Quantitative Finance Expert & Portfolio Manager; Founder of Lead-Lag Media; Two-Time Charles H. Dow Award Winner
Michael A. Gayed Biography
Michael A. Gayed, CFA, is a portfolio manager, investment strategist, and researcher specializing in quantitative market analysis and tactical asset allocation. Gayed earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in finance and management from NYU Stern School of Business and became a CFA Charterholder. Early in his career, Gayed served as a strategist at AmeriCap Advisers LLC, a registered investment advisory firm managing equity portfolios for institutional clients. He later launched a long/short hedge fund, employing trading strategies focused on stock market anomalies.
Gayed has served as chief investment strategist and co-portfolio manager at Pension Partners, LLC, where he managed a mutual fund and separate accounts using ATAC (Accelerated Time and Capital) strategies centered on inflation rotation. He is the portfolio manager of the ATAC Rotation Fund, a tactical mutual fund designed to provide low correlation and defensive positioning ahead of market volatility. Gayed also serves as a portfolio manager at Tidal Financial Group, an ETF investment and technology platform, where he manages the ATAC Rotation Fund and hosts Get Think Tanked Thursdays, a weekly live program discussing financial markets.
Gayed is the author of five research papers on market anomalies and investing. He co-authored the paper that received the Founders Award, which examines how lumber and gold can serve as signals for managing investment portfolios. This paper explores the predictive power of these commodities in providing information on the economic cycle and risk-seeking behavior in various assets. Gayed is also a two-time recipient of the Charles H. Dow Award. His research includes "An Intermarket Approach to Beta Rotation: The Strategy, Signal, and Power of Utilities," "Lumber: Worth Its Weight in Gold — Offense and Defense in Active Portfolio Management," and "An Intermarket Approach to Tactical Risk Rotation: Using the Signaling Power of Treasuries to Generate Alpha and Enhance Asset Allocation."
Drawing inspiration from scholar Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Gayed developed a tactical risk-on, risk-off strategy that integrates a quantitative approach. He leads the investing group The Lead-Lag Report, which provides a data-driven approach to investing and portfolio management. Through his podcast, "Lead-Lag Live," Gayed has interviewed more than 500 guests, including experts in finance, economics, and investing, attracting a global audience.
Gayed is a regular commentator on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business, and The Wall Street Journal Live, offering insights on market movements and investment strategies. He is recognized for his expertise in identifying and implementing strategies to capture market anomalies and for his research in quantitative finance. Gayed is a frequent speaker on topics related to market analysis, portfolio management, and tactical investing, addressing institutional investors, financial advisors, and individual market participants.
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