General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> June 5, 2000

Allen Ashcroft Jr. – Allied Investment Advisors

CLYDE L. RANDALL is a Principal of AIA and co-Manager, with Mr. Ashcroft, of the Blue Chip Equity Portfolio and Manager of the Equity Income Portfolio. Prior to March 1995, he was an Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager for more than five years at Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Randall is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Profile
ALLEN J. ASHCROFT, JR is a Principal of AIA and co-Manager, with Mr. Randall, of the Blue Chip Equity Portfolio and Manager of the Equity Income Portfolio. Prior to joining AIA, he was an Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager for McGlinn Capital Management, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, for 12 years. Mr. Ashcroft has more than 18 years of experience in investment research and equity analysis. Profile
TWST: Please begin by explaining something of the philosophy behind the

ARK Blue Chip Equity Portfolio, your mandate, your objectives.

Mr. Randall: The ARK Blue Chip Equity Portfolio was