Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> January 26, 2004
STEPHEN LEVENSON joined Advest as a Director in the equity research
department in May 2003. He covers small capitalization stocks, primarily
in the areas of aerospace, defense and homeland security. Prior to
joining Advest, he was a Senior Vice President at Gerard Klauer Mattison
for three years. In 2002, he received an honorable mention in the
Institutional Investor All-American Research poll for coverage of
aerospace and defense companies. Before joining Gerard Klauer Mattison,
he spent 20 years on the buy side, including involvement in leveraged
buyouts and investments in distressed securities. He received his BS in
Finance from the University of Vermont with additional concentration in
Mechanical Engineering. Profile
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Vice President, worked with the aerospace/defense
team at Credit Suisse First Boston from 1999-2003 before joining Advest.
At CSFB, the three member team had been ranked the number one global
aerospace/defense team by Institutional Investor for three years running
and the number two All American aerospace/defense team in 2001 (and was
ranked all years eligible). The team was also ranked number one by
theStreet.com and Reuters in 2000 for cohesiveness, accuracy and
communication of team's ideas. Prior to joining CSFB, Mr. Hamilton
worked with the same team at Morgan Stanley from 1998-1999, where it had
also been ranked by Institutional Investor. He earned a BA in Economics
from Brandeis University. Profile
securities space?
Mr. Levenson: We're covering aerospace, defense and homeland security
stocks at Advest. We feel we can fill a
