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Investment Advisor Magazine’s Extended Profile on Charles Biderman

Apr
26

By Danielle Andrus of AdvisorOne:

“Charles Biderman, president and CEO of investment research firm TrimTabs, started his career as a stock margin clerk at Francis I. Dupont And Co.

“It was the only job I could get with a BA from Brooklyn College,” he says. “The only way to get into the front office was to get an MBA,” so, naturally, he went to Harvard Business School.

Following his graduation from Harvard Business School, he started working with short sellers and shorting the real estate market in the mid ‘70s. In 1975, he bought 1,000 apartment units, two office buildings and six shopping centers from bankrupt REITs. Unfortunately, in 1987, he got caught in another real estate crash and started TrimTabs in 1990, recommending investors short banks that were stuck with a lot of bad real estate.” Read More

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Biderman Named One of Investment Advisor Magazine’s Top-25 Influential People

Apr
24

This week, TrimTabs President & CEO Charles Biderman was named to Investment Advisor magazine’s list of top 25 most influential people in 2012. Here’s an excerpt from the story:

Charles Biderman, president and CEO of investment research firm TrimTabs, started his firm to provide real-time data on the supply and demand of stocks and money available for investment. “Since 80% of stock is owned by institutions, we track money flows in and out of institutions,” he says.
One of advisors’ biggest challenges over the next 12 to 18 months, he says, is one of odds. “In a world where mathematics say that individuals can’t beat the market, how do you invest appropriately for your client?” Biderman asks. “How do you create portfolios for the prospect of inflation and deflation occurring at the same time?”

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Biderman’s Daily Edge 2/29/2012: Wiedemer Talks Future of Economy

Mar
01

TrimTabs President & CEO Charles Biderman sits down with best-selling author and Managing Director of Absolute Investment Management Robert Wiedemer, as the two talk about what lies ahead for the economy.

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Insider Trading Probes Under Way on 3 Giant Takeover Bids: Clorox, NYSE-Euronext and National Semiconductor

Jan
31

By Dan Dorfman

Dan DorfmanDorfman And Dollars
Dan Dorfman follows the dollars and sense of the markets 

It’s hardly a shocker when it comes to the street of greed! That is, more insider trading scandals could be coming Wall Street’s way, following the recent arrests of seven traders and analysts involving that illegal practice… Read More

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Wall Street Bettors Predict Romney to take Presidency

Jan
17

By Dan Dorfman

As economic woes continue, private betting in many Wall Street quarters says that Romney wins Nomination and Presidency. But big UK bookmaker says odds for presidency still favor Obama.

Mitt-mania is sweeping political circles, what with Mitt Romney winning both Iowa and New Hampshire and now favored to take South Carolina and Florida, as well. Similarly, some Wall Streeters privately are betting big bucks among themselves that the former Massachusetts governor will win the nomination and the White House. That’s also a bet, it appears, on continuing economic and market deterioration as the catalyst to explode chances of an Obama second term… Read More

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Santschi’s Daily Edge 1/12/2012: The Real Money Goes under the Mattress

Jan
12

Checking and Savings Accounts Get More Than Eight Times More Money Than Stock and Bond Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds in First Eleven Months of 2011.

The Federal Reserve is doing almost everything in its power to entice investors to speculate in overpriced asset markets. Yet investors are generally refusing to embrace speculation. The real money these days is going under the mattress… Read More

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