General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> February 13, 2013

A Historical Approach to Investing in Misunderstood Businesses

Auxier, J. Jeffrey
J. Jeffrey Auxier is President and Chief Executive Officer of Auxier Asset Management and the manager of the Auxier Focus Fund. Previously, he was a senior portfolio manager at Smith Barney. He graduated with honors from the University of Oregon with a degree in finance. Mr. Auxier and his family deliberately live far from the wilds of Wall Street, on a 108-acre farm just outside of Portland, Oregon, and just west of the end of the Oregon Trail. Profile
TWST: Tell us about Auxier and why you founded the firm.

Mr. Auxier: I entered the investment business back in 1982 with the Seattle-based firm Foster and Marshall. My passion was in