General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> August 14, 2000
JOSEPH N. PAPPO is Director of Equity Investments and Senior Portfolio
Manager of Lotsoff Capital Management. He is responsible for stock
selection, operations, systems and trading. Prior to joining the firm,
Mr. Pappo co-owned and managed GNP Options, a successful equity options
trading partnership that employed sophisticated arbitrage strategies
using theoretical valuation models. He also founded the Eden Financial
Corporation that was integrated into Weiss, Peck & Greer as their
Quantitative Equity Division. Mr. Pappo earned a BA and an MA from
Northwestern University. Profile
DONALD W. REID, PhD, is Director of Research and Portfolio Manager of
Lotsoff Capital Management. He is responsible for quantitative stock
analysis, portfolio construction, research and development of new
products and product improvements. Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Reid
had similar responsibilities as Director of Quantitative Equity Research
at Weiss, Peck & Greer, and as Director of Research and Development for
Eden Financial Corporation. He was an Associate Professor of Finance at
the University of South Alabama, Associate Professor at the University
of Georgia, and Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky. Dr.
Reid holds a BS from Auburn University, an MS from the University of
Georgia, and a PhD from the University of Kentucky. Before returning to
graduate school, he was an accountant with Ernst and Ernst (currently
Ernst & Young). Profile
TWST: Gentlemen, would you provide our readers with some background onyour firm and a profile of your clients?
Dr. Reid: Lotsoff Capital Management is a private partnership that was
founded