About
My career on Wall Street started while I was in college. I spent a summer interning for Merrill Lynch in the middle of the ‘90s bull market.
I was fascinated with trading, and as a result, after college I joined Salomon Brothers in the famed mortgage bond trading department. Later, I spent time at Citigroup working with credit derivatives … and then a decade as the head trader at Peahi Capital, a New York-based hedge fund, where my team made a 339% total return in 2008 alone.
It was during these periods that I realized how much I enjoyed being part of a process that saw investors make tens of millions of dollars — sometimes on single trades.
I spent over two decades developing a process for successful trading systems. It’s why I got into the market myself, instead of simply reading about it.
My exclusive market insights have also been featured on Fox Business News, Investopedia, Zero Hedge and Seeking Alpha.
Eventually, I needed to walk away from the excesses of Wall Street, as I grew tired of making rich people richer. This led me to Banyan Hill…
In 2017, I joined Banyan Hill Publishing to help readers get ahead of the burgeoning crypto market.
Now I’m excited to bring that strategy to Banyan Hill Publishing as their investing expert — letting readers in on the massive gains, because there’s much more upside ahead.
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My Story
As odd as it might sound, my investing success stems from my summers surfing on the Jersey Shore.
Surfing, in some ways, is like investing. Markets and waves are both unpredictable, dynamic environments that never repeat.
You’ll never catch the same wave twice — or experience the same market twice. However, you’ll face similar conditions again and again.
Both are art forms where you can continually improve your process and get better over time.
Experienced surfers can read the wave and shift their weight accordingly. They know when to slow down and speed up, when to tuck into a tubular section or when to bail out.
The same goes for trading. Experienced investors know when to buy and sell, when to trim positions and when to add more.
And with practice and research, I’m able to pinpoint stocks with the best entry and exit points for the biggest gains…
Recent Posts
The Biggest Disruption Since the Automobile
Today, I want to talk to you about what I think will be the biggest disruption in the next 10 years. This massive disruption is coming to the $7 trillion mobility market. The mobility industry entails anything from getting a person from point A to point B, to shipping...
1 Chart Sums up the New Digital Economy
On New Year’s Eve, floor traders on the New York Stock Exchange continued the long-standing tradition of singing “Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie” at the close. Floor traders started singing this song in 1934, the worst year of the Great Depression. That year, the...
Driverless Cars and Other Bold Predictions for 2021
It’s hard to believe, but the year that has seemed like it would never end is entering its final month. In 2020, the best strategy has been to expect the unexpected. If you would have told me that a snake/bat virus that originated in a Chinese wet market would kill...
New COVID-19 Technologies Are Here to Stay
Last week, Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced their coronavirus vaccine was found to be more than 90% effective. This morning, Moderna Inc. one-upped them, announcing its vaccine was 95% effective. While shares of travel and leisure stocks such as hotels and...
America’s Greatest Decade Ever Has Arrived
We were promised flying cars. Instead, we got Facebook. It’s not that Facebook doesn’t have any utility. I’m thrilled that I can keep in touch with distant relatives and second grade classmates. It’s just that the utopian future we’ve always envisioned has yet to...
The New Era of Self-Driving Vehicles Has Arrived
Everyone will always remember their first time. For me, it was nearly three years ago. I was driving from Los Angeles to Palm Springs in a rented Tesla Model 3. The interstate winds through the San Jacinto Mountains. Most motorists don’t obey the posted speed limits...
Once a decade, the economy takes a small step backward in order to take a giant leap forward. Innovative companies will propel the economy forward.
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