Arthur Hill, CMT, is the co-founder of StockPicksPro.com. Schooled in classical technical analysis, Arthur crossed over to the dark side, quantitative analysis, in 2012. Classical technical analysis provides a solid foundation for learning, but is largely subjective and discretionary in nature. Quantitative analysis puts classical technical indicators to the test with clear rules, signals and results. Taken together, classical chart analysis and quantitative analysis provide the basis for Arthur’s systematic approach to analysis, trading and investing. Next level technical analysis.
Investors should develop a repeatable process with clear rules and solid money management techniques.
Arthur has over 20 years experience as an analyst, trader/investor and educator. He holds the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation from the CMT Association, and is a full member. Arthur wrote many of the ChartSchool articles at StockCharts.com, where he worked as a Senior Technical Analyst. He also holds the CFTe designation from the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA) and the MSTA designation from the Society of Technical Analysts (STA) in London, where he passed with distinction and went on to teach the momentum module for STA diploma course.
Arthur has a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Russian Studies from the University of Houston (Phi Slama Jama days!). He earned an MBA (Finance) from Cass Business School (City University) in London.
When not immersed in financial market analysis, Arthur enjoys family time, travel, tennis and scuba diving.
Mary Ellen McGonagle is the co-founder of StockPicksPro.com. Mary Ellen is a 30-year Wall Street professional who has been an institutional trader as well as a research adviser to some of the best-known firms in the industry. Working as a trader and fund manager for the first half of her career with Goldman Sachs, Equitable Life, Dreyfus and IDS American Express she was often listed near or at the top of the Lipper Index.
Relocating to Los Angeles, she was hired by The William O’Neil & Company (publisher of Investor’s Business Daily) to work with William O’Neil himself to provide personalized trading research and consulting services to some of the top institutional money sources worldwide.The clients were from throughout the US as well as London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo and even Dublin Ireland.
“A typical subscription can be $100,000 per year, paid thru soft dollars, and a company like Fidelity (which one of my favorite clients) had on average 22 subscriptions concurrently. So there was real money involved.
My job was to talk to the clients, often every day, about their positions in the market, our conclusions about the research we were seeing, what they were seeing in the markets and so forth. One of the unexpected things about being a female in this very male dominated world of institutional trading is that often men are more willing to be honest and upfront with a woman than with other men so the market and trading strategy conversations were much more open and engaging than what would be reported by my male peers. So, in a funny way, being a woman in this this world was a real asset.”
A few of her clients you may have heard of … Fidelity Asset Management, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Oppenheimer to name a few. She now dedicates herself to ‘leveling the playing field’, helping non-institutional self-directed traders master the skills and knowledge used by the best institutional traders worldwide through her bi-weekly newsletter and training courses. She has been profiled in several national publications and was very recently the subject of an article describing her as one of the leading women in the finance industry.