed Income marketplace.
Every 401k plan participant has the same problem - Determining which mutual funds to select. Listen to this approach, provided by the Host, Charley Wright, that discusses how to invest in those mutual funds moving in an uptrend and how to avoid those moving in a downtrend. This is a unique and different way to make those investment selections in 401k plans.
Listen to this interview with Bryan Perry re: his High Yield recommendations. Bryan has been recommending high yield investments for many years and knows how to find those paying more than the marketplace. Anyone looking for income or just high yield investments should listen to this one. Disclosure: Partnervest holds some of the securities mentioned by Mr. Perry - NRF, MEMP, PGP.
Listen to Joe Childrey, founder of the Probabilities Fund, in a very interesting interview about their most unusual mutual fund. Their investment strategy is fascinating. Re: their returns as stated in the interview: Although the information provided has been obtained from sources we believe to be reliable, the accuracy and completeness of such information and the opinions expressed herein are those of the guest speaker and cannot be guaranteed by Partnervest.
Listen as Charlie White of Dynamic Portfolio Strategies discusses their strategy of investing with the trend into a diversified portfolio of mutual funds or ETF's.
Listen to Steve Blumenthal of CMG explain their strategies that use Trend and Leadership Following to determine when to be in and out of certain markets.
Listen as Kaaren Hall, owner of uDirect IRA Services discusses the opportunity to Self-Direct IRA investments into a variety of qualifying investments.
Listen as Mark Eicker of Sterling Global Strategies discusses their unique Trend Following/Momentum strategy using a diversified set of ETF's
Listen this week as Dave Armstrong from GOOD HARBOR INVESTMENTS discuss their unique investment strategy on Strategic Investor Radio heard locally on OC Talk Radio.net.