Michael
C. Aronstein is Portfolio Manager of the Marketfield Fund.
He is also Chief Investment Strategist for Oscar Gruss &
Son Incorporated, a NYSE member firm that provides research
and investment advice to institutional managers. Prior to
joining Oscar Gruss in 2004, Mr. Aronstein was Chief Investment
Strategist at Preservation Group, a provider of independent
macroeconomic and strategic advice to professional investors.
Mr. Aronstein began his investment career in 1979 at Merrill
Lynch, serving positions as Senior Market Analyst, Senior
Investment Strategist, and Manager of Global Investment
Strategy. Mr. Aronstein spent six years as President of
Comstock Partners, a diversified investment advisor, and
left to found West Course Capital, a discretionary commodity
management firm. Mr. Aronstein graduated from Yale College
as a Bachelor of Arts in 1974. His views on macroeconomic
and strategic issues are regularly sought by and disseminated
through the financial print and visual media. |
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Michael
Shaoul also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Oscar Gruss
and Son Incorporated, a position he has held since December
2001. He joined Oscar Gruss in 1996 as Chief Operating Officer.
Between 1992 and 1996, Mr. Shaoul ran Park Square Associates,
a Manhattan-based real estate investment and management
company. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance
in 1992 from Manchester University (UK). Mr. Shaoul has
written articles on behalf of Barron’s and has been
regularly quoted in The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones
Newswires regarding his opinions on the investment markets. |
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Myles
D. Gillespie joined Marketfield Asset Management as Chief
Operating Officer in 2007. Mr Gillespie is a graduate of The
Hotchkiss School and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Franklin and Marshall College (Class of 1983). From 1983 to
1986, he worked as a stock index futures trader with Henderson
Brothers and in 1986 became a NYSE Specialist at Quick &
Reilly. He was appointed Executive Vice President of JJC
Specialist Corp., the successor firm to Quick and Reilly,
in 1989. In 1999 he became President of Fleet Specialist,
Inc., the successor firm to JJC Specialist Corp., retiring
from this position in 2004. During his time at the NYSE,
Mr Gillespie served as a NYSE floor Official (1993- 1999) and
NYSE floor Governor (2001-2004). |
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David C.
Johnson, Jr. joined Marketfield Asset Management, LLC as Director
of Research in April 2011. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his MBA in 1984 from Darden
School of Business, University of Virginia. Prior to joining Marketfield,
Mr. Johnson was an investment analyst, portfolio manager, and head of business
development at Wilkinson O’Grady & Co., Inc. He spent the first ten years of
his career in the fixed-income department of Salomon Brothers, where he managed
one of its primary sales groups. Mr. Johnson was president of Preservation
Group, where he worked closely with Mr. Aronstein. |
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