General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> December 18, 2000
B. PAUL ABEL is Portfolio Manager of the Medical Fund and Senior Vice
President of Kinetics Asset Management. He is responsible for research
and analysis for the Medical Fund ' the first mutual fund of its kind to
invest primarily in companies that are treating or seeking a cure for
cancer. Prior to joining the firm in 1999, Mr. Abel was with Brookhaven
National Laboratory from 1989. He was also a freelance writer for
Academic Science News and Review and frequently appears as an industry
expert on television and radio and in print media outlets. Mr. Abel
earned a Master's degree in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering from
Manhattan College in 1994 and a Bachelor's degree in Physics from SUNY,
Stony Brook in 1987. Profile
its first year, as of September 30, 2000. Will you explain the
philosophy you implement, Paul?
Mr. Abel: Kinetics Medical
