For the past few years I have served as an analyst to a hedge fund. I’m also a popular speaker at a local investment club. Generally, my presentations relate to money management. As an analyst I have developed market timers and evaluated various money management ideas. My objective has been to develop trading tools that will minimize draw-down and still yield good profits.
Years ago, before there was windows, I created and maintained the Cornucopia of Disability Information which was accessed over a precursor to the current Internet. This site was once featured in an early version of Computing for Dummies.
After earning my Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, I spent a year at the University of Pisa, Italy on a Fulbright scholarship. Subsequently, I earned tenure and promotion at the University of Minnesota where I helped create their Department of Computing. Later, I became Director of Academic Computing at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
I have been on several boards of directors: Dept. of Rehabilitation, SUNY Buffalo; Aztech Corporation; SKY Catcher, Inc.; Cornell National Center for Supercomputing.
For many years, I served as an advocate for the disabled. I was appointed to multiple commissions by the Governor of NY. One year I acted as President of the NYS Coalition of Persons with Disabilities.
Over the years I have published in many obscure areas: supersonic flow are shock waves; torsion; chronobiology; author identification in linguistics,alliteration in poetry,...
I've traded stocks since I was a teenager and have gained and lost more than I care to mention. Years ago, a friend asked me to develop a computerized trading system for him. He provided me with the necessary software, dozens of books and hundreds of articles. Once I mastered the software, I decided to test many of ideas presented in the media. I discovered, to my dismay, that most of the evidence to substantiate these ideas was largely anecdotal. None of the trading strategies could stand up over time! This made me a cynical analyst. Many of my trading methods are contrary to accepted investing practices.