Dave Fry has devoted over 40 years to the business of trading and portfolio management. He is registered as an arbitrator with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA).
Dave is a frequent commentator and presenter on ETFs and other issues important to individual investors for ETF conferences and private investment groups. His perspectives are featured in global financial news sources, radio, webinars and print media.
By 2002 ETF Digest trading programs were making triple-digit gains, despite the sharp overall market decline at that time, and Dave’s newsletter began attracting favorable coverage in Barron’s with three positive reviews in 2002, 2004 and 2007.less
CEF | Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust |
DGP | PowerShares DB Gold Double Long ETN |
DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average |
DVY | iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund |
ECON | EGSHARES EMERGING MARKETS CO |
EEB | Claymore Exchange-Traded Fund Trust |
EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index |
EFA | iShares MSCI EAFE Index |
EU | WisdomTree Dreyfus Euro Fund |
EWC | iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund |
EWJ | iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund |
EWQ | iShares MSCI France Index Fund |
EWZ | iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund |
FXE | Euro Currency Trust |
FXI | iShares China Large-Cap |
GDX | Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF |
GLD | SPDR Gold Trust ETF |
GS | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. |
HDGE | AdvisorShares Active Bear ETF |
HVPW | US Equity High Volatility Put Write ETF |
IAU | iShares COMEX Gold Trust |
IBB | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund |
IEF | iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund |
IFN | India Fund Inc. |
ILF | iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund |
IYR | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund |
MO | Altria Group Inc. |
PBW | PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio |
PEK | Market Vectors China ETF |
PFF | iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund |
PHYS | Sprott Physical Gold Trust |
QQQ | PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 |
RKH | HOLDRS-Regional Bank |
RTH | Market Vectors Retail ETF |
SLV | iShares Silver Trust |
SMH | Semiconductor HOLDRs Trust |
SOCL | Global X Social Media Index ETF |
SPY | SPDR S&P 500 |
TIP | iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund |
TLT | iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund |
TRF | Templeton Russia and East European Fund Inc. |
TTFS | TrimTabs Float Shrink ETF |
USO | United States Oil Fund, LP |
UUP | PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund |
VTI | VANGUARD TOT STK MKT ETF |
WETF | WisdomTree Investments Inc. |
XHB | SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF |
XLB | Materials Select Sector SPDR |
XLE | Energy Select Sector SPDR |
XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR |
XLK | Technology Select Sector SPDR |
XLU | Utilities Select Sector SPDR |
XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF |
XRT | SPDR S&P RETAIL ETF |
YYY | YieldShares High Income ETF |
Founder & Publisher | |
ETF Digest | |
1999 - Present (24 years 9 months) | |
ETF Digest is an online investment newsletter specializing in exchange traded funds. Free services include Dave's Daily blog, ETF In Focus Videos and more. With a premium subscription, you have access to follow over 80 ETFs and 10 ETF hedge fund-like portfolios. |
Managing Director, Proprietary Investments | |
JWH Investment Management (JWHIMI) | |
1997 - 1999 (2 years 5 months) | |
From 1997-99, he was Managing Director, Proprietary Investments, at JWH Investment Management (JWHIMI), an affiliated company of John W. Henry & Company. In that capacity, Dave was responsible for the management of private investments as well as some corporate accounts. |
Founder & President | |
Fry Financial Services | |
1989 - 1997 (8 years 6 months) | |
Fry Financial Services was the umbrella to Asia Pacific Investment Management (RIA), Fry & Co. (B/D), Fry & Co. Futures LP (CTA, CPO, IB) and the 21st Century Fund (Hedge Fund) specializing in emerging Asian stock markets. Dave was one of the earliest advocates in investing in the China markets in the late 1980s. In 1980, he raised $25 million for the funding of a start-up hedge fund in San Francisco, Andromeda Partners LP. |
VP, Investments; Directors Council Member | |
Shearson Lehman Bros. | |
1982 - 1988 (6 years 6 months) | |
One of the first brokers to pioneer the use of 3rd party money managers at a national wirehouse firm. Of the 25 Registered Reps at the branch, Dave was responsible for 35% of the revenues for the branch. |
VP, Investments; Chairmans Council | |
Paine Webber | |
1978 - 1982 (4 years 5 months) | |
Having come from a bond dealer, specializing in tax exempt municipal bonds, Dave was able to conduct his own bond dealer activities and train branch brokers in the intracacies in the dealings of municipal securities and inventories for the branch. Dave was consistently the #1 broker in the branch. |
Assistant Manager | |
Donald Sheldon & Company | |
1975 - 1978 (3 years 5 months) | |
Municipal bond salesman specializing in NYC tax-exempt municipal bonds during the "great fiscal crisis" in NYC and the region. |
Drake University | |
BS | |
Marketing/Marketing Management, General |
The Best ETFs: U.S. Equities, A Companion Guide To Building Your ETF Portfolio | |
David Fry | |
TechInvest, Inc. | |
10/15/2012 | |
In "The Best ETFs: US Equities" renowned market commentator and ETF expert David Fry draws on his 40 years of experience in the investment industry to pinpoint the best ETFs in the US Equities space. Thinking first as a strategist and secondarily as a technician, Fry uses his unique methodology to hand-pick ETFs in 26 subcategories, ranging from different market capitalizations and approaches, to sector and subsector-specific ETFs, to dividend and high yield dividend ETFs. The book offers a detailed look at Fry's ETF picking methodology, a bird's eye view of the evolving ETF landscape, as well as a look ahead at what the markets may have in store for us. |
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