General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> June 29, 2009
Jordan Kimmel is Market Strategist at National Securities Corp. and the Managing
Member of The Magnet Investment Group LLC. He developed the MAGNET Stock
Selection Strategy, subject of the widely acclaimed book, Magnet Investing,
which includes an introduction by John Downes, co-author of Beating the Dow. Mr.
Kimmel is responsible for the portfolio management for all of the partnership's
various funds. The Magnet Investment Group LLC has previously licensed its stock
selection process to John Nuveen and Co. John Nuveen & Co. has issued unit
investment trusts applying the MAGNET stock selection process to several
different indexes. The product was marketed under the name "GEMS." Prior to
launching The Magnet Investment Group, Mr. Kimmel was a First Vice President at
Dean Witter. Earlier in his career, he was an account executive at Paine Webber
and A.G. Edwards. A graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook,
he holds a BA in Economics and an MS in Urban Policy Sciences. He is also a
graduate of The Bronx High School of Science. Mr. Kimmel appears regularly on
ABC, CNBC and Fox Business News, and hosts his own weekly radio show,
"Profitable Investing with Jordan Kimmel," on the VoiceAmerica Business Network.
He is quoted frequently in national newspapers. Profile
TWST: Please give us a brief introduction to The Magnet Investment Group.Mr. Kimmel: Following 10 years in the brokerage business with the bigger firms,
I established The Magnet Investment