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SCOTT WAPNER & HALFTIME REPORT TRADERS
Scott Wapner is host of the "Fast Money Halftime Report," which airs weekdays from 12PM to 1PM ET. He has reported live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq MarketSite, covering the real-time action of the global financial markets. Wapner was reporting live from the New York Stock Exchange during the May 2010 "flash crash." Wapner has also reported several documentaries for the network, including "Hotel: Behind Closed Doors at Marriott," "Ultimate Fighting: From Blood Sport to Big Time," which earned him an Emmy nomination, and "One Nation, Overweight," which documents the impact of the nation's obesity epidemic. In 2011, Wapner received an award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers as well as a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for "One Nation, Overweight." Before joining CNBC, Wapner served as the franchise Business Reporter for KDFW-TV in Dallas and was a reporter for Associated Press Television News, based in New York City. Wapner earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of South Florida. |
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Jim Lebenthal is a partner at HPM Partners. Previously, he served as CEO and CIO of Lebenthal Asset Management. While there, he was the Chairman of the Investment Committee and oversaw the economic and market outlook for clients firm wide. He was also the Chair of the Investment Manager Due Diligence Committee, where he was responsible for the approval, review, and monitoring of outside investment managers. Jim is a veteran of US Navy, and was a Lieutenant, qualifying as a nuclear submarine engineer. During his tenure, he was awarded 2 Navy Commendation Medals and 4 Navy Achievement Medals. Jim holds a BA in molecular biology from Princeton University and an MBA from The Wharton School of Business. He holds Series 4, 7 and 63 licenses. He currently lives in Pawling, NY, where he is active in the local community and is an avid outdoorsman.
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Jon "DR J" Najarian was a linebacker for the Chicago Bears before he turned to another kind of contact sport – trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He became member of the CBOE, NYSE, CME and CBOT and worked as a floor trader for some 25 years. Today, he is a professional investor, money manager, lecturer as well as co-founder of Najarian Family Office and Rebellion Partners. Jon developed and patented trading applications and algorithms used to identify unusual activity in stock, options and futures. His HeatSeeker has sniffed out takeovers in numerous stocks and his data has been requested and provided to law enforcement & securities regulators to find those guilty of insider trading. Jon and his brother Pete founded TradeMonster and OptionMonster, which were rated "Best for Options Traders" by Barron’s four years in a row. He developed the first online broker to deploy streaming, desktop-like trading in a web browser. The brothers are founding members of Investitute.com, a financial education & subscription services company, as well as best-selling authors of both "How We Trade Options" and "The 22 Rules of Investing". |
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Pete Najarian, the "Pit Boss," was ranked one of the top 100 traders by Trader Monthly magazine. Together with his brother, Jon "DR. J" Najarian, he is a founding member of Investitute.com, a financial education and newsletter services company, as well as best-selling author of both "How We Trade Options" and "The 22 Rules of Investing." Najarian invests in and works with start-ups via Rebellion Partners, where he is a founding member. Following a football career that included several seasons with the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings, Najarian took up options trading in 1992 joining his brother, Jon "DRJ" Najarian, at Mercury Trading, a market-making firm at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Two years later, he assumed responsibility for Mercury's risk and arbitrage and later led its entry onto the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). He also led Mercury's joint venture with M.J. Meehan, the third-largest specialist firm on the NYSE. From 2000 to 2004, Najarian served as president of Mercury, and helped execute its sale to Citadel, one of the world's largest hedge funds. During this period, Najarian chaired the Exemption Committee of the CBOE for three years and served as a floor official for eight terms. Najarian has been a founding member of One Chicago, an electronic exchange committed to becoming the global leader in futures on individual stocks, narrow-based indexes, and ETFs. He is also the Co-Founder of Hedgehog stock, options, and futures trading platform and together with brother Jon, co-developed the Heat Seeker™ and complementary programs identifying unusual buying activity in stocks, options, and futures. Najarian is one of the "Fast Money Five" on CNBC's Fast Money, and also contributes to CBOE-TV, the exchange's popular webcast. In 2005, Najarian co-founded, together with his brother Jon, optionMONSTER, an options news and education firm, and tradeMONSTER, a leading online brokerage firm, that for years has been rated "Best for Options Traders" by Barron's and was the first online broker to deploy streaming, desktop-like trading in a web browser. Najarian graduated with a BA from the University of Minnesota. |
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Joseph M. Terranova is a senior managing director for Virtus Investment Partners, an asset management firm with more than $90.3 billion under management and listed on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol VRTS.
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Joshua Brown is the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, a New York City-based investment advisory firm where he helps people invest for the future. He has been named by The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and TIME Magazine as the most important financial follow on Twitter. Josh's blog, The Reformed Broker, is read by millions of investors, traders and advisors around the world. He is also the author of the books "Backstage Wall Street" and "Clash of the Financial Pundits." His investment advisory firm, based in New York City, is focused on financial planning, retirement solutions, and institutional asset management.
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Stephanie Link is TIAA Global Asset Management Managing Director and Active Equities Portfolio Manager. Stephanie manages large-cap equities that are primarily based in the U.S. region. She joined the TIAA organization in 2015. Stephanie has 25 years of investment experience. Prior to joining TIAA, she spent 7 years at The Street as Chief Investment Officer and was the co-portfolio manager and director of Research of Action Alerts Plus, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust. She was responsible for all premium content at The Street and the daily management of the charitable trust which included macro strategy, portfolio construction and stock selection. Prior to this role, she spent 10 years at Prudential Equity Group as managing director of Institutional sales and as director of research. Stephanie began her career at Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. in the institutional sales department.
Stephanie earned a B.S. degree in finance at Boston College. She is currently a board member of The Pingry School and the Chairperson of the Investment Advisory Council at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church.
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Sarat graduated magna cum laude from Lehigh University in 1992 where he was a Martindale Scholar, earning a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics. After working at Coopers & Lybrand as a certified public accountant, Sarat attended Harvard Business School where he earned a Master in Business Administration. Sarat worked for JP Morgan in the Mergers & Acquisition/Corporate Finance area focusing on domestic and cross-border transactions until joining DCLA® in 1999. Sarat serves on Lehigh University's Board of Trustees, is the President of the Martindale Society and is Chair of the University's Endowment Investment Committee. He was also President of the Lehigh University Alumni Association. Sarat serves on the Children's Hope Advisory Board, a New York-based non-profit organization that provides assistance to numerous children's programs in India and the United States. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst®designation, is a Chartered Investment Counselor and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts. Sarat is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO). Sarat has been recognized by Barron's magazine as one of the top 100 independent advisors in the nation. Sarat became a partner of the firm in 2001, a Managing Director in 2013 and a Managing Partner in 2016. |
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Stephen Weiss is the Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner of Short Hills Capital Partners LLC, an alternatives investment fund manager and consultancy principally established to allocate the personal wealth of one of the industry's most successful hedge fund managers.
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