Michael
T. Porter
Managing Director
Clemente Capital, Inc.
B.A., Columbia College
M.B.A., Columbia University
Michael
T. Porter is an established industry expert in the field of investment research.
As the Director of Global Research at Clemente Capital, Porter capitalizes
on his 23 years of experience within the financial services industry.
Mr.
Porter began his career as a securities analyst with Drexel Burnham Lambert,
where he covered Swiss banking stocks and closed-end country funds. Afterwards,
Porter joined the Salomon Smith Barney team as Managing Director of U.S.
Equity Research. For 12 years he served as senior analyst responsible for
research coverage of U.S.-listed international closed-end and exchange-traded
funds (ETFs). It was here that Porter helped design and manage the first-ever
SEC-registered fund of closed-end funds. His industry expertise awarded
him a full-length interview in Barron's in 1995.
At Salomon
Smith Barney, Porter hosted the "Annual Closed-End Country Funds Conference,"
featuring outstanding international money managers from around the world.
And, in 1990, Institutional Investor magazine named him "Home Run Hitter"
for recommending four of the top 10 performing stocks on the New York Stock
Exchange in 1989. With frequent speaking engagements before analysts, financial
planners and investment groups, Porter is sought out by colleagues to share
his knowledge and expertise. He is often quoted by Barron's, Forbes, The
Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Smart Money, The Financial Times,
and other national and international publications. He has published chapters
for The McGraw-Hill Handbook of American Depository Receipts (1995) and
The World's Emerging Stock Markets (Probus, 1992) and is a member of the
review board (comparable to a contributing editor title) of the Journal
of Indexes. Porter is a member of The Bond Club of New York, the New York
Society of Securities Analysts and he is a CFA level I candidate.
Porter
earned his MBA in Finance and Accounting, as well as a bachelor's degree
in German language and literature, from Columbia University.
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