In 2013 Wall Street’s number one ranked investment strategist, François Trahan joined several other former colleagues to launch Cornerstone Macro, a new investment firm specializing in macroeconomics, investment strategy and political research. In a rare television interview we asked Trahan about the best part of starting a new firm. Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
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LAZAR: TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE
Setting up a brand new, world class macro research firm is a daunting task under any circumstances, but leading economist Nancy Lazar was amazed at how much easier it was establishing Cornerstone Macro than it had been in 1991 when she and former partner Ed Hyman established ISI Group. The difference? Technology! Watch the related […]
BRUCE BERKOWITZ: MUSEUM INVESTMENT
The Fairholme Fund’s Great Investor Bruce Berkowitz is known for his investment acumen, but he is also making waves in other areas with his charitable arm, the Fairholme Foundation. We asked him about its latest project, building an art museum on his home turf of Miami. Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
MAGNUSEN: INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES
Lara Magnusen is so committed to alternative investments that she became a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, or CAIA and has been Director of Research and now Director of Investment Products at alternative investment specialist, Altegris Advisors. She explains why she decided to focus on alternatives in the first place. Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
JENKINS: DEVELOPING INCOME FUNDS
Robert Jenkins, Head of Global Research at Lipper doesn’t just track existing mutual funds he is also on the lookout for ones that are being developed. He says there are some interesting income-oriented products in Japan that could be heading our way. Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
DARST: POSITIVE IMPACT
David Darst, now Senior Advisor at Morgan Stanley and Independent Financial Consultant has never confined himself to one intellectual or professional pursuit. A true renaissance man, annual attendee of Burning Man, triathlon competitor and prolific author, his recent book Voyager 3: Fifty Four Phases of Feeling, named after two Voyager space probes shares a series of […]
