Michael A. Gayed, CFA is the Chief Investment Strategist at Pension Partners, LLC.
As Chief Investment Strategist, Michael helps to structure portfolios to best take advantage of various strategies designed to maximize the amount of time and capital spent in potentially outperforming ... more
Michael A. Gayed, CFA is the Chief Investment Strategist at Pension Partners, LLC.
As Chief Investment Strategist, Michael helps to structure portfolios to best take advantage of various strategies designed to maximize the amount of time and capital spent in potentially outperforming investments. Prior to this role, Michael served as a Portfolio Manager for a large international investment group, trading long/short investment ideas in an effort to capture excess returns. From 2004 to 2008, Michael was a Portfolio Strategist at AmeriCap Advisers, LLC, a registered investment advisory firm which managed equity portfolios for large institutional clients. As a member of the investment committee, Michael performed detailed analysis on various stocks and worked closely with the principals of the firm to structure client portfolios. In 2007, he launched his own long/short hedge fund, using various trading strategies focused on taking advantage of stock market anomalies.
Michael is an active contributor to popular financial websites, such as TalkMarkets.com, SeekingAlpha.com, MarketWatch.com, Minyanville.com, and ETFTrends.com. He has been interviewed on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business, as well as the Wall Street Journal live for his unique approach to interpreting market movements. His analysis has also been featured by Marc Faber of the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, and Barry Ritholtz of the Big Picture. He is the author of the Lead-Lag Report, a weekly summary of various intermarket trends, and the Week in Review which is a free e-newsletter sent out every Sunday.
Michael earned his B.S. from New York University, and is a CFA Charterholder. Follow him on Twitter: @pensionpartners, and on YouTube: www.youtube.com/pensionpartners.
lessPension Partners, LLC | |
Chief Investment Strategist | |
September 2010 - Present (12 years 1 month) | |
• Develop investment strategies and perform analysis on various asset classes • Monitor existing client asset allocations and provide portfolio recommendations • Publish articles related to stocks, bonds, commodities, and currencies to develop firm awareness |
Portfolio Manager | |
ACE & Company | |
December 2009 - September 2010 (10 months) | |
• Responsible for public equities long/short portfolio investing in equities across the U.S. and in emerging markets • Implement an institutional-quality investment management process for research and trading • Work with and manage equity analysts located in Thailand who are focused on making stock recommendations • Develop reports designed to pinpoint existing market dislocations |
Business Development Consultant | |
Pension Partners, LLC | |
August 2009 - December 2009 (5 months) | |
• Establish new investment portfolio composite to begin creating a live and verifiable track record for future clients • Create marketing plan outlining ways to increase asset growth and implement branding strategy • Work with CFP to develop new presentation material explaining investment process and firm offerings • Attend meetings with prospective investors detailing asset allocation methodology |
Portfolio Strategist and Research Analyst | |
AmeriCap Advisers, LLC | |
June 2004 - September 2008 (4 years 4 months) | |
• Voted on investment decisions that affected $275+ million in institutional assets under management • Researched stocks and provided recommendations based on fundamental, technical, and economic analysis • Automated stock screening and summarized investment committee discussions • Monitored portfolio and alerted team to potential risk factors using proprietary models • Presented investment process to several consultants, resulting in the addition of $20+ million in assets |
Portfolio Manager | |
Albert Asset Management, LLC (Subsidiary of AmeriCap Advisers, LLC) | |
January 2007 - January 2007 | |
• Launched long/short equity hedge fund, working with lawyers to develop the offering memorandum • Developed proprietary investment methodology based upon academic and internal research • Actively managed portfolio with $2+ million in assets consisting of five high net-worth clients • Generated positive returns for 2007 despite the volatility caused by the credit crisis • Allocated funds through systematic and dynamic sector rotation to identify long and short stock opportunities |
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business | |
B.S. | |
2000 / 2004 | |
Double Major in Finance & Management |
Intermarket Analysis and Investing: Integrating Economic, Fundamental, and Technical Trends | |
Michael Gayed | |
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | |
10/15/1990 | |
This eye-opening book brings together today's most relied upon tools of market analysis. Michael E.S. Gayed clearly explains how this powerful combination of major schools of thought of market analysis can help investors dramatically improve their judgment on likely market performance and spot important trends, thereby making successful investment decisions. |
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