General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> December 20, 1999

J. Alan Day – The Stratavest Group

J. ALAN DAY is Chief Economist, Investment Consultant and Value Fund Manager for the Stratevest Group, an investment and asset management firm that serves the marketplace from 20 regional offices in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, eastern New York and Massachusetts. Stratevest is a member company of Banknorth Group, Inc. Mr. Day analyzes the global and domestic economies for the company, consults on and manages portfolios and supervises the value-style equity fund ($140 million), and the foreign fund ($25 million). Mr. Day serves as Chairman of BFA- Fairfax (Vermont) School Board. He is past Chairman of the Northwestern Medical Center (Vermont) Board of Trustees. Mr. Day has more than 20 years of investment management and commercial banking experience. He earned a BA in History from Ohio State University and graduated from the American Bankers Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Delaware. Profile
TWST: Alan, will you remind our readers about the investment approach

you implement at Stratavest Group?

Mr. Day: I'm in charge of two approaches. First is the traditional value

approach,