General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> January 26, 2004
TIMOTHY J. WAHL is Managing Director, Investment Advisory Committee
Member and Director of the GKM Growth Fund at GKM Advisers, LLC. He
assisted in the formation of GKM Advisers, Inc., in January 2000 and has
been responsible for the overall operations since its inception. He is
also the President and a member of the board of trustees of the GKM
Growth Fund which began operations in January 2002. Mr. Wahl has worked
in capital markets for over 12 years. Prior to joining the firm, he ran
his own financial advisory firm (Wahl Financial), which subsequently
served as the business model for GKM Advisers. Previously, he worked as
an over-the-counter specialist making markets in securities for Gruntal
& Co. in Los Angeles and Cruttenden Roth in Irvine, California. He
earned his CPA credential while working for Deloitte and Touche,
auditing large money management firms and professional sports
franchises. Mr. Wahl played professional baseball for the Milwaukee
Brewers while completing his college education at Oklahoma City
University and California State University at Dominguez Hills with a BS
in Accounting. Profile
JED M. COHEN is a Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist
and Investment Advisory Committee Member for GKM Advisers, LLC. A
seasoned professional investment manager with over 40 years of
experience, he formed the firm in January 2000. As senior Managing
Director, Mr. Cohen serves as the chief investment adviser. His
investment experience includes 10 years as a Senior Managing Director at
Gruntal & Co.; 14 years as a Limited Partner at Bear, Stearns & Co.; and
nine years as a General Partner at Kleiner, Bell & Co. In the mid-1960s,
Mr. Cohen was associated with members of the President's Council of
Economic Advisors with whom he spent several years exchanging ideas on
the evolving economic outlook, taxation, the Federal Reserve System, and
other matters of national fiscal and monetary policy. His career has
been devoted to stock research, corporate finance and long-term economic
forecasting. Profile
responsibilities there?
Mr. Wahl: We are a registered investment advisory firm; we manage assets
primarily for high networth
