Michael Gayed
Michael Gayed is a Portfolio Manager at Tidal Financial Group, a leading ETF investment and technology platform facilitating the creation, operation and growth of ETFs. He manages the ATAC Rotation fund for Tidal, and hosts the firm’s Get Think Tanked Thursdays, a weekly live program discussing markets. Gayed is an award-winning investment manager with over 15 years of experience in the industry. A thought leader in the space, he is known for executing efforts that result in significant revenue growth, with a proven track record of capitalizing on overlooked market dynamics and relationships. He is also recognized for identifying and implementing various investment strategies to capture market anomalies while maintaining a business mindset beyond portfolio management. In addition, Gayed is the publisher of The Lead-Lag Report, an award-winning market research, where he develops and implements innovative quantitative investment strategies across SMAs and mutual funds.
Michael Gayed Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Portfolio Manager
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Chief Investment Strategist
Academic History
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B.S., Double Major in Finance & Management
THE LEAD-LAG REPORT
Since 2010, Gayed has been monitoring existing client asset allocations and providing strategic portfolio recommendations.
He has launched 2 mutual funds with a combined AUM of $200M and actively traded $1B+ of ETFs on average per year.
He has prepared and published over 1K articles related to stocks, bonds, commodities, and currencies to develop market awareness.
He has presented to numerous CFA and CMT chapters across the country on the findings of white papers documenting market anomalies and volatility dynamics.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Throughout his career, Gayed has become known for identifying and applying investment strategies to capture market anomalies.
He is the author of five award-winning research papers on market anomalies and investing.
He also maintained all major online hedge fund databases with fund performance information and established the fund’s presentation, profile and monthly updates for clients.
EARLY CAREER
Prior to Tidal, he was Co-Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Strategist at Pension Partners, an investment advisor managing mutual funds and separate accounts.
He was a Portfolio Strategist at AmeriCap Advisers, where he provided recommendations based on fundamental, technical and economic analysis.
At AmeriCap, he also automated stock screening and summarized investment committee discussions boosting operational efficiency.
He was a Portfolio Manager at Albert Asset Management, where he actively managed a Portfolio with $2M+ in assets consisting of 5 high net-worth clients.
HONORS & RECOGNITIONS
2020 NAAIM Founders Award Finalist
2020 Dow Award Finalist
2016 Dow Award Winner
2015 Founders Award Winner
2014 Dow Award Winner
2014 Founders Award Winner
2014 Wagner Award Winner
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Gayed's esearch and unique approach has been featured on national media, including Bloomberg TV, CNBC, and the Wall Street Journal Live.
His analysis has also been featured by Marc Faber of the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report.
He has also been featured at MoneyShow, Business Insider, Morningstar, InvestorPlace, and more.
He is an active contributor to MarketWatch, Fox Business, U.S. News and Seeking Alpha.
He has also appeared as a guest on Real Vision.