General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> July 12, 1999
COURTNEY D. SMITH brings extensive knowledge of the global marketplace
to his position of Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
for Orbitex Management, Inc. Responsible for overseeing portfolio
management of Orbitex's innovative funds, Mr. Smith played an integral
part in hiring the talented portfolio managers of the Strategic Natural
Resources Fund and Info-Tech and Communications Fund. Mr. Smith is the
portfolio manager for the Orbitex Growth Fund. Prior to Orbitex, Mr.
Smith founded and was President and Chief Investment Officer of Pinnacle
Capital management. He led Pinnacle to success by finding global
investments that were best suited for each client's portfolio. Mr. Smith
had earlier served as first Vice President and Treasurer of the new York
branch of the Swiss bank Banca della Svizzera Italian (BSI). A President
and Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Financial Services, he led this
$100-million futures and stock brokerage firm to a 50% growth in sales
and a dramatic increase in profits. Previously, Mr. Smith was group Vice
President in charge of financial derivatives at the French bank Banque
Paribas, New York and Vice President and Director of futures research
and commercial services for Paine Webber, Inc. Mr. Smith is Editor-In-
Chief of 'Commodity Traders Consumer Reports' and formerly Editor of
'World Investment Strategic Edge'. The author of six books published by
McGraw-Hill and John Wiley & Sons, he has been a featured speaker at
investment conferences throughout North America and Europe. Mr. Smith
has appeared on television for the Wall Street Journal Report,
Moneyline, and a number of CNBC business and personal finance programs.
Mr. Smith is featured in 'Who's Who in Finance and Industry' and is on
the board of directors of several unaffiliated corporations. Profile
provide both. Would you tell us more about that approach?
Mr. Smith: We really have a triple screen approach to stock
