General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> March 28, 2005

K.STRAUSS / C.ZWEIG – ABNER HERMAN & BROCK INC ASSET MANAGEMENT

KEVIN E. STRAUSS, CFA, is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Abner, Herrman & Brock Inc. He joined the firm in 2002 as a member of AHBI's Investment Policy Committee. He has more than 12 years of experience in investment management. Prior to joining AHBI, he spent eight years with Smith Barney Asset Management, rising from a Research Analyst to a Senior Portfolio Manager in the firm's Large-Cap Equity group. He earned an MBA in Finance as well as a BS in Business Management from Cornell University. He is a member of the Advisory Council for Cornell University's Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program. He is a Chartered Investment Counselor and also a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the CFA Institute. Profile
CARYN J. ZWEIG, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager of Abner, Herrman & Brock Inc., joined the firm in 1991 as a member of AHBI's Investment Policy Committee. She has more than 16 years of experience in investment management. Her background in investment management includes positions as an Equity Research Analyst and Assistant Portfolio Manager at Atalanta Sosnoff Capital. Prior to that, she was a Research Associate at Oppenheimer Fund Management, Inc. She earned an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, Graduate School of Business and a BS in Business Management/Finance from Cornell University. She is also President of Athena Capital Corporation, a private limited investment partnership affiliated with AHBI. She has appeared on CNBC and has been interviewed by Barron's and USA Today. Caryn is a member of Cornell's Undergraduate Business Program Advisory Council and also a member of the Advisory Board of GlamourGals Foundation, Inc. Profile
TWST: Please give us an overview of Abner, Herrman & Brock Asset

Management.

Ms. Zweig: Founded in 1981, Abner, Herrman & Brock (AHB) structures

custom portfolios for private clients,