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Mr. Ted L.
Gifford is Quantitative Research Consultant at McKinley Capital Management LLC.
Prior to joining McKinley Capital, Mr. Gifford was Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
In addition to his strong academic background, Mr. Gifford has extensive knowledge and experience in systems and software consulting.
Mr. Gifford has a long-standing relationship with McKinley Capital, working with the firm as a consultant in the early 1990’s to incorporate and formalize many of the quantitative research models McKinley Capital uses today.
He continues that role in working to maintain and enhance our quantitative capabilities and investment models.
He received his undergraduate degree BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, MS degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Former positions of Ted L. Gifford
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McKinley Capital Management LLC
McKinley Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance McKinley Capital invests primarily in growth equity related disciplines which includes listed and over-the-counter equities and related derivatives and swaps. The firm employs a proprietary quantitative based model screening process with a qualitative overlay to construct and manage firm disciplines and investment portfolios. They use a bottom-up growth approach to portfolio management. Their sell discipline are triggered by the following objective criteria: a consecutive and sustained deterioration in risk-adjusted relative return, estimate deceleration, negative earnings surprises, relative forward valuation multiples exceeding relative forward growth estimates, maintain risk controls on position limits, discovery of fraud, and country factors (nationalization, capital controls, etc.). | Analyst-Equity | 2010-12-30 |
University of Alaska
University of Alaska Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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McKinley Capital Management LLC
McKinley Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance McKinley Capital invests primarily in growth equity related disciplines which includes listed and over-the-counter equities and related derivatives and swaps. The firm employs a proprietary quantitative based model screening process with a qualitative overlay to construct and manage firm disciplines and investment portfolios. They use a bottom-up growth approach to portfolio management. Their sell discipline are triggered by the following objective criteria: a consecutive and sustained deterioration in risk-adjusted relative return, estimate deceleration, negative earnings surprises, relative forward valuation multiples exceeding relative forward growth estimates, maintain risk controls on position limits, discovery of fraud, and country factors (nationalization, capital controls, etc.). | Finance |
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
University of Alaska
University of Alaska Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
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