Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> February 16, 2004

REAL ESTATE MARKETS: A BUYSIDE PERSPECTIVE: RON WEISS – SPIRIT OF AMERICA MANAGEMENT

RON WEISS is The Portfolio Manager of The Spirit of America Family of Funds. Mr. Weiss was Founder, Chairman and CEO of Shearson Lehman Real Estate Corporation, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of 34 Shearson Lehman subsidiary companies. He received his degree in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and his Juris Doctorate degree from Columbia University School of Law. Profile
TWST: Ron, would you begin with a quick overview of Spirit of America?

Mr. Weiss: Actually, I don't know whether to call it lucky or unlucky

but we came out with Spirit of America in 1998,