Chris Versace is the Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Thematic Strategist at Tematica Research, where he also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Tematica Investing and Tematica Pro, as well as the author of the Monday Morning Kickoff, which has become a must-read for investment advisors and money managers worldwide. Versace has over 30 years of cross-industry experience. His proprietary thematic investing framework leverages economic, demographic, psychographic and technology landscapes to identify pronounced, multi-year structural changes. Versace is the editor of the newsletter The Growth & Dividend Report and is a featured columnist at The Street.com. He joined TheStreet team in 2011 as a Real Money contributor before becoming portfolio manager of Action Alerts PLUS in 2021, where he provides daily insights, analysis, and recommendations through his thematic investing lens. He is also an Assistant Professor at NJCU School of Business, where he developed the NJCU New Jersey 50 Index.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Chief Investment Officer and Thematic Strategist, Tematica Research
Lead Portfolio Manager of Action Alerts Plus Portfolio, and Contributor to Real Money Pro
EARLY CAREER
Versace was Editor of Growth and Dividend Report at Eagle Publishing, and was also Host and Executive Producer of the firm's Power Talk.
He was a columnist for The Washington Times, where he provided weekly financial columns touching on relevant economic, financial, and demographic topics.
He established Versage Management, where he created a thematic long-short portfolio for Agile Capital Management and VZN Group.
He served as Senior Vice President at Friedman Billings Ramsey, an Analyst at Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette, and a Research Associate at Salomon Brothers.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Versace is a contributor to Fox Business, Forbes, and Newsmax.
He is a frequent guest on radio and TV programs including Making Money with Charles Payne and Cavuto on the FOX Business Network.
He is a frequent guest on TheStreetTV, America’s Morning News each Friday, Trending Today USA with Rusty Humphries each Tuesday and Thursday, and several others.
He is a frequent speaker and panel facilitator at The Money Show, Freedom Fest, and the American Association of Individual Investors.
He has also been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Investors Business Daily and other publications.
He has also appeared on CNBC, CNBC Europe and CNNfn, and been given an honorable mention in Institutional Investor Magazine.