General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> July 12, 2004
EUGENE A. PROFIT is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Profit
Investment Management (formerly known as Investor Resources Group), an
SEC-registered investment advisory firm. He is primarily responsible for
managing the portfolios of the Profit Large Cap Equity Composite, the
Profit Fund, a hedge fund investment partnership, and other investment
portfolios for individuals, financial institutions, charitable
organizations and pension plans, and has acted in this capacity since
October 31, 1997. He is also responsible for managing Profit's
engagement as a subadvisor of Calvert Social Investment Fund Balanced
Portfolio. Prior to founding Profit Investment Management, he was a
financial Consultant with Legg Mason and an Office of Supervisory
Jurisdiction Principal with Securities America, Inc. He is licensed as a
Financial and Operations Principal, Registered General Securities
Principal, and Registered Investment Advisor. Before officially entering
the financial world in 1994, he played professional football for five
seasons with the New England Patriots and the Washington Redskins from
1986 to 1990. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from
Yale University in 1986, where he also achieved All-American honors as a
long jumper. He has been engaged in the effort to educate African-
Americans on investing as a means to closing the wealth gap and
engendering economic freedom. He has been the subject of many national
magazine and newspaper articles, is a frequent guest on CNN, CNBC,
Bloomberg and financial news programs and has been the featured guest on
Louis Rukeyser's 'Wall Street Week' and Lou Dobbs' 'Moneyline.' Profile
its investment philosophy?
Mr. Profit: We are a large cap equity firm, primarily focusing on
institutional asset
