General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> March 28, 2005
KEVIN E. STRAUSS, CFA, is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio
Manager at Abner, Herrman & Brock Inc. He joined the firm in 2002 as a
member of AHBI's Investment Policy Committee. He has more than 12 years
of experience in investment management. Prior to joining AHBI, he spent
eight years with Smith Barney Asset Management, rising from a Research
Analyst to a Senior Portfolio Manager in the firm's Large-Cap Equity
group. He earned an MBA in Finance as well as a BS in Business
Management from Cornell University. He is a member of the Advisory
Council for Cornell University's Entrepreneurship and Personal
Enterprise Program. He is a Chartered Investment Counselor and also a
member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the CFA
Institute. Profile
CARYN J. ZWEIG, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager of Abner,
Herrman & Brock Inc., joined the firm in 1991 as a member of AHBI's
Investment Policy Committee. She has more than 16 years of experience in
investment management. Her background in investment management includes
positions as an Equity Research Analyst and Assistant Portfolio Manager
at Atalanta Sosnoff Capital. Prior to that, she was a Research Associate
at Oppenheimer Fund Management, Inc. She earned an MBA in Finance from
Columbia University, Graduate School of Business and a BS in Business
Management/Finance from Cornell University. She is also President of
Athena Capital Corporation, a private limited investment partnership
affiliated with AHBI. She has appeared on CNBC and has been interviewed
by Barron's and USA Today. Caryn is a member of Cornell's Undergraduate
Business Program Advisory Council and also a member of the Advisory
Board of GlamourGals Foundation, Inc. Profile
TWST: Please give us an overview of Abner, Herrman & Brock AssetManagement.
Ms. Zweig: Founded in 1981, Abner, Herrman & Brock (AHB) structures
custom portfolios for private clients,