Christian Kacher

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Chris Kacher

Beverly Hills/London/Cape Town, California 90210 United States/United Kingdom/South Africa


http://www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com

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BIOGRAPHY

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Dr. Chris Kacher launched www.VirtueOfSelfishInvesting.com which features his stock market direction model which has scored an astounding 301.2% from March 12, 2009 to December 31, 2010 (date of this writing) and was up 38.8% in 2008, a year where most funds were down -50%. And this performance was achieved all through market timing. For the decade 2000-2010, his model achieved a whopping return of +741.1% (using NO leverage, just QQQQ) vs. NASDAQ Composite (buy-and-hold) -34.8%.

His book "Trade Like an O'Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market" http://bit.ly/cZg7ZO, co-authored with fellow market wizard Gil Morales beginoftheskypehighlighting     endoftheskypehighlighting, reached as high as #1 in both investing and finance on amazon, and the book has since been translated into five languages and is in its third printing.

Dr. Chris Kacher is a renowned stock investor. He achieved +18,241.2% over 7 years, as verified by KPMG, the big-four auditor shown here:

http://www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com/pdf/Chris-Kacher-KPMG-verification-letter.pdf

He is the protege of William O'Neil of the CANSLIM method of investing. In conjunction with his investment career, Dr. Kacher helped to discover element 110 and confirm the discovery of element 106 which the research group of which he was a member named Seaborgium.

Prior to his current leadership roles at MOKA Investors, LLC, www.gilmoreport.com, and www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com, Chris Kacher served as Head of Stock Market Research at William O'Neil and Company, Inc. Dr. Kacher worked in close concert with multi-billionaire investor William O'Neil and was a member of the elite 'Inner Circle' of investors who managed O'Neil's personal wealth. Kacher produced the highest returns of this prestigious group. Chris Kacher also developed proprietary algorithms to identify buy and sell signals in the market. This timing model has engendered phenomenal returns and has not missed a bull or bear market since 1991. For the first time, Dr. Kacher is making available his timing model's buy and sell signals at http://www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com. Kacher received triple digit returns on his investment six years in a row, from Jan 1995-Dec2000 and annually averaged over 200% ROI. Dr. Chris Kacher was profiled in Kevin Marder's book "The Best" which profiled top performing stock traders.

Dr. Kacher, together with a former William O'Neil all star, Gil Morales manage money for wealthy accredited entities at www.mokainvestors.com. Dr. Kacher and Mr. Morales were both top performers out of William O'Neil's elite group of hand-picked portfolio managers, and were interviewed together in Kevin Marder's book 'Conversations With Top Traders'.

Dr. Chris Kacher is also an accomplished pianist who has performed concerts in major cities around the world. Classically trained in the Suzuki method, his original compositions can be heard on broadcast and digital channels, as well as on his debut CD available on amazon and itunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/teardrop-rain/id334012790 and http://www.youtube.com/teardropofficial.

Chris Kacher took his Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Physics from the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied under Nobel laureate Dr. Glenn Seaborg who discovered Plutonium and nine other elements.

Dr. Kacher is a regular on a variety of television and radio shows. Some of his interviews can be seen and heard here:

http://www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com/news/

Dr. Kacher has also been entered into various encyclopedias such as:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kacher
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/chris-kacher

Dr. Chris Kacher spends time in America, Europe and the United Kingdom.


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EDUCATION

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1985 - 1995

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

B.S., Ph.D.

  • Chemistry and Nuclear Physics

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WORK EXPERIENCE

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2010 - Present
Managing Director/Founder

Virtue of Selfish Investing

Beverly Hills, CA and London, United Kingdom

www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com is Dr. Kacher's website service that provides real-time updates of his market timing buy and sell signals. While first working with world renowned Market Wizard, William ONeil, multi-billionaire and owner of Investor Business Daily, Dr. Chris Kacher developed market timing and stock trading algorithms that have been researched and tested going back over a century. The backbone to Dr. Kacher's success is his timing model which has never missed a bull or bear market since 1991, enabling him to go long or short individual stocks or exchange traded funds (ETFs) depending on the signal issued.

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2009 - Present
Managing Director/Chief Investment Officer

MOKA Investors, LLC

Playa del Rey, CA

Portfolio manager along with Gil Morales for MOKA Market Direction Fund, a fund based on Dr. Kacher's algorithmically based market direction model which he developed while in graduate school in the early 1990s. This model is largely responsible for his top performing track record as it keeps him on the right side of the market, whether the market is in an uptrend or a downtrend.

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2003 - 2008
Head Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst

Geographia Investment Advisors / Ayn Rand Holdings

Geneva, Switzerland

While first working with world reknowned Market Wizard, William ONeil, multi-billionaire and owner of Investor Business Daily, Dr. Chris Kacher developed market timing and stock trading algorithms that were researched and tested going back over a century. The backbone to Dr. Kacher's success is his timing model which has never missed a bull or bear market since 1991, enabling him to go long or short individual stocks or exchange traded funds (ETFs) depending on the signal issued. His market timing calls and stock picks are of the highest value to Geographia and its clients.

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2001 - Present
Composer/Performer

Teardrop Rain

London, United Kingdom

Composes and performs his original music on the piano for various audiences in Europe, South Africa, Japan, and the US. Dr. Kacher is classically trained and was a concert pianist for several years.

His debut CD is available on amazon and itunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/teardrop-rain/id334012790

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1996 - 2002
Portfolio Manager / Head of Stock Market Research

William O Neil and Company Inc.

Los Angeles, CA

Christian Kacher was the all star investor in William O'Neil's internal money management group known as The Inner Circle who helped manage O'Neil's money which amounted to over $1 billion. Each member was hand picked by O'Neil based on their prior investment track records in the stock market. Only the best of the best were allowed into this inner circle. Since 1995, only 15 or so investors have been privileged to manage O'Neil's money. Each year he helped manage O'Neil's money (1997-2002), he achieved the highest percentages out of this select group. He also was appointed head of fundamental research in the stock market. He also was interviewed regularly in Investor's Business Daily, O'Neil's newspaper. He also participated in high level conference calls with institutional investors.

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1994 - 1995
CEO

Virtue of Selfish Investing

Berkeley, CA

Christian Kacher started one of the first investment advisory services on the internet. The number of subscribers grew exponentially as his stock picks and market timing advice proved highly profitable.

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AWARDS AND HONORS

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University Fellowship
American Chemical Society Award

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

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Appointed Ambassador to Royal Burma Society by the Burmese Crown Prince. Royal Burma Society aims to lift the oppression suffered by the people of Burma.

Harvard Education Roundtable

Harvard Financial Roundtable

San Gabriel Valley Youth Summit - multimedia

www.help2read.org

www.newworldinternational.org - editor

Seaborg Institute Fellowship

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KEYWORDS

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Chris Kacher, Dr. K, Christian Casher, Teardrop Rain, Market Timing Wizard

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