General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> March 8, 1999

James Pizzo – Cibc Oppenheimer

JAMES PIZZO is a Managing Director and Equity Portfolio Strategist at CIBC Oppenheimer, a New York based investment banking, asset management and securities brokerage firm and prior to his present position was with Dean Witter Reynolds. Mr. Pizzo is a member of CIBC Oppenheimer's Investment Policy Committee and a Member of the Stock Review Committee, evaluating research recommendations, developing investment themes and timely ideas for the retail and institutional sales force. Mr. Pizzo attended Pace University where he majored in Accounting. He appears regularly on CNBC, CNN, Reuters and Bloomberg News, and is frequently quoted in various newspapers and foreign investment publications. Mr. Pizzo began his career on Wall Street in 1968 after being honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy. Born in New York City, he currently lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with his wife Ellen and their three children. Profile
TWST: How do you define the role of a market strategist in the

investment arena?

Mr. Pizzo: A market strategist's job is to direct investors toward

sectors and stocks within those sectors.