General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> February 12, 2001
FORREST ARMSTRONG is a Senior Vice President of Investment Management
with Compass Asset Management Group in Houston, Texas. As manager of
Compass Bank's Expedition Equity Fund, he puts his 20 plus years of
investment management experience to work every day. Mr. Armstrong joined
the firm in 1994 and assumed responsibility for the management of the
newly created Expedition Equity Fund in 1997. He began his investment
career in 1977 as a Securities Analyst with First Financial Advisors and
has held research and investment advisory positions for first City
Bancorporation of Texas, The Criterion Group, Variable Annuity Life
Insurance Company, and the Bank of Oklahoma Trust Company. Mr. Armstrong
earned a BS degree from Stephen F. Austin University and an MBA from the
University of Houston. Profile
TWST: The Expedition Equity Fund's investment objective is to providegrowth of capital, with a secondary objective of income. How do you
fulfill those investment objectives?
Mr. Armstrong: