Consumer >> Sector Roundtables >> June 23, 2003
STEVEN BAUMGARTEN, Assistant Vice President and Research Analyst,
joined Parker/Hunter's Equity Research Department in July 1999.
He was named a Zacks Investment Research All-Star Analyst for the
retail industry in 2001. Before joining the firm for a second
time, he worked at Prudential Securities, where he co-managed a
portfolio of stocks using technical and quantitative models.
During this time, he was a guest lecturer at the New York
Institute of Finance. Prior to his three-year stint in New York
he was a member of Parker/Hunter's Portfolio Management
Department. As a teenager, he had numerous equity-related
internships, including working on the American Stock Exchange
Trading Floor. He received his MBA in Finance from the Katz
Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. He
also attended the University of Pittsburgh for his undergraduate
studies, where he received a BA in Economics and Business as well
as a Certificate in Accounting. Profile
LAURA A. CHAMPINE joined Morgan Keegan in February 2000 as an
Associate Analyst following telecom service providers. She was
formerly employed in the marketing department of Cadence Capital
Management in Boston for three years, and with Chase Asset
Management in New York for one year prior to that. Ms. Champine
received the CFA designation in 2001 and a Bachelor of Music
degree from The Boston Conservatory in 1996. She currently
follows the home furnishings and appliances industry for Morgan
Keegan. Profile
Mr. Baumgarten: I define hardline retailing as the retailers that
sell nonapparel-type goods. Companies that I follow such as Home
Depot
